Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Meteosat Satellites Atmospheric Composition Land Weather Data Metop Sentinel Tags SEVIRI Terra/Aqua SNPP ASCAT GOME-2 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa Metop-C NOAA Metop-A Metop-B EPS Europe Asia S America Himawari GOES MODIS VIIRS AHI Date 2022 2021 2018 2017 2016 2015 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 14 results Case study 21-26 April and 4-5 May 2022 Springtime dust outbreaks During late April and early May 2022 numerous dust outbreaks affected the Mediterranean basin area. Case study 23 October-2 November 2021 Multiple severe rain events in western Med & N Africa Between 23 Oct and 2 Nov 2021, a series of upper-level lows caused disturbances in the Mediterranean/northern Africa area. Case study 16-28 February and 2-11 March 2021 Mount Etna very active in February & March 2021 Regular Etna eruptions observed in February and March 2021. Case study 15 November 2018 07:00–15:00 UTC Contrail shadows over the stratus Unusually shaped shadow contours of high contrail clouds, casted over the wide stratus field, were explored through various VIIRS (i.e. FCI proxy) and SEVIRI products. Case study 27 October 2018 00:00 UTC–02 November 00:00 UTC Intense Mediterranean cyclone's alpine crossing A cyclone that intensified over Mediterranean waters took a very direct path over the Alps. Case study 23 July 2018 12:00–18:00 UTC and 24 July 00:05 UTC and 00:55 UTC Devastating wildfires near Athens In late July 2018 wildfires ripped through coastal areas in Greece, causing thousands to flee and a number of fatalities. Case study 17 July 2017 03:00 UTC–18 July 00:59 UTC Fires in Croatia and Montenegro Fires raged along the Adriatic coast for days in mid-July 2017, causing major destruction in Croatia and Montenegro. Case study 04 February 2017 06:58 UTC, 08:00 UTC and 08:31 UTC Cold spell brings record low temperatures to Oman A cold outbreak over the Gulf of Persia in early February 2017 led to record-low temperatures over a large part of Oman. Case study 25 January 2017 19:00 UTC Wildfires in Chile in January 2017 During the southern hemisphere summer 2017, central and southern parts of Chile were stricken by the most devastating wildfires in the country's history. Case study 26 June 2016 03:00 UTC Gravity waves over the South Atlantic Interplay of atmospheric gravity waves over the South Atlantic off the African coast. Case study January–December 2016 Image Library top ten for 2016 A look at our most popular case studies from 2016. Case study 3 December 2015 02:00 UTC–05 December 04:00 UTC Mount Etna eruption in winter 2015 On 3 December 2015, for the first time in two years Mount Etna, erupted. Load More
