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 Data Atmospheric composition Climate Ocean Weather Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags Europe AMSU ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 MFG MSG MHS MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR MTG Sentinel-3 Africa Copernicus Metop-C NOAA Metop-A Metop-B Metop Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Atlantic Ocean Climate Use Cases Date 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1996 1978 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 84 results Case study 1-19 July 2022 Heatwaves across Western Europe Widespread heatwaves and wildfire outbreaks across west Europe and UK in mid-July 2022. Case study 15-22 March 2022 Widespread dust intrusion across Europe Continental-wide plume of Saharan dust across Europe in March 2022. Case study 24 June 2021 09:00-18:30 UTC Catastrophic tornado in the Czech Republic Satellites' view on the catastrophic tornado case on 24 June 2021 in the Czech Republic. 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. 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 4 November–2 December 2019 Meanders in the Mediterranean Instabilities in ocean currents can be identified through data from Sentinel-3 satellites. Case study 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria were devastated by two large wildfires. Case study 15 July 2019 14:50 UTC and 12 August 14:50 UTC Wildfires in Greenland seen by Sentinel-3 Wildfires in Greenland were observed by Sentinel-3 on 15 July 2019. Case study 7 July 2019 12:00 UTC–11 July 07:45 UTC Severe summer storms in Italy and Greece Six-day severe weather outbreak across the northern and central Mediterranean region. Case study 1 June 2019 02:00–5 June 12:00 UTC Extensive smoke from Canadian wildfires Smoke from wildfires in Alberta, Canada travelled as far as parts of Europe and Russia. Case study June and July 2019 European heatwaves in summer 2019 Maximum temperature records were broken in many parts of Europe, due to heatwaves. Case study 15 April 2019 16:00–23:15 UTC Devastating fire at Notre-Dame Heat signatures from the fire that destroyed parts of Notre-Dame seen on satellite images. Load More