Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Atmospheric composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags ASCAT Metop AVHRR MFG MSG MVIRI OLCI Satellite Applications Facility (SAF) SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Third Party MTG Sentinel-3 Altimeters Metop-C NOAA Metop-A Metop-B Europe Asia SW Pacific North America, Central America & Caribbean Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Climate Use Cases Date 2022 2020 2019 2018 2017 2015 2014 2013 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 19 results Case study January 2022 Winter drought and fire risk in southern Europe A significant precipitation deficit over the south-western parts of Europe in January 2022. 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 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 00:00 UTC–18 September 21:00 UTC Medicane causes storms in Italy & Greece Tropical storm-like cyclone causing storms, severe wind and high seas over Ionian Sea, September 2020. Case study 24 September, 24 October 2019–8 November Active Indian Ocean tropical cyclone season 2019 saw a lot of cyclonic activity in the northern Indian Ocean, with five systems being generated. Case study June and July 2019 European heatwaves in summer 2019 Maximum temperature records were broken in many parts of Europe, due to heatwaves. Case study May–September 2018 A summer of heatwaves and drought for many Summer 2018 in much of Europe was characterised by prolonged heatwaves, leading to droughts in some areas. Case study 12 September 2017 06:00 UTC–13 September 12:00 UTC Storm Aileen Overnight 12-13 Sept the first of the UK/Ireland named storms of the 2016/2017 season crossed the British Isles. Case study August and September 2017 Record-breaking 2017 hurricane season The North Atlantic hurricane season on 2017 has proved to be both devastating and record-breaking so far. Case study 19 and 20 November 2015 Polar low off the coast of northern Norway Two polar lows, which appeared off the coast of Norway, could be identified using ASCAT winds and satellite imagery. Case study 28 October 2015 17:24 UTC–3 November 12:00 UTC Tropical Cyclone Chapala Tropical Cyclone Chapala was one of the strongest cyclones to ever hit Yemen. Case study 3 August 2015 00:00 UTC–4 August 23:00 UTC, 6 August 00:35 UTC Typhoon Soudelor moving towards Taiwan Typhoon Soudelor as it crossed over the West Pacific in August 2015. Load More