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 Satellites Atmospheric Composition Land Ocean Weather Data Metop Sentinel Tags Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Sentinel-3 Africa ASCAT GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) NOAA Metop-A EPS Europe Asia S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Date 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 10 results Case study 22 May 2021, 18:00 UTC to 23 May, 17:15 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Destructive eruption of volcano Nyiragongo In the evening of 22 May 2021 volcano Nyiragongo started to erupt, threatening life and property. 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 26 Sept 2019 15:30 UTC–27 Sept 15:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Record-breaking Hurricane Lorenzo Hurricane Lorenzo was the strongest hurricane on record to go so far north and east in the Atlantic Ocean, when it reached Category 5 status in September 2019. Case study 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, were devastated by two large wildfires. Case study January–December 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 2019. Case study 6-15 May 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog Transport of African-Arabian dust to Pakistan & north India In May 2018 dust clouds from Africa and the Arabian peninsula travelled as far as India. Case study 20 March 2018 12:00 UTC–26 March 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Long-range dust outbreak over Africa and Greece In late March 2018 a cold outbreak drove Saharan dust from the Atlas mountains down to the south-west coast of Africa and on to Greece. Case study January–December 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2018 A look at our most popular case studies from 2018 Case study January–December 2017 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2017 A look at our most popular case studies from 2017. Case study 1 September 2016 07:30–09:15 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Rare ring-of-fire eclipse over Africa On 1 September 2016 a rare 'ring-of-fire' double eclipse occurred over Africa.
