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 Land Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags MSG SEVIRI Europe AVHRR GOME-2 OLCI MTG Sentinel-3 Africa Copernicus Metop-C Metop-A Asia Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Date 2022 2021 2019 2017 2015 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 17 results Case study 15-22 March 2022 Widespread dust intrusion across Europe Continental-wide plume of Saharan dust across Europe in March 2022. Case study 15 June 2021 14:56 UTC Strong dust devil in heated Rhine valley Strong wind vortex in heated Rhine valley in June 2021. 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 12 August 2017 17:45 UTC—20 August 04:45 UTC Immense smoke from Canadian fires seen over Europe High level smoke from Canadian wildfires seen as far as the Alps in August. 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. Case study 18 June 2017 06:00–19:00 UTC and 19 June 06:00 UTC Devastating wildfires in Portugal Hot spots and smoke from a deadly, widespread forest fire in central Portugal. Case study 17 July 2015 05:00–15:00 UTC Wildfires in Greece Overnight 16/17 July wildfires broke out in south-eastern corner of Peloponnese peninsula. Case study 13 June 2015 21:00 UTC Smoke from Canadian fires seen over Europe On 13 June smoke from wildfires in Canada travelled over parts of Northern Europe. Case study 3 December 2010 10:00 UTC Large forest fire near Haifa Meteosat-9 sees plume of smoke carried by easterly winds from wildfires north of Haifa. Case study 23 August 2009 01:00 UTC Wild fires threaten the city of Athens Heavy wildfires raged through Greece for several days from 21 August onward. Case study 12 June 2008 00:00 UTC Largest forest fire in Norway in 60 years On 9 June a large forest fire started in a dry region in southern Norway. Case study 8 August 2007 00:00 UTC West African monsoon crosses the Sahara desert In Africa in 2007, the summer storms of the long rains have been notable. Load More
