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 Europe MODIS AVHRR GOME-2 MSG SEVIRI SLSTR MTG Sentinel-3 Africa Metop-C NOAA Metop-B Metop Asia GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP VIIRS ABI Date 2022 2019 2017 2011 2009 2008 2007 2006 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 9 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 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 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 21 January 2011 00:00 UTC Pollution causes cloud-free gaps in clouds Elongated cloud-free gaps in stratus clouds caused by industrial air pollution. 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 23 March 2008 00:00 UTC Forecasting coloured rain in Bulgaria Forecasting coloured rain in Bulgaria in March 2008. Case study 7 April 2007-4 October 2021 Eruptions of European volcanoes A collection of cases looking at eruptions from volcanoes in Europe, from 2007-2021 Case study 9 May 2006 00:00 UTC Smoke/pollen plume over Europe and North Atlantic Smoke/pollen plume over Europe and the Northern Atlantic. 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.