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 Tags MSG MTG Terra/Aqua MODIS ASCAT AVHRR FCI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Third Party Sentinel-3 Metop-SG METimage Africa Metop-C NOAA Metop-A Metop Europe Asia SNPP VIIRS Date 2022 2019 2018 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 14 results Case study July-August 2022 Summer 2022: exceptional wildfire season in Europe In July and August 2022, significant fire events took place in France, Portugal and Spain. Case study 28-30 January 2022 Development of storm Valtteri Storm Valtteri travelled over southern Finland, bringing heavy snowfall and strong winds. Case study 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria were devastated by two large wildfires. Case study 22 April 2019 12:00 UTC, 23 April 06:00–12:30 UTC, 24 April 06:00 UTC Dust over Europe Two dust clouds travelled north towards Iceland and Greenland in April 2019. Case study 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 Widespread flooding in the Middle East Parts of the Middle East were left devastated after severe floods. Case study 15 November 2018 07:00–15:00 UTC Contrail shadows over the stratus Unusually shaped shadow contours of high contrail clouds, cast over a wide stratus field. Case study 27 October 2018 00:00 UTC–2 November 00:00 UTC Intense Mediterranean cyclone's alpine crossing A cyclone that intensified over the Mediterranean Sea took a direct path over the Alps. Case study 23 July 2018 12:00–18:00 UTC and 24 July 00:05 UTC and 00:55 UTC Devastating wildfires near Athens In late July 2018 wildfires ripped through coastal areas in Greece. Case study 30 June 2018 00:00–23:00 UTC Sharp moisture boundary seen by SEVIRI and MODIS A sharp low level moisture boundary that stretched over the central Europe in June 2018. Case study May–September 2018 A summer of heatwaves and drought for many Summer 2018 in much of Europe was characterised by prolonged heatwaves and droughts. Case study 25 April 2018 06:00 UTC–26 April 12:00 UTC Severe flash floods in parts of Israel A series of flash floods occurred in parts of Israel, throughout April 2018. Case study 29 March 2018 00:00–21:00 UTC Sharp dust boundary over northern Africa Sharp dust boundary formed after the clash of a dry & dusty and tropical airmasses. Load More
