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 Atmospheric composition Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags Himawari ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 MFG MSG OLCI SEVIRI Third Party MTG Sentinel-3 Sentinel-6 Altimeters Copernicus Metop-C NOAA Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe Asia SW Pacific GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Pacific Ocean Date 2022 2021 2019 2018 2017 2015 2001 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 8 results Case study 13 January 2022 15:00-23:50 UTC and 14 January 04:51 UTC-17 January 04:30 UTC Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai major eruptions In January 2022 the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in the Pacific Ocean erupted a number of times. Case study 11 March 2021 16:30 UTC-15 March 23:00 UTC Major dust outbreaks - Africa, Middle East & China Meteosat-8 spots series of dust outbreaks in March 2021. Case study 8 October 2019 00:16 UTC–12 October 12:00 UTC, 13 October Devastating Typhoon Hagibis Typhoon Hagibis was the worst storm to hit Japan for half a century. Case study 1 June 2019 02:00–5 June 12:00 UTC Extensive smoke from Canadian wildfires Smoke from wildfires in Alberta, Canada travelled as far as parts of Europe and Russia. Case study 9 October 2018 02:00–08:00 UTC Cumulus flammagenitus on west coast Australia Convection initiated by heat from forest fires in Western Australia in October 2018 could be seen on satellite imagery. 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, which started raging in early July 2017, could be seen as far as the Alps in August. Case study 3 August 2015 00:00 UTC–4 August 23:00 UTC, 6 August 00:35 UTC Typhoon Soudelor moving towards Taiwan Typhoon Soudelor as it crossed over the West Pacific in August 2015. Case study Monitoring Mount Etna for more than 20 years Here we take look back at cases since 2001, which have focused on Mount Etna.
