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 Data Meteosat Land Weather Metop Sentinel Tags MSG Africa AVHRR GOME-2 OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Third Party MTG Sentinel-3 IASI Metop-C NOAA Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe Asia GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Atlantic Ocean Date 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 54 results Case study 21-26 April and 4-5 May 2022 Springtime dust outbreaks In Spring 2022, numerous dust outbreaks affected the Mediterranean basin area. Case study 15 February 2021 07:00 UTC-19 February 08:00 UTC Large dust plume ejecting off west Africa Saharan dust heading for Europe in Feb 2021; second major dust outbreak of the season. Case study 5 February 2021 09:00 UTC-7 February 11:00 UTC Meteosat-11 captures plume of Saharan dust Huge amount of Saharan dust advected across the Mediterranean Sea into central Europe. Case study 5 June 2020 00:00 UTC–26 June 21:00 UTC Exceptional Saharan dust transport over the Atlantic In June, large amounts of Saharan dust travelled all the way to the Caribbean and the US. 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 matterwere recorded in many places across South-East Europe. 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 22 April 2019 12:00 UTC, 23 April 06:00–12:30 UTC, 24 April 06:00 UTC Dust over Europe Two dust clouds travelled north towards Iceland and Greenland in April 2019. Case study 10 March 2019 00:00 UTC–11 March 09:00 UTC Large dust fan (Spanish Dancer) over west Africa Synoptic scale dust outbreak over west Africa in March 2019. Case study 26 June 2018 00:00 UTC–1 July 00:00 UTC 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. 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 20 March 2018 12:00 UTC–26 March 12:00 UTC Long-range dust outbreak over Africa and Greece Cold outbreak drove Saharan dust from the Atlas mountains to Africa and on to Greece. Case study 30 May 2017 00:00 UTC–4 June 12:00 UTC Dust outbreak in the Middle East and Africa In 2017, the first time after moving to IODC, Meteosat-8 spotted a significant dust event. Load More
