Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Sentinel Atmospheric composition Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Tags OLCI Africa GOME-2 MFG MSG MVIRI SEVIRI SLSTR MTG Sentinel-3 RSS Metop-A Metop Europe Asia SW Pacific Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua MODIS ABI AHI Polar Date 2022 2020 2019 2018 2017 1988 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 9 results Case study 30 December 2021 07:27 UTC Hydrogen sulphide plumes off the Namibian coast Plumes of hydrogen sulphide could be seen off the coast of Namibia in December 2021. 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 4 November–2 December 2019 Meanders in the Mediterranean Instabilities in ocean currents can be identified through data from Sentinel-3 satellites. Case study 26 September 2019 15:30 UTC–27 September 15:30 UTC Record-breaking Hurricane Lorenzo Hurricane Lorenzo was the strongest hurricane to go so far north and east in the Atlantic. Case study 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria were devastated by two large wildfires. Case study 6-15 May 2018 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 21 February 2018 08:49 UTC Sulphur plumes off Namibia seen by Sentinel-3 Using Sentinel-3 data to explain bright waters & unusual smells during monitoring cruise. Case study March to June 2017 South African algal blooms Detection of harmful algal blooms in the southern Benguela, seen by Sentinel-3 OLCI. Case study 28 February 1998 13:30 UTC-15 February 2018 21:15 UTC Eclipses captured in satellite imagery Collection of cases looking at how satellites capture imagery of solar eclipses.
