Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Data Meteosat Sentinel Atmospheric Composition Land Ocean Weather Metop Jason Tags Sentinel-3 VIIRS ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Third Party Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Africa Altimeters NOAA EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific North America, Central America & Caribbean S America Himawari GOES SNPP MODIS ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Date 2021 2018 2017 2016 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 10 results Case study 22 May 2021, 18:00 UTC to 23 May, 17:15 UTC Destructive eruption of volcano Nyiragongo In the evening of 22 May 2021 volcano Nyiragongo started to erupt, threatening life and property. Case study January–December 2019 Image Library top ten for 2019 A look at our most popular case studies from 2019. Case study 19 October 2018 03:00–14:00 UTC Isolated convective complex over upper Persian Gulf On 19 October 2018 a convective complex developed over open waters in the upper Persian Gulf. Case study 26 July 2018 04:00 UTC to 3 August 06:00 UTC Dense dust outbreak across Arabian peninsula Summer Shamal pushed dense dust across the Arabian peninsula and over the Arabian Sea in late summer 2018. Case study 25 April 2018 00:00–23:00 UTC Sea-ice melt resulted in cold water spill over the Labrador Current Ice melt along the Labrador coast resulted in freshwater water spill over the Labrador Current in April 2018. Case study 19 February 2018 00:00–19:00 UTC Violent blast from Sinabung volcano Ash plumes from the eruption of the Indonesian volcano Sinabung could be seen in satellite imagery on 19 February 2018. Case study January–December 2018 Image Library top ten for 2018 A look at our most popular case studies from 2018 Case study 22 September 2017 17:00–25 September 06:30 UTC and 1 October 19:00–21:00 UTC Eruption of volcano Aoba (Ambae) in Vanuatu archipelago Vanuatu erupted in the days from 22 September 2017 onward. Case study August and September 2017 Record-breaking 2017 hurricane season The North Atlantic hurricane season on 2017 has proved to be both devastating and record-breaking so far. Case study January–December 2017 Image Library top ten for 2017 A look at our most popular case studies from 2017.