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 Meteosat Atmospheric Composition Land Ocean Weather Sentinel Tags SEVIRI Africa Terra/Aqua Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SLSTR Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Europe MODIS Date 2019 2016 2015 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 6 results Case study 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, were devastated by two large wildfires. Case study 22 April 2019 12:00 UTC, 23 April 06:00–12:30 UTC, 24 April 06:00 UTC Dust over Europe Two dust clouds, one from northern Africa and one from Central Europe, travelled north towards Iceland and Greenland in late April 2019. Case study 10 July 2016 10:45–11:05 UTC and 18:00 UTC Low cloud vortices off coast of Morocco On 10 July a low cloud vortex was spotted off the northwest coast of Morocco. Case study 4 April 2016 08:40 UTC, 08:45 UTC and 09:12 UTC Observing river deltas Observation of the deltas of the Danube and Nile rivers in April 2016. Case study 12 February 2015 12:00 UTC Fires over the south-western parts of South Africa Many runaway/out of control fires over the south-western parts of South Africa occurred in February and March 2015 Case study 12 January 2015 11:30 UTC Large dust cloud over the Canary Islands Around the 12 January, a high layer of dust moved from north-western Africa covering the area around the Canary Islands, impacting visibility.
