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 Jason-3 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MHS MVIRI OLCI Satellite Applications Facility (SAF) SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa Atmosphere Copernicus IASI NOAA Ocean Colour Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Metop-A Metop-B EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Date 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1996 1993 1992 1991 1990 1987 1982 1978 1968 1380 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort Monday, 12 April 2021 9-11 April 2021 EUMETSAT Science Blog Major eruption of La Soufrière volcano Major eruption of the Caribbean volcano La Soufrière in early April 2021. Wednesday, 24 March 2021 11 March 16:30 UTC-15 March 2021 23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Major dust outbreaks - Africa, Middle East & China Meteosat-8 spots series of dust outbreaks in March 2021. Thursday, 4 March 2021 23 February 14:00 UTC-24 February 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Spotting Etesian winds in solar imagery using moonglint Etesian winds spotted in the solar spectrum in Feb 2021. Friday, 26 February 2021 19 February 2021 12:00-22:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Arctic blast turned US white Band of ice from freezing rain over Texas clearly seen in RGB imagery on 19 Feb 2021. Wednesday, 3 March 2021 16-28 February and 2-11 March 2021 EUMETSAT Science Blog Mount Etna very active in February & March 2021 Regular Etna eruptions observed in February 2021. Tuesday, 23 February 2021 15 February 2021 07:00 UTC-19 February 08:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Large dust plume ejecting off west Africa Saharan dust heading for Europe in Feb 2021; second major dust outbreak of the season Monday, 22 February 2021 15 February 2021 00:00 UTC-16 February 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog End of the cold spell in western Europe, arrival of cold air in south-eastern Europe Cold spell in Germany ended with freezing rain on 15 February. Snowstorm hit Greece and western Turkey. 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. Tuesday, 2 February 2021 May, June, December 2020 and January 2021 EUMETSAT Science Blog Contrails - when do we see them from satellites? Looking at the contrails in satellite images and investigating supportive atmospheric conditions. Thursday, 11 February 2021 1-15 February 2021 EUMETSAT Science Blog February 2021: very cold first half in Europe and North America Winter 2020/21 brings arctic weather conditions to northern & central Europe. Thursday, 28 January 2021 27 January 11:00 UTC-28 January 10:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Series of storms over parts of western Europe Series of storms brings torrential rain to Western and Central Europe in late January 2021. Tuesday, 9 February 2021 26 January 2021 00:00 UTC-29 January 10:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Storm Justine hits the Azores At the end of January 2021 a series of storms formed in North Atlantic, one of them moving close to the Azores. Friday, 22 January 2021 18 January 2021 21:00 UTC-21 January 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Storm Christoph batters the UK Storm Christoph caused severe flooding and heavy snowfall in parts of the UK in mid-January 2021. 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, 19 January 2021 15 January 2021 15:00-16 January 23:50 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust over the US Central Plains and Gulf of Mexico Major dust outbreak over the American Central Plains in mid-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, 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. Load More
