Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Data Atmospheric composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags AMSU ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 MSG OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Third Party MTG Sentinel-3 Africa Atmosphere Copernicus IASI NOAA Ocean Colour Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Climate Use Cases Date 2020 Date January February March April May June July September October November December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 32 results Case study 18 December 2020 21:00 UTC-19 December 23:00 UTC Early summer convection in Argentina & Uruguay Severe convection in central Argentina in December 2020. Case study 7 December 2020 12:50-23:00 UTC Pacific cirrus above stratocumulus New NIR1.3 channel on GOES ABI helps to detect thin cirrus clouds above low-level clouds. 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 2-29 December 2020 15:00 UTC and 28 January 2021 15:00 UTC Iceberg A68-A curves around South Georgia The breakup of Iceberg A68-A, in December 2020, was observed in Meteosat and GOES imagery. Case study 1 December 2020 00:00 UTC-3 December 16:24 UTC Upwelling in the Gulf of Tehuantepec Strong upwelling of cold ocean waters and an increase in phytoplankton growth in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Case study 25 November 2020 00:00 UTC-27 November 09:00 UTC Anticyclone with very dry air in mid troposphere During last week of November 2020, a very stable anticyclone formed over central Europe. Case study 20 November 2020 15:00-17:00 UTC Distrails form over Michigan Distrails formed over Michigan in late November 2020. 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-04 October 06:00 UTC Storms hit France in early October Europe was battered during the first October weekend in 2020, with extensive storms, extreme rainfall and flooding. Case study 30 September 2020 09:00 UTC and 3 October 00:00 UTC Large dust clouds over northern Europe Largest European-made dust clouds ever seen in Meteosat imagery in autumn 2020. Case study 25 September 2020 13:35 UTC Arctic sea ice minimum 2020 In September 2020 the Arctic sea ice extent shrunk to the second lowest on record. Case study 16 September 2020 10:00–15:00 UTC Smoky hurricane Large smoke cloud sucked into Hurricane Paulette, changing the properties of cloud bands. Load More
