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 Weather Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags SNPP VIIRS AVHRR Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SEVIRI Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA Metop-A EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES MODIS ABI AHI Date 2020 2016 2015 2014 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 13 results Case study 5 June 2020 00:00 UTC–26 June 21:00 UTC 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 18 April 2020 00:00 UTC-22 April 23:00 UTC 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. Case study 23 March 2020 04:00 UTC–27 March 18:00 UTC 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 7 and 8 March 2020 Dust from a dry Patagonian lake reaches Atlantic Dust that lifted from a dry Patagonian lake and reached the Atlantic could be seen on various satellite images in March 2020. Case study 22 March 2016 00:00 UTC–24 March 06:00 UTC Cyclone Ivan brings massive dust storm Cyclone Ivan brought an impressive low that carried huge amounts of dust to parts of Europe at the end of March. Case study 18 February 2016 00:00 UTC–19 February 23:30 UTC Dust outbreaks sweep through China During 18-19 February 2016 several dust outbreaks occurred over China. Case study 10 December 2015–27 January 2016 Expedition crossing the Empty Quarter A team of three men and camels successfully walked the Empty Quarter (Rub AlKhali) from south (Salalah, Oman) to north (Doha, Qatar) in 49 days, supported by four-wheel drive vehicles. Case study 01 April 2015 23:00 UTC Spectrum of dust colours over Arabian Peninsula A dust storm formed rapidly over the Arabian peninsula on 1 April. Case study 10 February 2015 06:00 UTC–13 February 12:00 UTC Large sandstorm covers swathes of the Middle East A sandstorm, with winds reaching 100 km/h, caused widespread disruption across the Middle East in early February. Case study 31 January 2015 13:00 UTC– 1 February 06:00 UTC Dust travels from Algeria to the Black Sea In late January/early February a large dust plume swept north east from Africa and over the Mediterranean Sea. Case study 10 November 2014 14:15–23:30 UTC Sudden freeze brings dust storm to Colorado A cold front brought a dramatic temperature drop of 17 °C and a dust haboob to Colorado on 10 November. Case study 19 September 2014 03:52 UTC Aurora borealis over Iceland volcano Both hot lava from the Bardarbunga volcano and the aurora borealis were seen by NOAA's Suomi-NPP satellite on 19 September. Load More
