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 Data Atmospheric composition Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags SEVIRI AMSU ASCAT AVHRR MSG OLCI SLSTR Third Party MTG Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe Asia Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Date 2020 Date January February March April May June July October December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 13 results 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 1 June-30 November 2020 End of a busy 2020 Atlantic hurricane season Record-breaking 2020 North Atlantic hurricane season, with 30 named tropical storms. Case study 1 October 2020 06:00 UTC-4 October 06:00 UTC Storms hit France in early October Europe was hit by extensive storms, extreme rainfall and flooding in early October 2020. Case study 23 July 2020 20:00 UTC–25 July 00:00 UTC Urban flash flood in Zagreb Extreme rainfall on the evening of 24 July left the Croatia capital Zagreb under water. 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 2020-2022 Monitoring tropical cyclones in the Indian Ocean - 2020-2022 Cases using satellite imagery to track tropical cyclones in the Indian Ocean, 2020 onwards. 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 23 March 2020 04:00 UTC–27 March 18:00 UTC Aralkum Desert dust pollutes air in south-east Europe High values of particulate matterwere recorded in many places across South-East Europe. Case study 9 March 2020 00:00 UTC–10 March 23:00 UTC Cross-Atlantic moisture transport Moisture transport from sub-tropical Atlantic brought precipitation to parts of Europe. Case study 24 February 2020 15:00 UTC and 25 February 13:00–23:45 UTC Dusty Dry Conveyor Belt The Dry Conveyor Belt (DCB) could be traced in satellite imagery in February 2020. Case study 22-27 February 2020, Various times Dust over the Canaries Record dense dust over the Canary Islands originates near the African coast. Case study 9 February 2020 18:15 UTC– 10 February 09:30 UTC Storm Ciara sweeps across Europe Storm Ciara swept over many parts of Europe from 9-10 February 2020. Load More