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 Jason-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MHS MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa IASI NOAA EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Terra/Aqua Date 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 115 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort Monday, 8 February 2021 5 February 2021 09:00 UTC-7 February 11:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Meteosat-11 captures plume of Saharan dust coming from northern Africa On 5-6 February 2021, a massive amount of Saharan dust was advected across the Mediterranean Sea into central Europe. Monday, 18 January 2021 16 January 2021 10:00 UTC-17 January 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Snow-covered Europe Snow covered many parts of Europe in January 2021. Tuesday, 12 January 2021 8 January 2021 09:00 UTC-11 January 13:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Heavy snow in parts of Spain Parts of central Spain saw their heaviest snowfalls in decades in January 2021. Wednesday, 18 December 2019 18 December 2019 and 25 February 2000, 14:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 20th anniversary of the NASA Terra satellite On 18 December 2019, NASA’s EOS Terra satellite celebrates 20 years since its launch in 1999. 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. Tuesday, 24 September 2019 24 September, 24 October 2019–8 November EUMETSAT Science Blog Active Indian Ocean tropical cyclone season 2019 saw a lot of cyclonic activity in the northern Indian Ocean, with five systems being generated. Saturday, 17 August 2019 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, were devastated by two large wildfires. Saturday, 10 August 2019 10 August 2019 06:00–20:45 UTC and 11 August 06:00–13:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Wildfires in Greece The Greek island of Elafonisos in the Pelaponessus region suffered from major wildfires in August 2019. Monday, 22 April 2019 22 April 2019 12:00 UTC, 23 April 06:00–12:30 UTC, 24 April 06:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust over Europe Two dust clouds, one from northern Africa and one from Central Europe, travelled north towards Iceland and Greenland in late April 2019. Saturday, 23 March 2019 24 March 2019 00:00 UTC–25 March 00:00 UTC, 31 March 03:00–08:00 UTC, 8 April 2019 04:00–13:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Widespread flooding in the Middle East Parts of the Middle East were left devastated after severe floods in late March and early April 2019. Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18 December 2018 23:54 UTC–19 December 01:48 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Satellite images of bright meteor (bolide) east of Kamchatka On 18 December 2018 at 23:48:20 UTC a very bright meteor exploded above the Bering Sea, east of Kamchatka. Thursday, 15 November 2018 15 November 2018 07:00–15:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Contrail shadows over the stratus Unusually shaped shadow contours of high contrail clouds, casted over the wide stratus field, were explored through various VIIRS (i.e. FCI proxy) and SEVIRI products. Load More