Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Land Weather Satellites Atmospheric Composition Ocean Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags SNPP VIIRS ASCAT AVHRR Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA Metop-A EPS Europe SW Pacific North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua MODIS ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Date 2021 2018 2017 2016 2012 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 9 results Case study 11 March 2021 16:30 UTC-15 March 23:00 UTC Major dust outbreaks - Africa, Middle East & China Meteosat-8 spots series of dust outbreaks in March 2021. 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 09 October 2018 09:55 UTC–10 October 02:40 UTC Severe flash floods in Mallorca Overnight 9/10 October 2018 severe storms caused devastating flash floods on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Case study 09 October 2018 02:00–08:00 UTC Possible cumulus flammagenitus on the coast of Western Australia Clouds that probably developed as a consequence of convection initiated by heat from forest fires in Western Australia in October 2018 could be seen on satellite imagery. Case study 13 May 2018 12:10 UTC and 12:17 UTC Studying a convective situation in Europe with VIIRS images On 13 May 2018 storms formed along a convergence line, causing extreme rainfall and flooding in Germany. Case study 25 April 2018 00:00–23:00 UTC Sea-ice melt resulted in cold water spill over the Labrador Current Ice melt along the Labrador coast resulted in freshwater water spill over the Labrador Current in April 2018. Case study January–December 2018 Image Library top ten for 2018 A look at our most popular case studies from 2018 Case study January–December 2017 Image Library top ten for 2017 A look at our most popular case studies from 2017. Case study 29 October 2012 00:00 UTC Hurricane Sandy hits the USA Hurricane Sandy hits the northeast coast of the USA.