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 Tags AMSU ASCAT AVHRR Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa Atmosphere Copernicus NOAA Ocean Colour Sea Surface Temperature (SST) EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Date 2020 Date January February March April May June July August September October November December 40 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort Wednesday, 10 February 2021 25 December 2020 00:00 UTC-2 January 2021 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Ex-Tropical Storm Chalane crosses southern African subcontinent Tropical Storm Chalane landfall in Madagascar and Mozambique in December 2020 then crossed the entire South African subcontinent. Monday, 25 January 2021 21 December 2020 09:00-22 December 03:00 UTC and 18 January 2021 21:15 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Strong Etna eruptions seen by Meteosat Mount Etna erupted several times in December 2020 and January 2021. Monday, 11 January 2021 18 December 2020 21:00 UTC-19 December 23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Early summer convection in central Argentina and Uruguay Severe convection in central Argentina in December 2020. Wednesday, 16 December 2020 January 2004-October 2020 EUMETSAT Science Blog A Meteosat look at budgets Meteosat Second Generation spans 18 years of an atmosphere in evolution. Wednesday, 3 February 2021 7 December 2020 12:50-23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Pacific cirrus above stratocumulus New NIR1.3 channel on GOES ABI helps to detect thin cirrus clouds above low-level clouds. Tuesday, 15 December 2020 4 December 2020 00:00 UTC-10 December 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Nearly-record snowfall in the western Alps in December 2020 Winter 2020 started with more than 2 m snow in the Alps and an extreme amount of rain. Tuesday, 2 February 2021 2-29 December 2020 15:00 UTC and 28 January 2021 15:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Iceberg A68-A curves around South Georgia Island The breakup of Iceberg A68-A, in December 2020, was observed in Meteosat and GOES imagery. Wednesday, 16 December 2020 1 December 2020 00:00 UTC-3 December 16:24 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Upwelling in the Gulf of Tehuantepec Regional topography and winds drive a strong upwelling of cold ocean waters and an increase in phytoplankton growth in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Wednesday, 2 December 2020 25 November 2020 00:00 UTC-27 November 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Anticyclone with very dry air in mid troposphere During last week of November 2020, a very stable anticyclone formed over central Europe. Tuesday, 2 February 2021 21 November 2020 12:00 UTC-23 November 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Tropical Cyclone Gati makes historic landfall in Somalia Tropical Cyclone Gati was the strongest tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Somalia, in late November 2020. Wednesday, 3 February 2021 20 November 2020 15:00-17:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Distrails form over Michigan Distrails formed over Michigan in late November 2020. Monday, 16 November 2020 15 November 2020, 14:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Hurricane Iota - another record-breaking storm In mid-November 2020 Hurricane Iota became the 30th named storm of the North Atlantic Hurricane season. Load More