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 Data Land Weather Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags AMSU AVHRR GOME-2 MSG OLCI SEVIRI Third Party MTG Sentinel-3 Africa Atmosphere IASI NOAA Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean S America GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Date 2020 Date January February March April June September November December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 17 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 25 November 2020 00:00 UTC-27 November 09:00 UTC Anticyclone with very dry air in mid troposphere During last week of November 2020, a very stable anticyclone formed over central Europe. Case study 20 November 2020 15:00-17:00 UTC Distrails form over Michigan Distrails formed over Michigan in late November 2020. Case study 30 September 2020 09:00 UTC and 3 October 00:00 UTC Large dust clouds over northern Europe Largest European-made dust clouds ever seen in Meteosat imagery in autumn 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 12 September 2020 11:37-13:07 UTC Smoke from California fires above Europe Smoke from California fires seen in the NOAA-20 VIIRS 1.38 micron band. Case study 8 September 2020 02:00 UTC-9 September 21:00 UTC, and 21 October 21:00 UTC Catastrophic fires in Oregon and California High winds & continued dry weather caused rapid expansion of wildfires in Oregon. 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. Load More
