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 Meteosat Land Weather Data Metop Sentinel Tags Asia ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 MFG MSG MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR MTG Sentinel-3 Africa IASI Metop-A Metop Europe SW Pacific Himawari Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS AHI Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2002 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 35 results Case study 23 March 2020 04:00 UTC–27 March 18:00 UTC Aralkum Desert dust pollutes air in south-east Europe High values of particulate matterwere recorded in many places across South-East Europe. Case study 1 June 2019 02:00–5 June 12:00 UTC Extensive smoke from Canadian wildfires Smoke from wildfires in Alberta, Canada travelled as far as parts of Europe and Russia. Case study 19-26 March 2019 Major dust outbreak over the Taklimakan Desert Major dust outbreak over the Taklimakan Desert seen in Meteosat-8 images in March 2019. Case study 5 and 6 January 2019 03:00–13:00 UTC Outflow of winter smog over north Indian Ocean On 6 January 2019 Indian winter smog spread over the north Indian Ocean. Case study 26 July 2018 04:00 UTC to 3 August 06:00 UTC Dense dust outbreak across Arabian peninsula Summer Shamal pushed dense dust across the Arabian peninsula and over the Arabian Sea. Case study 6-15 May 2018 Transport of African-Arabian dust to Pakistan & north India In May 2018 dust clouds from Africa and the Arabian peninsula travelled as far as India. Case study 7 March 2018 02:00–13:00 UTC Sentinel-3 sees black smoke from ship fire Sentinel-3 'saw' black smoke from a container ship fire, due to sunglint from the ocean. Case study 30 May 2017 00:00 UTC–4 June 12:00 UTC Dust outbreak in the Middle East and Africa In 2017, the first time after moving to IODC, Meteosat-8 spotted a significant dust event. Case study 17 March 2017 00:00 UTC–20 March 2017 08:00 UTC Multiple dust events over the Middle East Multiple dust events occurred over North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula in March 2017. Case study 4 February 2017 06:58 UTC, 08:00 UTC and 08:31 UTC Cold spell brings record low temperatures to Oman A cold outbreak over the Gulf of Persia led to record-low temperatures over Oman. Case study 21 November 04:00 UTC–22 November 2016 19:00 UTC Dust over the Sea of Oman Large area of dust seen by MSG and Sentinel-3A as it travelled across the Middle East. Case study 18 February 2016 00:00 UTC–19 February 23:30 UTC Dust outbreaks sweep through China During 18-19 February 2016 several dust outbreaks occurred over China. Load More
