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 Data Meteosat Land Weather Metop Tags MSG Africa Terra/Aqua GOME-2 SEVIRI Third Party MTG Metop-C Metop-A Metop-B Europe Asia SNPP MODIS VIIRS Date 2022 2021 2019 2015 2014 2010 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 13 results Case study 21-26 April and 4-5 May 2022 Springtime dust outbreaks In Spring 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 Huge amount of Saharan dust advected across the Mediterranean Sea into central Europe. 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 12 January 2015 11:30 UTC Large dust cloud over the Canary Islands In January 2015, a high layer of dust moved from north-west Africa to the Canary Islands. Case study 23 November 2014 10:00 UTC–30 November 23:45 UTC Eruption of Pico do Fogo volcano, Cape Verde In November 2014 Pico do Fogo erupted for the first time in 20 years. Case study 18 March 2010 00:00 UTC Continental-scale dust outbreak over Africa According to NASA Earth Observatory March 2010 was a spectacular month for dust outbreaks. Case study 23 March 2008 00:00 UTC Forecasting coloured rain in Bulgaria Forecasting coloured rain in Bulgaria in March 2008. Case study 30 September 2007 00:00 UTC Eruption of Jebel at Tair in the Red Sea After 124 years dormant, the Jebel at Tair volcano erupted in September 2007. Case study 5 April 2007 00:00 UTC Severe thunderstorm in polluted air over Burkina Faso Isolated thunderstorm developed rapidly southwest of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Case study 24 February 2006 00:00 UTC Dust storm over north Africa & eastern Med Dust storm over northern Africa and the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Case study 15 January 2006 00:00 UTC Wind-driven land surface features in the Sahara Wind-driven land surface features in the Sahara desert. Case study 25 November 2005 00:00 UTC and 29 May 2006 00:00 UTC Volcanic eruptions of Mount Karthala Volcanic eruptions of Mount Karthala, Comoros in November 2005 and May 2006. Load More
