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 Terra/Aqua ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 MFG MSG MVIRI SEVIRI Third Party MTG Africa Metop-C NOAA Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Date 2022 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2001 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 40 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 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 5 February 2021 09:00 UTC-7 February 11:00 UTC Meteosat-11 captures plume of Saharan dust On 5-6 February 2021, a massive amount of Saharan dust was advected across the Mediterranean Sea into central Europe. Case study 16 January 2021 10:00 UTC-17 January 09:00 UTC Snow-covered Europe Snow covered many parts of Europe in January 2021. Case study 8 January 2021 09:00 UTC-11 January 13:00 UTC Heavy snow in parts of Spain Parts of central Spain saw their heaviest snowfalls in decades in January 2021. 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 3 June 2018 12:00 UTC–23:45 UTC Devastating eruptions of volcano Fuego, Guatemala Eruptions from volcano Fuego brought disaster and many deaths to its surrounding area. Case study 29 March 2018 00:00–21:00 UTC Sharp dust boundary over northern Africa A sharp dust boundary formed in March 2018, after the clash of a dry and dusty Saharan air mass with a moist tropical air mass. Case study 17 July 2017 03:00 UTC–18 July 00:59 UTC Fires in Croatia and Montenegro Fires raged along the Adriatic coast for days in mid-July 2017, causing major destruction in Croatia and Montenegro. 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 8 May 2016 16:45 UTC and 9 May 11:30 UTC Canadian smoke moves towards North Atlantic The smoke from the devastating wild fires in Alberta, Canada, could be seen moving towards the North Atlantic on 9 May. Case study 12 January 2015 11:30 UTC Large dust cloud over the Canary Islands In January 2015 a high layer of dust moved from north-western Africa to the Canary Islands. Load More
