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 Weather Satellites Land Ocean Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Africa ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 NOAA EPS Europe Asia S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Date 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 90 results Friday, 5 June 2020 5 June 2020 00:00 UTC–26 June 21:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Exceptional Saharan dust transport over the Atlantic Ocean In June 2020 large amounts of Saharan dust travelled all the way to the Caribbean and the US. Monday, 23 March 2020 23 March 2020 04:00 UTC–27 March 18:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Aralkum Desert dust pollutes air in South-East Europe High values of particulate matter (PM10) were recorded in the air in many places across South-East Europe on 27 March 2020. Friday, 21 February 2020 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. Monday, 22 April 2019 22 April 2019 12:00 UTC, 23 April 06:00–12:30 UTC, 24 April 06:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust over Europe Two dust clouds, one from northern Africa and one from Central Europe, travelled north towards Iceland and Greenland in late April 2019. Saturday, 9 March 2019 10 March 2019 00:00 UTC–11 March 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Large Dust Fan (Spanish Dancer) over West Africa A cyclone over Algeria pushes cold air southward over West Africa, causing a synoptic scale dust outbreak, in early March 2019. Wednesday, 1 January 2020 January–December 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 2019. Tuesday, 26 June 2018 26 June 2018 00:00 UTC–01 July 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Meteosat-11 and GOES-16 eyes on dust transport over Atlantic Dust lifted over Sahara by the ITCZ convective activity was transported over the Atlantic and seen by the Meteosat-11 and GOES-16 satellites. Sunday, 6 May 2018 6-15 May 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog Transport of African-Arabian dust to Pakistan and north India In May 2018 dust clouds from Africa and the Arabian peninsula travelled as far as India. Thursday, 29 March 2018 29 March 2018 00:00–21:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Sharp dust boundary over northern Africa A sharp dust boundary formed in March 2018, after the clash of a dry and dusty Saharan air mass with a moist tropical air mass. Tuesday, 20 March 2018 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. Tuesday, 1 January 2019 January–December 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2018 A look at our most popular case studies from 2018 Tuesday, 30 May 2017 30 May 2017 00:00 UTC–4 June 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust outbreak in the Middle East and Africa In late May/early June 2017, for the first time since it moved to its new IODC position Meteosat-8 spotted a significant dust event. Load More
