Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Sort Refine results Categories Satellites Atmospheric Composition Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags Sentinel-3 Africa ASCAT GOME-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) NOAA EPS Europe Asia S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Date 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 13 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. 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. Sunday, 3 November 2019 4 November–2 December 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog Meanders in the Mediterranean Instabilities in ocean currents can be identified through synergistic use of data from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites. Thursday, 26 September 2019 26 Sept 2019 15:30 UTC–27 Sept 15:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Record-breaking Hurricane Lorenzo Hurricane Lorenzo was the strongest hurricane on record to go so far north and east in the Atlantic Ocean, when it reached Category 5 status in September 2019. Saturday, 17 August 2019 17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Gran Canaria wildfires In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, were devastated by two large wildfires. 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. Sunday, 6 May 2018 6-15 May 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog Transport of African-Arabian dust to Pakistan and north India In May 2018 dust clouds from Africa and the Arabian peninsula travelled as far as India. Tuesday, 20 March 2018 20 March 2018 12:00 UTC–26 March 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Wednesday, 21 February 2018 21 February 2018 08:49 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. 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 Tuesday, 28 February 2017 March to June 2017 EUMETSAT Science Blog South African algal blooms Detection of harmful algal blooms in the southern Benguela, as seen by OLCI aboard Sentinel-3. 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. Load More
