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 Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags Europe AVHRR GOME-2 MSG OLCI SEVIRI MTG Sentinel-3 Africa Copernicus Metop-C NOAA Metop-A Metop Asia North America, Central America & Caribbean Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Date 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2015 2013 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 21 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 15 June 2021 14:56 UTC Strong dust devil in heated Rhine valley Strong wind vortex in heated Rhine valley in June 2021. Case study 12 September 2020 11:37-13:07 UTC Smoke from California fires above Europe Smoke from California fires seen in the NOAA-20 VIIRS 1.38 micron band. Case study 1 June 2019 02:00–5 June 12:00 UTC Extensive smoke from Canadian wildfires Smoke from wildfires in Alberta, Canada travelled as far as parts of Europe and Russia. Case study 8 May 2018 09:33 UTC First images from Sentinel-3B This case looks at some first images from the new Sentinel-3B. Case study 12 August 2017 17:45 UTC—20 August 04:45 UTC Immense smoke from Canadian fires seen over Europe High level smoke from Canadian wildfires seen as far as the Alps in August. 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. Case study 18 June 2017 06:00–19:00 UTC and 19 June 06:00 UTC Devastating wildfires in Portugal Hot spots and smoke from a deadly, widespread forest fire in central Portugal. Case study 17 July 2015 05:00–15:00 UTC Wildfires in Greece Overnight 16/17 July wildfires broke out in south-eastern corner of Peloponnese peninsula. Case study 13 June 2015 21:00 UTC Smoke from Canadian fires seen over Europe On 13 June smoke from wildfires in Canada travelled over parts of Northern Europe. Case study 25 June 2013 11:00 UTC Plumes of smoke drifting from America to Europe On 25 June 2013, smoke from the large wildfires in Colorado (USA) reached Europe. Case study 16 September 2011 05:00 UTC Smoke from Minnesota fires over Europe A smoke plume, from the fires in Minnesota on 12 September, reached Europe. Load More