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Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites.

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Wednesday, 3 March 2021

16-28 February and 2-11 March 2021

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Mount Etna very active in February & March 2021

Regular Etna eruptions observed in February 2021.

Saturday, 18 April 2020

18 April 2020 00:00 UTC-22 April 23:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Extensive DIBS in the Deformation Zone

In April 2020, pockmarked DIBS cloud, produced by a cyclone over the Mediterranean Sea, entered an elongated deformation zone - stretching from France to Turkey.

Friday, 6 March 2020

7 and 8 March 2020

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Dust lifted from a dry Patagonian lake reaches the South Atlantic

Dust that lifted from a dry Patagonian lake and reached the Atlantic could be seen on various satellite images in March 2020.

Friday, 19 October 2018

19 October 2018 03:00–14:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Isolated convective complex over the upper Persian/Arabian Gulf

On 19 October 2018 a convective complex developed over open waters in the upper Persian/Arabian Gulf.

Isolated convective complex over the upper Arabian Gulf

Thursday, 26 July 2018

26 July 2018 04:00 UTC to 3 August 06:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Dense dust outbreak across the Arabian peninsula

Summer Shamal pushed dense dust across the Arabian peninsula to its south coast and out over the Arabian Sea in late July/early August 2018.

Wednesday, 25 April 2018

25 April 2018 00:00–23:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Sea-ice melt resulted in cold water spill over the Labrador Current

Ice melt along the Labrador coast resulted in freshwater water spill over the Labrador Current, showing some very steep gradients in temperature and chlorophyll concentration fields while meeting the warm Gulf current around Newfoundland.

Sunday, 18 February 2018

19 February 2018 00:00–19:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Violent blast from Sinabung volcano

Ash plumes from the eruption of the Indonesian volcano Sinabung could be seen in satellite imagery on 19 February 2018.

Tuesday, 1 January 2019

January–December 2018

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Image Library top ten for 2018

A look at our most popular case studies from 2018

Friday, 22 September 2017

22 September 2017 17:00–25 September 06:30 UTC and 1 October 19:00–21:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Eruption of volcano Aoba (Ambae) in Vanuatu archipelago

Located on the small island Aoba, or Ambae, in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu, the volcano of the same name erupted in the days from 22 September 2017 onward.

Tuesday, 9 January 2018

January–December 2017

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Image Library top ten for 2017

A look at our most popular case studies from 2017.