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 Ocean Weather Data Metop Sentinel Tags MTG AVHRR GOME-2 MSG OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA Metop-A Metop Europe Asia SW Pacific Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Date 2022 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2008 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 17 results 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 5 June 2020 00:00 UTC–26 June 21:00 UTC Exceptional Saharan dust transport over the Atlantic In June, large amounts of Saharan dust travelled all the way to the Caribbean and the US. Case study 18 April 2020 00:00 UTC-22 April 23:00 UTC Extensive DIBS in the Deformation Zone Pockmarked DIBS cloud, produced by a cyclone, entered an elongated deformation zone. 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 22 April 2019 12:00 UTC, 23 April 06:00–12:30 UTC, 24 April 06:00 UTC Dust over Europe Two dust clouds travelled north towards Iceland and Greenland in April 2019. Case study 10 March 2019 00:00 UTC–11 March 09:00 UTC Large dust fan (Spanish Dancer) over west Africa Synoptic scale dust outbreak over west Africa in March 2019. Case study 1 February 2019 18:02–19:32 UTC Meteorite impact near Viñales in western Cuba On 1 February 2019 a meteorite exploded over Western Cuba near Viñales in bright daylight. Case study 11 November 2018 18:22 UTC and 23:30 UTC Smoke from California wildfires Smoke from widespread wildfires in California in November 2018, seen by Sentinel-3. 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 26 June 2018 00:00 UTC–1 July 00:00 UTC Meteosat-11 and GOES-16 eyes on dust transport over Atlantic Dust lifted over Sahara by the ITCZ convective activity was transported over the Atlantic. Case study 8 May 2018 09:33 UTC First images from Sentinel-3B This case looks at some first images from the new Sentinel-3B. Case study 23 November 2017 20:00 UTC–24 November 08:00 UTC Two short eruptions of volcano Popocatépetl Two short eruptions from Popocatépetl, south-west of Mexico City, 23-24 November 2017. Load More
