Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Meteosat Atmospheric composition Land Ocean Weather Data Metop Sentinel Tags Africa Europe MODIS GOME-2 MSG OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR MTG Sentinel-3 Metop-C Metop-B Asia Terra/Aqua SNPP VIIRS Date 2022 2021 2019 2016 2008 2006 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 8 results Case study 21-26 April and 4-5 May 2022 Springtime dust outbreaks During late April and early May 2022 numerous dust outbreaks affected the Mediterranean basin area. Case study 23 October-2 November 2021 Multiple severe rain events in western Med & N Africa Between 23 Oct and 2 Nov 2021, a series of upper-level lows caused disturbances in the Mediterranean/northern Africa area. Case study 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, 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, one from northern Africa and one from Central Europe, travelled north towards Iceland and Greenland in late April 2019. Case study 10 July 2016 10:45–11:05 UTC and 18:00 UTC Low cloud vortices off coast of Morocco On 10 July a low cloud vortex was spotted off the northwest coast of Morocco. Case study 4 April 2016 08:40 UTC, 08:45 UTC and 09:12 UTC Observing river deltas Observation of the deltas of the Danube and Nile rivers in April 2016. Case study 23 March 2008 00:00 UTC Forecasting coloured rain in Bulgaria Forecasting coloured rain in Bulgaria in March 2008. Case study 24 February 2006 00:00 UTC Dust storm over north Africa & eastern Med Dust storm over northern Africa and the eastern Mediterranean Sea.