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 Science Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags Metop-B AMSU ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Jason-3 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Sentinel-6 Africa Altimeters Atmosphere Copernicus IASI Metop-C NOAA Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Metop-A EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific 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 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 41 results Case study 21-26 April and 4-5 May 2022 Springtime dust outbreaks During late April and early May 2022 numerous dust outbreaks affected the Mediterranean basin area. Case study 1-31 August 2019 Winds drive deep water formation in Gulf of Lion Effects of Mistral and Tramontana winds on the Gulf of Lion circulation. Case study 18 February 2022 Storm Eunice Storm Eunice was a very severe Atlantic storm that hit parts of Western Europe on 18 February 2022. Case study 4 February 2022, 12:00 UTC to 7 February 09:00 UTC Consecutive tropical cyclones hit Madagascar Consecutive tropical cyclones developed in the southern Indian Ocean in early 2022. Case study 13 January 2022 15:00-23:50 UTC and 14 January 04:51 UTC-17 January 04:30 UTC Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai major eruptions In January 2022 the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in the Pacific Ocean erupted a number of times. Case study 29 December 2021-4 January 2022 Persistent fog/low cloud over Mediterranean Sea Large area of the Mediterranean Sea covered by fog/low clouds for several days in winter 2021/22. Case study 1993-2020 Melting Greenland ice sheet cools North Atlantic Ocean Observing the cooling of the North Atlantic Ocean during the last decade, using weather satellites. Case study 28-29 July 2021 Large smoke plume from wildfires in Russia In summer 2021 Russia saw unprecedented widespread wildfires ravage large swathes of Siberia. Case study 10-17 July 2021 Devastating floods in western Europe Catastrophic floods hit Germany, Belgium and parts of West Europe mid July 2021. Case study 9-12 April 2021 Major eruption of La Soufrière volcano Major eruption of the Caribbean volcano La Soufrière in early April 2021. Case study 23 February 2021 14:00 UTC-24 February 00:00 UTC Spotting Etesian winds in solar imagery using moonglint Etesian winds spotted in the solar spectrum in Feb 2021. 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. Load More
