ASpot Case Studies

Case studies

 

Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites.

ASpot Case Studies
ASpot Case Studies

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    5 February 2023 00:00 UTC-10 February 00:00 UTC

    Yellow mountain snow across Europe

    Widespread cold air advection brought cold, snowy conditions to Portugal in February 2023.

    Carpathian snow cover seen through Cloud Type RGB, before and after the advection of cold and dry air mass, Sentinel-3 SLST imager on 9 February 2023
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    5 February 2023 00:00 UTC-15 March 21:00 UTC

    Record-breaking Tropical Cyclone Freddy crosses Indian Ocean

    Record-breaking tropical cyclone Freddy traversed the whole Southern Indian Ocean in February and March 2023.

    SNPP CLPH 20 Feb
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    21 January 2023 12:00 UTC-22 January 03:00 UTC

    Medicane in northern Adriatic

    First medicane of the 2023 season formed on 21 January over the Adriatic.

    Sentinel-3 (A and B) True Colour RGB composite imagery, 21 January.
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    Fog from Po Valley penetrates south-alpine valleys

    Fog covered most of the Po Valley in January 2023.

    Verzasca dam. Credit: ikmerc
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    18 December 2022 00:00-23:45 UTC

    Mount Etna's effusive eruption

    By Ivan Smiljanic The thermal signal from the lava region is visible through the SEVIRI IR3.9 channel (Figure 1).

    Mount Etna. Credit: rarrarorro
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    July-August 2022

    Summer 2022: exceptional wildfire season in Europe

    In July and August 2022, significant fire events took place in France, Portugal and Spain.

    Wildfire scar
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    13 December 2022 20:25-20:50 UTC

    Satellite launch through satellites' eyes

    MTG launch on 13 December 2022 seen by GOES-16 and MSG.

    MTG-LI launch. Credit ESA/CNES/Arianespace
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    24 November 10:00-12:00 UTC and 29 November 08:00-12:00 UTC

    Comparing views of Saudi Arabia storms

    Differences in convective cloud tops as seen by MSG and proxy MTG imagery.

    Storm over Red Sea. Credit: Riyas
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    June-September 2022

    Monsoon floods in Pakistan

    Since the beginning of June, Pakistan has seen major flooding associated with the 2022 Monsoon.

    Flooding in the Swat Valley, Pakistan. Credit: Hazrat Bilal
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    8 September 2022 01:00-12:00 UTC

    Mesoscale Convective System over central Italy

    Monitoring in near real time, through the use of H SAF precipitation products, of the development of a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) which took place on 8 September 2022 in central Italy.

    Storm cumulus clouds. Credit: Ivan Kurmyshov
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    18 August 2022 00:00-18:00

    Violent thunderstorms struck Corsica and parts of Italy

    Violent thunderstorms struck Corsica and parts of Italy on 18 August 2022.

    Thunderstorms in Corsica and Italy on 18 August
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    August-October 2022

    Severe flooding in Nigeria

    Flooding in Nigeria's south submerged homes and farmland, and displaced thousands.

    Close-up of a flooded river. Credit: Tomasz Zajda