Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Weather Meteosat Satellites Atmospheric Composition Climate Land Ocean Data Metop Sentinel Tags SEVIRI Africa Europe ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI OLCI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 NOAA Metop-A EPS Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2011 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 47 results Case study 23 March 2020 04:00 UTC–27 March 18:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Aralkum Desert dust pollutes air in south-east Europe High values of particulate matter (PM10) were recorded in the air in many places across South-East Europe on 27 March 2020. Case study 18 December 2019 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Gravity waves off the Atlas Mountains Interesting orographic cloud waves formed over the Atlas Mountains, and wider, in mid-December. Case study 26 Sept 2019 15:30 UTC–27 Sept 15:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Record-breaking Hurricane Lorenzo Hurricane Lorenzo was the strongest hurricane on record to go so far north and east in the Atlantic Ocean, when it reached Category 5 status in September 2019. Case study 26 August 2019 16:12 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Thunderstorms and flooding in Spain On 26 August 2019 widespread thunderstorms caused severe flooding in parts of Spain. Case study 22 April 2019 12:00 UTC, 23 April 06:00–12:30 UTC, 24 April 06:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust over Europe Two dust clouds, one from northern Africa and one from Central Europe, travelled north towards Iceland and Greenland in late April 2019. Case study January–December 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 2019. Case study January–December 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2018 A look at our most popular case studies from 2018 Case study 19 January 2017 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog January 2017: freezing temperatures and snow in Central and Southern Europe High pressure situation leads to high pollution (fine dust) in Central Europe. Easterly winds push highly polluted air out on the eastern Atlantic, as seen in Meteosat-10 RGB imagery. Case study January–December 2017 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2017 A look at our most popular case studies from 2017. Case study 18 July 00:12 UTC–20 July 2016 12:42 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Red rain over Spain Southern Spain had muddy rain (also called red rain or rain dust) as a result of convection on 20 July. Case study 10 July 2016 10:45–11:05 UTC and 18:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Low cloud vortices off coast of Morocco On 10 July a low cloud vortex was spotted off the northwest coast of Morocco. Case study 27 May 2016 15:00 UTC–8 June 15:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog A stormy time for Europe The end of May and the beginning of June 2016 saw a particularly stormy period over Europe. Load More
