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 Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags AMSU ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 IASI NOAA EPS Europe SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Indian Ocean Africa Asia Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 55 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort 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. Sunday, 21 June 2020 21 June 2020, 00:00–12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Annular solar eclipse on solstice During the 2020 June solstice the shadow of the Moon, travelling from west to east, appeared in the images of three geostationary satellites. Monday, 23 March 2020 23 March 2020 04:00 UTC–27 March 18:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Aralkum Desert dust pollutes air in South-East Europe High values of particulate matter (PM10) were recorded in the air in many places across South-East Europe on 27 March 2020. Tuesday, 12 November 2019 Various EUMETSAT Science Blog MISR 3D images of convective storms Using 3D imagery from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument on the Terra satellite to show convective storms. Wednesday, 1 January 2020 January–December 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 2019. Tuesday, 30 May 2017 30 May 2017 00:00 UTC–4 June 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust outbreak in the Middle East and Africa In late May/early June 2017, for the first time since it moved to its new IODC position Meteosat-8 spotted a significant dust event. Thursday, 2 March 2017 3 March 2017 00:00 UTC—8 March 18:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Tropical Cyclone Enawo as seen by Meteosat and Metop In early March Tropical Cyclone Enawo battered Madagascar with winds in excess of 205 km/h. Tuesday, 12 April 2016 12 April 2016 00:00 UTC–18 April 13:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Tropical Cyclone Fantala Tropical Cyclone Fantala showed a very clearly defined eye as the storm reached Category 5 level in mid-April. Sunday, 6 September 2015 06 September 2015 06:00 UTC—10 September 06:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Large dust cloud over the Middle East Many parts of the Middle East were shrouded in a persistent dust cloud in early September. Wednesday, 1 April 2015 01 April 2015 23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Spectrum of dust colours over Arabian Peninsula A dust storm formed rapidly over the Arabian peninsula on 1 April. Tuesday, 10 February 2015 10 February 2015 06:00 UTC–13 February 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Large sandstorm covers swathes of the Middle East A sandstorm, with winds reaching 100 km/h, caused widespread disruption across the Middle East in early February. Monday, 26 January 2015 26 January 2015 03:30–08:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Early morning sunglint over the Indian Ocean Meteosat-10 captured sunglint along the line of the Intertropical Convergence Zone, in January. Load More
