Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Satellites Atmospheric Composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags Africa Asia 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 Metop-A EPS Europe SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Indian Ocean Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2009 2008 2007 2004 2003 2002 2001 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 41 results Case study 21 November 2020 12:00 UTC-23 November 12:00 UTC Tropical Cyclone Gati historic landfall in Somalia Tropical Cyclone Gati was the strongest tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Somalia, in late November 2020. Case study 21 June 2020, 00:00–12:00 UTC 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. Case study 23 March 2020 04:00 UTC–27 March 18:00 UTC 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. Case study Various MISR 3D images of convective storms Convective storms using 3D imagery from the MISR instrument on the Terra satellite. Case study January–December 2019 Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 2019. Case study 6-15 May 2018 Transport of African-Arabian dust to Pakistan & north India In May 2018 dust clouds from Africa and the Arabian peninsula travelled as far as India. Case study 30 May 2017 00:00 UTC–4 June 12:00 UTC 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. Case study 3 March 2017 00:00 UTC—8 March 18:00 UTC Tropical Cyclone Enawo Tropical Cyclone Enawo battered Madagascar with winds in excess of 205km/h in March 2017. Case study 12 April 2016 00:00 UTC–18 April 13:30 UTC Tropical Cyclone Fantala Tropical Cyclone Fantala showed a very clearly defined eye as the storm reached Category 5 level in mid-April. Case study 6 September 2015 06:00 UTC—10 September 06:00 UTC Large dust cloud over the Middle East Parts of the Middle East shrouded in a persistent dust cloud in early September 2015. Case study 01 April 2015 23:00 UTC Spectrum of dust colours over Arabian Peninsula A dust storm formed rapidly over the Arabian peninsula on 1 April. Case study 10 February 2015 06:00 UTC–13 February 12:00 UTC 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. Load More
