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 Jason Tags ABI ASCAT AVHRR MSG OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Third Party MTG Sentinel-3 Altimeters Metop Europe North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES SNPP VIIRS AHI Atlantic Ocean Date 2017 Date March April May August November SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 6 results Case study 23 November 2017 20:00 UTC–24 November 08:00 UTC Two short eruptions of volcano Popocatépetl Two short eruptions from Popocatépetl, south-west of Mexico City, 23-24 November 2017. 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 seen as far as the Alps in August. Case study August, September and October 2017 Record-breaking 2017 hurricane season North Atlantic hurricane season in 2017 was both devastating and record-breaking. Case study 19 May 2017 18:45 UTC and 26 June 18:45 UTC Thin cirrus seen in new GOES-16 ABI 1.3 micron band Hurricane Dora — strongest Tropical Cyclone observed by new GOES-16. Case study 4 April 15:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, 16 April 14:56 UTC Floods in South America Due to El Niño, parts of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru had weeks of almost continuous rain. Case study 23 March 2017 16:27–20:32 UTC Dust over Mexico and the US A large cloud of dust travelled across parts of Mexico and on to America on 23 March.