Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Atmospheric composition Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags AMSU AVHRR MSG OLCI SEVIRI Third Party MTG Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean S America GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Date 2020 Date February March April June September November December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 12 results Case study 18 December 2020 21:00 UTC-19 December 23:00 UTC Early summer convection in Argentina & Uruguay Severe convection in central Argentina in December 2020. Case study 4 December 2020 00:00 UTC-10 December 09:00 UTC Nearly-record snowfall in the western Alps Winter 2020 started with more than 2 m snow in the Alps and an extreme amount of rain. Case study 20 November 2020 15:00-17:00 UTC Distrails form over Michigan Distrails formed over Michigan in late November 2020. Case study 16 September 2020 10:00–15:00 UTC Smoky hurricane Large smoke cloud sucked into Hurricane Paulette, changing the properties of cloud bands. Case study 8 June 2020, 22:31 UTC-9 June 2020 03:56 UTC Stereoscopic views of severe convection over Nebraska GOES mesoscale domain areas focus on convective development over Nebraska. Case study 5 June 2020 00:00 UTC–26 June 21:00 UTC Exceptional Saharan dust transport over the Atlantic In June, large amounts of Saharan dust travelled all the way to the Caribbean and the US. Case study 18 April 2020 00:00 UTC-22 April 23:00 UTC Extensive DIBS in the Deformation Zone Pockmarked DIBS cloud, produced by a cyclone, entered an elongated deformation zone. Case study 2 April 2020 15:50 UTC and 29 April 13:20 UTC Cyclogenesis off Uruguay and southern Brazil Explosive cyclogenesis off the Uruguay coast and near southern Brazil in early April could be seen in satellite imagery. Case study 23 March 2020 04:00 UTC–27 March 18:00 UTC Aralkum Desert dust pollutes air in south-east Europe High values of particulate matterwere recorded in many places across South-East Europe. Case study 7 and 8 March 2020 Dust from a dry Patagonian lake reaches Atlantic Dust that lifted from a dry Patagonian lake, reached the Atlantic, Case study 24 February 2020 15:00 UTC and 25 February 13:00–23:45 UTC Dusty Dry Conveyor Belt The Dry Conveyor Belt (DCB) could be traced in satellite imagery in February 2020. Case study 22-27 February 2020, Various times Dust over the Canaries Record dense dust over the Canary Islands originates near the African coast.
