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 Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags NOAA AMSU AVHRR Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Copernicus Metop-A Metop-B EPS Europe North America, Central America & Caribbean S America GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Date 2020 Date March April September December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 7 results 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 12 September 2020 11:37-13:07 UTC Smoke from California fires above Europe Smoke from California fires seen in the NOAA-20 VIIRS 1.38 micron band. Case study 18 April 2020 00:00 UTC-22 April 23:00 UTC Extensive DIBS in the Deformation Zone In April 2020, pockmarked DIBS cloud, produced by a cyclone over the Mediterranean Sea, entered an elongated deformation zone. Case study 14 April 2020 05:00-18:00 UTC Signatures of foehn & bora in water vapour images The foehn situation on 14 April 2020 and on how it is seen in water vapour imagery. Case study 13 April 2020 12:00 UTC-15 April 12:00 UTC Retour d’est or extended Bora flow along Po Valley Retour d’est along Po Valley in satellite imagery in April 2020. Case study 9 March 2020 00:00 UTC–10 March 23:00 UTC Cross-Atlantic moisture transport Moisture transport from sub-tropical Atlantic brought precipitation to the UK and parts of western Europe on 9 and 10 March 2020. Case study 7 and 8 March 2020 Dust from a dry Patagonian lake reaches Atlantic Dust that lifted from a dry Patagonian lake and reached the Atlantic could be seen on various satellite images in March 2020.