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 Weather Data Metop Tags SEVIRI Europe Terra/Aqua SNPP GOME-2 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Africa Metop-C NOAA Metop-B Himawari MODIS VIIRS Date 2022 2021 2018 2017 2015 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 7 results Case study 21-26 April and 4-5 May 2022 Springtime dust outbreaks During late April and early May 2022 numerous dust outbreaks affected the Mediterranean basin area. Case study 23 October-2 November 2021 Multiple severe rain events in western Med & N Africa Between 23 Oct and 2 Nov 2021, a series of upper-level lows caused disturbances in the Mediterranean/northern Africa area. Case study 15 November 2018 07:00–15:00 UTC Contrail shadows over the stratus Unusually shaped shadow contours of high contrail clouds, casted over the wide stratus field, were explored through various VIIRS (i.e. FCI proxy) and SEVIRI products. Case study 27 October 2018 00:00 UTC–02 November 00:00 UTC Intense Mediterranean cyclone's alpine crossing A cyclone that intensified over Mediterranean waters took a very direct path over the Alps. Case study 23 July 2018 12:00–18:00 UTC and 24 July 00:05 UTC and 00:55 UTC Devastating wildfires near Athens In late July 2018 wildfires ripped through coastal areas in Greece, causing thousands to flee and a number of fatalities. Case study 17 July 2017 03:00 UTC–18 July 00:59 UTC Fires in Croatia and Montenegro Fires raged along the Adriatic coast for days in mid-July 2017, causing major destruction in Croatia and Montenegro. Case study 3 December 2015 02:00 UTC–05 December 04:00 UTC Mount Etna eruption in winter 2015 On 3 December 2015, for the first time in two years Mount Etna, erupted.
