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 Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Science Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Jason-3 MSG OLCI Poseidon Satellite Applications Facility (SAF) SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Third Party Sentinel-3 Africa Altimeters Atmosphere Copernicus IASI Metop-C NOAA Sea Surface Temperature (SST) IODC Metop-A Metop-B Europe North America, Central America & Caribbean Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Climate Use Cases Date 2021 Date January February April May June July August September October December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 29 results Case study 29 December 2021-4 January 2022 Persistent fog/low cloud over Mediterranean Sea Large area of the Mediterranean Sea covered by fog/low clouds for several days in winter 2021/22. Case study 11 October 2021 15:00 UTC-12 October 04:50 UTC Dust outbreak in California's Central Valley A deep upper-level trough caused a dust outbreak in California's Central Valley on 11 Oct 2021. Case study 11 October 2021 09:10 UTC-14 October 15:31 UTC Hurricane Pamela makes landfall in Mexico Hurricane Pamela formed in the Pacific Ocean and made landfall in Mexico in 13 October 2021. Case study 19 September 2021 12:00 UTC-4 October 15:00 UTC Cumbre Vieja volcano eruption The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma erupted on 19 September 2021. Case study 10 September 2021 10:00–17:30 UTC Intense tornado hits Pantelleria island An intense tornado hit the Italian island of Pantelleria on 10 September 2021. Case study Winter 2010 and winter 2012 Analysis of a 38-year-long data record of the polar jet Using time-series of Meteosat Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMV) to detect changes in location and intensity of the polar jet. Case study 8 August 2021 08:25-10:25 UTC Smoke and burned areas from Greek fires Smoke and burned area scars from the Greek wildfires in Aug 2021 seen in satellite imagery. Case study 28-29 July 2021 Large smoke plume from wildfires in Russia In summer 2021 Russia saw unprecedented widespread wildfires ravage large swathes of Siberia. Case study 26 July-2 August 2021 Widespread smoke from Turkish fires In summer 2021 parts of the Mediterranean Sea were shrouded in smoke from wildfires along Turkey's coast. Case study 10-17 July 2021 Devastating floods in western Europe Catastrophic floods hit Germany, Belgium and parts of West Europe mid July 2021. Case study 21 June 2021, 00:00-23:45 UTC Storm Ahti causes damage in northern Finland On 21 June 2021 Storm Ahti caused widespread damage and flooding in northern Finland. Case study 15 June 2021 14:56 UTC Strong dust devil in heated Rhine valley Strong wind vortex in heated Rhine valley in June 2021. Load More
