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 Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Africa Europe ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 NOAA Metop-A EPS 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 42 results 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. 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. 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, 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 Thursday, 19 January 2017 19 January 2017 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog January 2017: freezing temperatures and snow in Central and Southern Europe High pressure situation leads to high pollution (fine dust) in Central Europe. Easterly winds push highly polluted air out on the eastern Atlantic, as seen in Meteosat-10 RGB imagery. Tuesday, 9 January 2018 January–December 2017 EUMETSAT Science Blog Image Library top ten for 2017 A look at our most popular case studies from 2017. Monday, 18 July 2016 18 July 00:12 UTC–20 July 2016 12:42 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Red rain over Spain Southern Spain had muddy rain (also called red rain or rain dust) as a result of convection on 20 July. Friday, 1 April 2016 01 and 02 April 2016 12:00 UTC and 01:50 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Saharan dust causes temperature drop Some areas of Europe saw a significant drop in temperatures on 1 April 2016 due to a large cloud of Saharan dust. Thursday, 18 February 2016 18 February 2016 12:00 UTC– 22 February 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Unusual heavy snowfalls in the Canary Islands The snow started to fall on 18 February and continued to fall on 19 and 20 February. Snow covered all highlands from 900 metres above sea level, with traces of snow as low as 600 metres. Sunday, 6 September 2015 06 September 2015 06:00 UTC—10 September 06:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Large dust cloud over the Middle East Parts of the Middle East shrouded in a persistent dust cloud in early September 2015. Tuesday, 10 February 2015 10 February 2015 06:00 UTC–13 February 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Saturday, 31 January 2015 31 January 2015 13:00 UTC– 1 February 06:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust travels from Algeria to the Black Sea In late January/early February a large dust plume swept north east from Africa and over the Mediterranean Sea. Load More
