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 Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags SEVIRI Africa Asia ASCAT GOME-2 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 NOAA Metop-A EPS Europe S America Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Indian Ocean Date 2020 2018 2017 2015 2014 2008 2007 2004 2003 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 12 results Case study 21 November 2020 12:00 UTC-23 November 12:00 UTC Tropical Cyclone Gati historic landfall in Somalia Tropical Cyclone Gati was the strongest tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Somalia, in late November 2020. Case study 23 March 2020 04:00 UTC–27 March 18:00 UTC 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. Case study January–December 2019 Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 2019. 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 30 May 2017 00:00 UTC–4 June 12:00 UTC 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. Case study 6 September 2015 06:00 UTC—10 September 06:00 UTC Large dust cloud over the Middle East Parts of the Middle East shrouded in a persistent dust cloud in early September 2015. Case study 10 February 2015 06:00 UTC–13 February 12:00 UTC Large sandstorm covers swathes of the Middle East A sandstorm, with winds reaching 100 km/h, caused widespread disruption across the Middle East in early February. Case study January–December 2015 Image Library top ten for 2015 A look at our most popular case studies from 2015. Case study 23 March 2008 00:00 UTC Forecasting coloured rain in Bulgaria Forecasting coloured rain in Bulgaria in March 2008. 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 13 May 2004 12:00 UTC Large dust storms over Sudan, Libya & the Middle East On 13 May 2004, Meteosat-8 observed five major dust storms within a satellite field of view of about 1200 x 900 pixels. Case study 25 June 2003 00:00 UTC Dust storms and oil fires in the Middle East Dust storms over the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and oil fires over Baghdad, June 2003.
