Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Land Satellites Atmospheric Composition Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags Europe SNPP ASCAT Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa EPS S America GOES Terra/Aqua MODIS VIIRS Date 2017 Date July October December SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 4 results Case study January–December 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2018 A look at our most popular case studies from 2018 Case study 15 October 2017 12:53 UTC–18 October 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Widespread wildfires in Portugal and Spain Smoke and flames from extensive wildfires in Portugal and Spain in mid-October 2017 could be clearly seen on satellite imagery. Case study 17 July 2017 03:00 UTC–18 July 00:59 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Fires in Croatia and Montenegro Fires raged along the Adriatic coast for days in mid-July 2017, causing major destruction in Croatia and Montenegro. Case study 11 July 2017 04:30 UTC–12 July 17:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Smoke plumes near Vesuvius On 11 July 2017 both Meteosat-10 and Suomi-NPP saw impressive smoke displays from the wildfires on the flanks of Vesuvius in Italy.