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 Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags AMSU ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Jason-2 Jason-3 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MHS MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa IASI NOAA EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP VIIRS ABI AHI Polar MODIS Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 105 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort Friday, 6 March 2020 7 and 8 March 2020 EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust lifted from a dry Patagonian lake reaches the South Atlantic Dust that lifted from a dry Patagonian lake and reached the Atlantic could be seen on various satellite images in March 2020. 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, 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. Wednesday, 1 January 2020 January–December 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 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. Saturday, 27 October 2018 27 October 2018 00:00 UTC–02 November 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Intense Mediterranean cyclone's Alpine crossing A cyclone that intensified over Mediterranean waters took a very direct path over the Alps. Monday, 23 July 2018 23 July 2018 12:00–18:00 UTC and 24 July 00:05 UTC and 00:55 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Devastating wildfires near Athens In late July 2018 wildfires ripped through coastal areas in Greece, causing thousands to flee and a number of fatalities. Load More
