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 Tags Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) SEVIRI AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) MVIRI Africa IASI NOAA Metop-A Europe Asia S America GOES Terra/Aqua MODIS Date 2008 Date January February March April May June August September October November SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 13 results Case study 3 November 2008 18:00 UTC Large SO2 plume from Erta Ale volcano Large SO2 plume from Erta Ale crossed the Red Sea towards Yemen in Nov 2008. Case study 7 October 2008 02:45 UTC Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts over northern Sudan Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts over northern Sudan shown in rapid-scan imagery from Meteosat-8. Case study 17 September 2008 00:00 UTC Remarkable dust cloud over Iceland Winds from ex-hurricane Ike gives rise to a remarkable dust cloud over Iceland. Case study 1 September 2008 00:00 UTC Large smoke plume over the Mozambique Channel Large smoke plume from forest fires seen over the Mozambique Channel. Case study 14 August 2008 00:00 UTC SO2 plumes from the Kasatochi eruption Sulphur dioxide (SO2) plumes from the Kasatochi eruption circled the whole northern hemisphere over more than 20 days. Case study 2 August 2008 00:00 UTC Blue plume above nocturnal temperature inversion Blue dust plume above nocturnal temperature inversion observed in Meteosat RGB imagery. 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 region in southern Norway that had been extremely dry during the previous weeks. Case study 10 May 2008 00:00 UTC Etna eruptions Metop-A and MSG observe Etna eruptions in May 2008. Case study 5 May 2008 00:00 UTC Eruption of the Chaitén volcano in Chile On 2 May 2008 an old volcanic caldera erupted close to the coastal town of Chaitén in southern Chile. Case study 18 April 2008 00:00 UTC Dense smoke over Argentina and Uruguay In April 2008, smoke from grassland burning could be seen along the course of the Paraná river. Case study 23 March 2008 00:00 UTC Forecasting coloured rain in Bulgaria Forecasting coloured rain in Bulgaria in March 2008. Case study 2 February 2008 00:00 UTC Dust crossing the Gulf of Aden Most of the dust outbreaks in this area are generated by strong, post-frontal northerly winds (Shamal winds). Load More
