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 Tags Sentinel-3 Africa GOME-2 MSG OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR MTG Metop-A Metop Europe Asia GOES Terra/Aqua MODIS ABI Date 2022 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 10 results Case study 30 December 2021 07:27 UTC Hydrogen sulphide plumes off the Namibian coast Plumes of hydrogen sulphide could be seen off the coast of Namibia in December 2021. Case study 22-27 February 2020, Various times Dust over the Canaries Record dense dust over the Canary Islands originates near the African coast. Case study 4 November–2 December 2019 Meanders in the Mediterranean Instabilities in ocean currents can be identified through synergistic use of data from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites. Case study 26 September 2019 15:30 UTC–27 September 15:30 UTC Record-breaking Hurricane Lorenzo Hurricane Lorenzo was the strongest hurricane to go so far north and east in the Atlantic. Case study 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, were devastated by two large wildfires. Case study 6-15 May 2018 Transport of African-Arabian dust to Pakistan & north India In May 2018 dust clouds from Africa and the Arabian peninsula travelled as far as India. Case study 20 March 2018 12:00 UTC–26 March 12:00 UTC Long-range dust outbreak over Africa and Greece In late March 2018 a cold outbreak drove Saharan dust from the Atlas mountains down to the south-west coast of Africa and on to Greece. Case study 21 February 2018 08:49 UTC Sulphur plumes off Namibia 'seen' by Sentinel-3 Using Sentinel-3 satellite data to explain bright waters and unusual smells during a cruise to monitor carbon. Case study March to June 2017 South African algal blooms Detection of harmful algal blooms in the southern Benguela, as seen by OLCI aboard Sentinel-3. Case study 1 September 2016 07:30–09:15 UTC Rare ring-of-fire eclipse over Africa On 1 September 2016 a rare 'ring-of-fire' double eclipse occurred over Africa.
