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 Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags MSG Africa Terra/Aqua ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Jason-2 MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Third Party MTG Sentinel-3 Metop-C NOAA RSS Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe Asia SW Pacific North America, Central America & Caribbean S America GOES SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Atlantic Ocean Date 2022 2021 2019 2016 2015 2014 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2002 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 27 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 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 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria were devastated by two large wildfires. 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 July 2016 10:45–11:05 UTC and 18:00 UTC Low cloud vortices off coast of Morocco On 10 July a low cloud vortex was spotted off the northwest coast of Morocco. Case study 26 June 2016 03:00 UTC Gravity waves over the South Atlantic Interplay of atmospheric gravity waves over the South Atlantic off the African coast. Case study 4 April 2016 08:40 UTC, 08:45 UTC and 09:12 UTC Observing river deltas Observation of the deltas of the Danube and Nile rivers in April 2016. Case study 12 January 2015 11:30 UTC Large dust cloud over the Canary Islands In January 2015, a high layer of dust moved from north-west Africa to the Canary Islands. Case study 23 November 2014 10:00 UTC–30 November 23:45 UTC Eruption of Pico do Fogo volcano, Cape Verde In November 2014 Pico do Fogo erupted for the first time in 20 years. Case study 18 March 2010 00:00 UTC Continental-scale dust outbreak over Africa According to NASA Earth Observatory March 2010 was a spectacular month for dust outbreaks. Case study 27 November 2009 00:00 UTC Severe convective storms over South Africa Severe convective storms over the southeastern parts of South Africa. Case study 18 October 2009 00:00 UTC Fires and rapidly growing burn scars Fires and rapidly growing burn scars over Mali and Burkina Faso. Load More
