Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Filter by Categories Satellites Atmospheric Composition Ocean Weather Meteosat Metop Sentinel Data Tags ASCAT OLCI Satellite Applications Facility (SAF) SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Africa Atmosphere Ocean Colour Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Europe Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean S America GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP ABI Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Date 2021 2020 12 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort Monday, 8 February 2021 5 February 2021 09:00 UTC-7 February 11:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Meteosat-11 captures plume of Saharan dust coming from northern Africa On 5-6 February 2021, a massive amount of Saharan dust was advected across the Mediterranean Sea into central Europe. Tuesday, 2 February 2021 May, June, December 2020 and January 2021 EUMETSAT Science Blog Contrails - when do we see them from satellites? Looking at the contrails in satellite images and investigating supportive atmospheric conditions. Thursday, 11 February 2021 1-15 February 2021 EUMETSAT Science Blog February 2021: very cold first half in Europe and North America Winter 2020/21 brings arctic weather conditions to northern & central Europe. Tuesday, 9 February 2021 26 January 2021 00:00 UTC-29 January 10:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Storm Justine hits the Azores At the end of January 2021 a series of storms formed in North Atlantic, one of them moving close to the Azores. Wednesday, 10 February 2021 25 December 2020 00:00 UTC-2 January 2021 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Ex-Tropical Storm Chalane crosses southern African subcontinent Tropical Storm Chalane landfall in Madagascar and Mozambique in December 2020 then crossed the entire South African subcontinent. Wednesday, 3 February 2021 7 December 2020 12:50-23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Pacific cirrus above stratocumulus New NIR1.3 channel on GOES ABI helps to detect thin cirrus clouds above low-level clouds. Tuesday, 2 February 2021 2-29 December 2020 15:00 UTC and 28 January 2021 15:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Iceberg A68-A curves around South Georgia Island The breakup of Iceberg A68-A, in December 2020, was observed in Meteosat and GOES imagery. Wednesday, 16 December 2020 1 December 2020 00:00 UTC-3 December 16:24 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Upwelling in the Gulf of Tehuantepec Regional topography and winds drive a strong upwelling of cold ocean waters and an increase in phytoplankton growth in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Wednesday, 2 December 2020 25 November 2020 00:00 UTC-27 November 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Anticyclone with very dry air in mid troposphere During last week of November 2020, a very stable anticyclone formed over central Europe. Tuesday, 2 February 2021 21 November 2020 12:00 UTC-23 November 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Tropical Cyclone Gati makes historic landfall in Somalia Tropical Cyclone Gati was the strongest tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Somalia, in late November 2020. Wednesday, 3 February 2021 20 November 2020 15:00-17:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Distrails form over Michigan Distrails formed over Michigan in late November 2020. Monday, 2 September 2019 2 September 2019 02:53 UTC–3 September 15:29 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Multiple perspectives on Hurricane Dorian Data from a combination of EUMETSAT-operated satellites contributed to monitoring of the record-breaking Hurricane Dorian during September 2019
