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 Meteosat Land Ocean Weather Data Metop Sentinel Tags Africa AVHRR Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Metop-A EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Polar Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 55 results Case study 25 December 2020 00:00 UTC-2 January 2021 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Chalane crosses southern African subcontinent Tropical Storm Chalane landfall in Madagascar and Mozambique in December 2020 then crossed the entire South African subcontinent. Case study 5 June 2020 00:00 UTC–26 June 21:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Exceptional Saharan dust transport over the Atlantic In June 2020 large amounts of Saharan dust travelled all the way to the Caribbean and the US. Case study 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. Case study 22-27 February 2020, Various times EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust over the Canaries Record dense dust over the Canary Islands originates near the African coast. Case study 22 April 2019 12:00 UTC, 23 April 06:00–12:30 UTC, 24 April 06:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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 March 2019 00:00 UTC–11 March 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Large dust fan (Spanish Dancer) over west Africa Synoptic scale dust outbreak over west Africa in March 2019. Case study 26 June 2018 00:00 UTC–01 July 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Meteosat-11 and GOES-16 eyes on dust transport over Atlantic Dust lifted over Sahara by the ITCZ convective activity was transported over the Atlantic and seen by the Meteosat-11 and GOES-16 satellites. Case study 30 May 2017 00:00 UTC–4 June 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust outbreak in the Middle East and Africa In late May/early June 2017, for the first time since it moved to its new IODC position Meteosat-8 spotted a significant dust event. Case study 18 July 00:12 UTC–20 July 2016 12:42 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Red rain over Spain Southern Spain had muddy rain (also called red rain or rain dust) as a result of convection on 20 July. Case study 3 June 2014 EUMETSAT Science Blog Thermal monitoring of volcanic activity from space Data from the Meteosat satellite has been used to measure the temperature of lava at a remote volcano in Africa. Case study 11 April 2015 12:00 UTC–12 April 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Large dust cloud over Sahel Large parts of Africa's Sahel were covered by dust in the second week of April. Case study 01 April 2015 23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Spectrum of dust colours over Arabian Peninsula A dust storm formed rapidly over the Arabian peninsula on 1 April. Load More
