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 Satellites Atmospheric Composition Land Ocean Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags Asia MODIS AMSU ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MHS MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa IASI NOAA Metop-A Metop-B EPS Europe S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Date 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2012 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2004 2003 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 22 results Case study 24 September, 24 October 2019–8 November Active Indian Ocean tropical cyclone season 2019 saw a lot of cyclonic activity in the northern Indian Ocean, with five systems being generated. Case study 24 March 2019 00:00 UTC–25 March 00:00 UTC, 31 March 03:00–08:00 UTC, 8 April 2019 04:00–13:00 UTC Widespread flooding in the Middle East Parts of the Middle East were left devastated after severe floods in late March and early April 2019. Case study January–December 2019 Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 2019. Case study 18 December 2018 23:54 UTC–19 December 01:48 UTC Satellite images of bright meteor (bolide) east of Kamchatka On 18 December 2018 at 23:48:20 UTC a very bright meteor exploded above the Bering Sea, east of Kamchatka. Case study 20 March 2018 03:00 UTC Sunglint during March equinox Satellite imagery during the Spring Equinox (Autumn in Southern Hemisphere) captured very obvious sunglint near the Equator. Case study 04 February 2017 06:58 UTC, 08:00 UTC and 08:31 UTC Cold spell brings record low temperatures to Oman A cold outbreak over the Gulf of Persia in early February 2017 led to record-low temperatures over a large part of Oman. Case study 10 April 2016 04:55 UTC Sunglint column over Bay of Bengal On 10 April 2016 the MODIS instrument registered an almost perfect sunglint column over the Bay of Bengal. Case study 19 March 2016 00:00–09:00 UTC and 22 April 05:42 UTC Frozen Lake Baikal Lake Baikal, the world's oldest and deepest freshwater lake, was still almost completely frozen in Spring 2016. Case study 28 October 2015 17:24 UTC–03 November 12:00 UTC Tropical Cyclone Chapala Tropical Cyclone Chapala was one of the strongest cyclones to ever hit Yemen. Case study 27 December 2012 00:00 UTC Record-breaking snow in Moscow and Montreal Record-breaking snow in Moscow and Montreal in 2012 — a tale of two cities Case study 24 December 2010 00:00 UTC Haze veil on the Pakistani coast Dust from dried out Indus River and Rann of Kutch (seasonal salt marsh) caused a veil off the coast. Case study 11 November 2010 00:00 UTC East Asia dust storm This Terra MODIS Dust RGB product shows a wall of postfrontal dust blowing across eastern China. Load More
