Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Meteosat Sentinel Satellites Atmospheric Composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Metop Jason Tags Sentinel-3 ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-6 Africa Altimeters Copernicus IASI Metop-C NOAA IODC Metop-A Metop-B EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Climate Use Cases Date 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 44 results Case study 15-22 March 2022 Widespread dust intrusion across Europe Continental-wide plume of Saharan dust across Europe in March 2022. Case study 1995-2015 More sunshine in Europe due to cleaner air How satellite-based climate data records support our understanding of the impact of cleaner air on the Earth's climate. Case study 13 January 2022 15:00-23:50 UTC and 14 January 04:51 UTC-17 January 04:30 UTC Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai major eruptions In January 2022 the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in the Pacific Ocean erupted a number of times. Case study 22 May 2021, 18:00 UTC to 23 May, 17:15 UTC Destructive eruption of volcano Nyiragongo In the evening of 22 May 2021 volcano Nyiragongo started to erupt, threatening life and property. Case study 17 May 2021 02:30-13:00 UTC and 18 May 01:00 UTC Tropical Cyclone Tauktae Tropical Cyclone Tauktae made landfall in the Indian state of Gujarat on 17 May 2021. Case study 9-12 April 2021 Major eruption of La Soufrière volcano Major eruption of the Caribbean volcano La Soufrière in early April 2021. Case study 16-28 February and 2-11 March 2021 Mount Etna very active in February & March 2021 Regular Etna eruptions observed in February and March 2021. 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 13 April 2020 12:00 UTC-15 April 12:00 UTC Retour d’est or extended Bora flow along Po Valley Retour d’est along Po Valley in satellite imagery in April 2020. Case study 22-27 February 2020, Various times Dust over the Canaries Record dense dust over the Canary Islands originates near the African coast. Case study 20 January 2020 10:00 UTC–21 January 14:00 UTC. 26 and 27 January 10:00 UTC Storm Gloria batters Spain and France Storm Gloria brought significant wind and rain to parts of Spain and France on 20 and 21 January 2020. Case study January–December 2020 Top ten case studies for 2020 A look at our most popular case studies from 2020. Load More
