Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Atmospheric Composition Land Meteosat Ocean Weather Data Metop Sentinel Tags Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Africa ASCAT GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 NOAA Metop-A EPS Europe Asia S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Date 2021 2018 2017 2016 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 11 results 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 January–December 2019 Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 2019. Case study January–December 2018 Image Library top ten for 2018 A look at our most popular case studies from 2018 Case study January–December 2017 Image Library top ten for 2017 A look at our most popular case studies from 2017. Case study 1 February 2010 14:00 UTC Tropical storm over the Canary Islands A tropical storm over the Canary Islands brings a strong surge and 200 mm of rain over a period of two hours. Case study 2 August 2009 11:00 UTC Smoke from fires on La Palma Smoke from fires on La Palma (Canary Islands) reaches La Gomera. Case study 7 October 2008 02:45 UTC Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts over northern Sudan Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts over northern Sudan shown in rapid-scan imagery from Meteosat-8. Case study 1 September 2008 00:00 UTC Large smoke plume over the Mozambique Channel Large smoke plume from forest fires seen over the Mozambique Channel. Case study 8 August 2007 00:00 UTC West African monsoon crosses the Sahara desert In Africa in 2007, the summer storms of the long rains have been notable. Case study 7 April 2007 00:00 UTC New eruption of Mount Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion In April 2007, the Piton de la Fournaise volcano in eastern Reunion, a French overseas department, was erupting for more than a week. Case study 15 January 2006 00:00 UTC Wind-driven land surface features in the Sahara Wind-driven land surface features in the Sahara desert.
