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 AVHRR GOME-2 MFG MSG MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR MTG Sentinel-3 Africa IASI Metop-A Metop Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Date 2008 Date February March April May June August October November SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 9 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 14 August 2008-7 December 2022 Volcanic eruptions in Pacific Ocean region Collection of cases on eruptions from volcanoes in Asia and the Pacific Ocean regions, 2014-2022. 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 dry region in southern Norway. Case study 3 May 2008 06:00 UTC-19 July 2019 23:40 UTC Eruptions from volcanoes in Central & South America Using satellite imagery to track eruptions from volcanoes in Chile, Peru and Guatemala. Case study 18 April 2008 00:00 UTC Dense smoke over Argentina and Uruguay In April 2008, smoke from grassland burning 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 Dust outbreaks in this area generated by strong, post-frontal northerly (Shamal) winds.
