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 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) SEVIRI ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) MHS MVIRI OLCI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa IASI NOAA Metop-A EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Date 2021 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 186 results Tuesday, 8 June 2021 22 May 2021, 18:00 UTC to 23 May, 17:15 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Destructive eruption of volcano Nyiragongo In the evening of 22 May 2021 volcano Nyiragongo started to erupt, threatening life and property. Monday, 14 June 2021 21 January 2021 21:00 UTC-22 January 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Squall line crossing Catalonia Squall line over Catalonia causes severe wind, rain and hail over Catalonia in January 2021. 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. Saturday, 18 April 2020 18 April 2020 00:00 UTC-22 April 23:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Extensive DIBS in the Deformation Zone In April 2020, pockmarked DIBS cloud, produced by a cyclone over the Mediterranean Sea, entered an elongated deformation zone - stretching from France to Turkey. 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, 24 February 2020 24 Feb 2020 15:00 UTC and 25 Feb 13:00–23:45 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dusty Dry Conveyor Belt The Dry Conveyor Belt (DCB) is usually free of clouds in the mid and higher levels, so barely traceable on solar imagery, but in February 2020 it could be seen due to dust transport. 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. Wednesday, 28 August 2019 28 August 2019 08:15–13:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Second eruption of Stromboli in 2019 The second eruption of the Italian volcano Stromboli occurred on 28 August - just a few weeks after a previous eruption. Wednesday, 3 July 2019 03 July 2019 14:00–23:45 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Eruption of Stromboli volcano The Italian volcano Stromboli erupted with a series of small explosions on 3 July 2019. Saturday, 1 June 2019 1 June 2019 02:00–5 June 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Extensive smoke from Canadian wildfires Smoke from widespread wildfires in Alberta, Canada travelled as far as parts of Europe and Russia in May and June 2019. 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. Tuesday, 19 March 2019 19 March 2019 02:00–18:00 UTC, 21 March 09:00 UTC, 22 March 03:00 UTC and 09:00 UTC, 26 March 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Major dust outbreak over the Taklimakan Desert Major dust outbreak over the Taklimakan Desert seen in Meteosat-8 images in March 2019. Load More
