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 Satellites Land Weather Data Metop Sentinel Tags Terra/Aqua ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI SEVIRI Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA Metop-A EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Date 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 52 results Wednesday, 3 March 2021 16-28 February and 2-11 March 2021 EUMETSAT Science Blog Mount Etna very active in February & March 2021 Regular Etna eruptions observed in February 2021. Monday, 8 February 2021 5 February 2021 09:00 UTC-7 February 11:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Monday, 18 January 2021 16 January 2021 10:00 UTC-17 January 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Snow-covered Europe Snow covered many parts of Europe in January 2021. Tuesday, 12 January 2021 8 January 2021 09:00 UTC-11 January 13:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Heavy snow in parts of Spain Parts of central Spain saw their heaviest snowfalls in decades in January 2021. Monday, 22 April 2019 22 April 2019 12:00 UTC, 23 April 06:00–12:30 UTC, 24 April 06:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Sunday, 3 June 2018 03 June 2018 12:00 UTC–23:45 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Devastating eruptions of volcano Fuego near Guatemala City In June 2018 eruptions from volcano Fuego, 40 km west-southwest of Guatemala City, brought disaster and many deaths to its surrounding area. Thursday, 29 March 2018 29 March 2018 00:00–21:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Monday, 17 July 2017 17 July 2017 03:00 UTC–18 July 00:59 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Fires in Croatia and Montenegro Fires raged along the Adriatic coast for days in mid-July 2017, causing major destruction in Croatia and Montenegro. Friday, 3 February 2017 04 February 2017 06:58 UTC, 08:00 UTC and 08:31 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Cold spell brings record low temperatures to Oman A cold outbreak over the Gulf of Persia in early February 2017 led to record-low temperatures over a large part of Oman. Sunday, 8 May 2016 08 May 2016 16:45 UTC and 09 May 11:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Canadian smoke moves towards the North Atlantic The smoke from the devastating wild fires in Alberta, Canada, could be seen moving towards the North Atlantic on 9 May. Thursday, 3 December 2015 3 December 2015 02:00 UTC–05 December 04:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Mount Etna eruption in winter 2015 On 3 December 2015, for the first time in two years Mount Etna, erupted. Wednesday, 22 April 2015 22 April 21:38 UTC and 27 April 2015 EUMETSAT Science Blog Eruption of Calbuco Volcano, Chile Chile’s Calbuco volcano unexpectedly erupted for the first time in more than 40 years in late April 2015. Load More
