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 Land Ocean Weather Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags ASCAT AVHRR Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Date 2016 Date January February March April May June July August September October November December 67 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort Tuesday, 9 January 2018 January–December 2017 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2017 A look at our most popular case studies from 2017. Wednesday, 28 December 2016 28 December 2016 01:00–06:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Holepunch clouds over eastern China On 28 December 2016 holepunch clouds or fallstreak holes developed over eastern China. Saturday, 24 December 2016 24 December 2016 03:00 UTC–4 January 2017 03:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Lingering fog over the Arabian Peninsula From 24 December and for more than 10 days, a thick fog invaded the Arabian Gulf countries resulting in limited night-morning visibility. Monday, 19 December 2016 20 December 2016 00:00–10:45 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Snow over Jordan and northern parts of Saudi Arabia Overnight on 19-20 December 2016 there were heavy snowfalls in Jordan and in Turaif city in Saudi Arabia. Wednesday, 7 December 2016 08 December 2016 00:00 UTC–19 December 06:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Tropical Cyclone Vardah Using Meteosat-8 imagery it was possible to track the full lifetime of Tropical Cyclone Vardah. Monday, 5 December 2016 06 December 2016 00:00 UTC–09 December 23:45 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Night-time fog over India Meteosat-8 and Himawari-8 observe night-time fog formation in northern India in early December 2016. Sunday, 4 December 2016 04 December 2016 12:12 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Flooding in southern Spain Tropical air trapped in Gulf of Cadiz caused severe flooding in southern Spain in December 2016. Monday, 28 November 2016 29 November 2016 11:16 UTC and 12:53 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog VIIRS double view of snowy Alps On 29 November 2016 the VIIRS instrument on Suomi-NPP covered the Alps in two consecutive day orbits. This does not happen very often. Tuesday, 22 November 2016 22 November 2016 12:00 UTC–25 November 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Heavy rain & flooding in Piedmont, Italy In November 2016 Piedmont region of Italy had intense multi-day precipitation. Monday, 21 November 2016 21 November 04:00 UTC–22 November 2016 19:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust over the Sea of Oman A large area of dust was seen by both Meteosat and Sentinel-3A as it travelled across parts of the Middle East in November 2016. Saturday, 19 November 2016 19 November 13:00 UTC–21 November 2016 13:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Storm Angus Storm Angus, the first named UK storm of Autumn 2016, brought high winds and flooding to southern parts of the country. Wednesday, 26 October 2016 26 October 2016 21:00 UTC–31 October 15:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Medicane over the Mediterranean Sea In late October 2016 both Meteosat-10 and Metop 'saw' a Medicane that formed over the Ionian Sea. Load More
