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 Sentinel Tags MTG GOES MSG OLCI SEVIRI Sentinel-3 Africa Europe Himawari SNPP VIIRS ABI AHI Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 8 results Case study 5 June 2020 00:00 UTC–26 June 21:00 UTC Exceptional Saharan dust transport over the Atlantic In June, large amounts of Saharan dust travelled all the way to the Caribbean and the US. Case study 10 March 2019 00:00 UTC–11 March 09:00 UTC Large dust fan (Spanish Dancer) over west Africa Synoptic scale dust outbreak over west Africa in March 2019. Case study 1 February 2019 18:02–19:32 UTC Meteorite impact near Viñales in western Cuba On 1 February 2019 a meteorite exploded over Western Cuba near Viñales in bright daylight. Case study 11 November 2018 18:22 UTC and 23:30 UTC Smoke from California wildfires Smoke from widespread wildfires in California in November 2018, seen by Sentinel-3. Case study 26 June 2018 00:00 UTC–1 July 00:00 UTC Meteosat-11 and GOES-16 eyes on dust transport over Atlantic Dust lifted over Sahara by the ITCZ convective activity was transported over the Atlantic. Case study 23 November 2017 20:00 UTC–24 November 08:00 UTC Two short eruptions of volcano Popocatépetl Two short eruptions from Popocatépetl, south-west of Mexico City, 23-24 November 2017. 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 23 March 2017 16:27–20:32 UTC Dust over Mexico and the US A large cloud of dust travelled across parts of Mexico and on to America on 23 March.
