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 Satellites Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags Asia MODIS ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa NOAA Metop-A EPS Europe SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Date 2018 2017 2014 2011 2010 2008 2006 2004 2003 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 12 results Case study January–December 2019 Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 2019. Case study 04 February 2017 06:58 UTC, 08:00 UTC and 08:31 UTC Cold spell brings record low temperatures to Oman A cold outbreak over the Gulf of Persia in early February 2017 led to record-low temperatures over a large part of Oman. Case study 25 February 2014 02:11 UTC Thick smog over Beijing Thick smog blanketed China's capital city, Beijing, for many days, as seen by Metop-A. Case study 4 June-1 July 2011 Chilean volcanic eruption Meteosat-9 observes Chilean volcanic eruption. Case study 24 December 2010 00:00 UTC Haze veil on the Pakistani coast Dust from dried out Indus River and Rann of Kutch (seasonal salt marsh) caused a veil off the coast. Case study 11 November 2010 00:00 UTC East Asia dust storm This Terra MODIS Dust RGB product shows a wall of postfrontal dust blowing across eastern China. Case study 24 June 2010 12:00 UTC Dust over Alborz mountains and Caspian Sea Dust plume makes it through a gap in the ranges and is blown down the Sefid Rood Valley. Case study 23 March 2008 00:00 UTC Forecasting coloured rain in Bulgaria Forecasting coloured rain in Bulgaria in March 2008. Case study 2 February 2008 00:00 UTC Dust crossing the Gulf of Aden Most of the dust outbreaks in this area are generated by strong, post-frontal northerly winds (Shamal winds). Case study 9 May 2006 00:00 UTC Smoke/pollen plume over Europe and North Atlantic Smoke/pollen plume over Europe and the Northern Atlantic. 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 Sulphur plant explosion over northern Iraq On 25 June 2003, a fire broke out at the Al-Mishraq sulphur plant and a thick sulphur smoke dominated the sky in the area.
