Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Satellites Atmospheric Composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags SNPP ASCAT AVHRR Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa Altimeters NOAA EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Date 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 87 results Tuesday, 8 June 2021 22 May 2021, 18:00 UTC to 23 May, 17:15 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Destructive eruption of volcano Nyiragongo In the evening of 22 May 2021 volcano Nyiragongo started to erupt, threatening life and property. Thursday, 15 April 2021 14 April 00:00-07:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Geldingadalir eruptions affect cloud microphysics Altered cloud microphysical structure above Geldingadalir eruptions, April 2021. Wednesday, 24 March 2021 11 March 16:30 UTC-15 March 2021 23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Major dust outbreaks - Africa, Middle East & China Meteosat-8 spots series of dust outbreaks in March 2021. Thursday, 4 March 2021 23 February 14:00 UTC-24 February 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Spotting Etesian winds in solar imagery using moonglint Etesian winds spotted in the solar spectrum in Feb 2021. 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. Thursday, 11 February 2021 1-15 February 2021 EUMETSAT Science Blog February 2021: very cold first half in Europe and North America Winter 2020/21 brings arctic weather conditions to northern & central Europe. Friday, 5 June 2020 5 June 2020 00:00 UTC–26 June 21:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Exceptional Saharan dust transport over the Atlantic Ocean In June 2020 large amounts of Saharan dust, declared by the media as an "historic Saharan dust plume", travelled on easterly trade winds all the way to the Caribbean and south-eastern parts of the continental US. 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. Monday, 23 March 2020 23 March 2020 04:00 UTC–27 March 18:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Aralkum Desert dust pollutes air in South-East Europe High values of particulate matter (PM10) were recorded in the air in many places across South-East Europe on 27 March 2020. 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. Sunday, 17 March 2019 17 March 2019 06:00–16:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Moderate stau (‘südstau’) on the Alpine southside On 17 March 2019 Meteosat-11 captured imagery of stau clouds over the Alps. Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18 December 2018 23:54 UTC–19 December 01:48 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Satellite images of bright meteor (bolide) east of Kamchatka On 18 December 2018 at 23:48:20 UTC a very bright meteor exploded above the Bering Sea, east of Kamchatka. Load More
