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 Science Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags AMSU ASCAT AVHRR FCI GOME-2 Jason-2 Jason-3 MFG MSG MHS MVIRI OLCI Poseidon Satellite Applications Facility (SAF) Sentinel-4 SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Third Party MTG Sentinel-3 Sentinel-6 Metop-SG RO METimage MWI Africa Altimeters Atmosphere Copernicus IASI Metop-C NOAA Ocean Colour Sea Surface Temperature (SST) IODC RSS Metop-A Metop-B Metop 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 Climate Use Cases Ocean Decade GNSS-RO Date 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1999 1996 1993 1992 1988 1987 1983 1982 1978 1968 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 689 results Case study 4 September 2023 11:15-11:33 UTC Loch Neagh algal bloom Lough Neagh plagued by algal blooms in Summer 2023. Case study 4 September 2023 00:00 UTC–11 September 00:00 UTC Extreme floods in Libya and central Greece Unprecedented flooding events impacted Greece and Libya in early September 2023. Case study 19 August 2023 12:00 UTC-31 August 12:00 UTC Massive fires in northern Greece A massive wildfire outbreak in the second half of August impacted parts of northern Greece. Case study 19 July 2023 00:00-26 July 23:59 UTC Devastating fires in parts of the Mediterranean during unprecedented heatwave Several Mediterranean countries impacted by devastating wildfires in July 2023. Case study 18-20 July 2023 Destructive convective storms in SE Europe Convective storms with extreme winds, large hail and abundant precipitation hit SE Europe in July. Case study 4 July 2023 07:00 UTC-6 July 07:00 UTC Storm Poly An extraordinary summer storm with hurricane-force wind gusts swept over the Netherlands and NW Germany causing large material damage and casualties. Case study Europe & Atlantic, 23 June 2023 Canadian wildfire monitoring over the Atlantic and Europe Monitoring of Canadian wildfires as seen by four EUMETSAT satellites, including MTG. Case study Mediterranean, 19-21 June 2023 Dust transport from the Sahara to the Mediterranean Substantial quantities of dust from the Sahara transported to western parts of the Mediterranean from 19-21 June 2023. Case study 19 May 00:00 UTC-21 May 00:00 UTC Dust lowers temperatures and causes cloudiness over Europe Dusty cirrus caused lower temperatures and more clouds over parts of Europe in May 2023. Case study 19 February and 13 May 2023 Severe mountain waves over western Cape Severe Mountain Waves over parts of the western Cape on 13 May 2023. Case study 5-20 May 2023 Floods around central Mediterranean region Floods, flash floods and landslides from numerous cyclones passing over the central Mediterranean region in May 2023. Case study 4-7 May 2023 First major fire events at high latitudes Fire signatures and the smoke plumes from first major wildfire episodes in 2023 at high latitudes are highly visible in different satellite observations. Case study 5 April 2023 00:00 UTC-16 April 21:00 UTC Powerful tropical cyclone Ilsa hits NW Australia Powerful tropical cyclone Ilsa hit northwestern Australia in April 2023. Case study 23-27 March 2023 First major wildfire in the Spain in 2023 Drought conditions across Spain supported first major wildfire outbreak in Europe in 2023. Case study 6 & 10 March 2023 Observations of atmospheric composition from geostationary satellites Geostationary satellite instruments observing trace gases and aerosols have started a new era in space-borne air quality monitoring. Case study 2002-2022 Tropospheric warming and stratospheric cooling in the 21st century Radio occultation data show significant troposphere warmed on the 21st century. Case study 5 February 2023 00:00 UTC-10 February 00:00 UTC Yellow mountain snow across Europe Widespread cold air advection brought cold, snowy conditions to Portugal in February 2023. Case study 5 February 2023 00:00 UTC-15 March 21:00 UTC Record-breaking Tropical Cyclone Freddy crosses Indian Ocean Record-breaking tropical cyclone Freddy traversed the whole Southern Indian Ocean in February and March 2023. Case study 21 January 2023 12:00 UTC-22 January 03:00 UTC Medicane in northern Adriatic First medicane of the 2023 season formed on 21 January over the Adriatic. Case study Fog from Po Valley penetrates south-alpine valleys Fog covered most of the Po Valley in January 2023. Case study 18 December 2022 00:00-23:45 UTC Mount Etna's effusive eruption In December 2022, for a number of days Mount Etna actively released lava. Case study 28 August-21 September 2022 Tracking tropical cyclone impacts using altimetry Satellite altimetry data provides info on tropical cyclones impacts on the coastal oceans. 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 13 December 2022 20:25-20:50 UTC Satellite launch through satellites' eyes MTG launch on 13 December 2022 seen by GOES-16 and MSG. Load More
