Case studies Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites. Filter by Categories Satellites Atmospheric Composition Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags AMSU ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Jason-2 Meteosat First Generation (MFG) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 IASI NOAA EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Africa Date 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1968 319 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort Tuesday, 23 February 2021 15 February 2021 07:00 UTC-19 February 08:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Large dust plume ejecting off west Africa Saharan dust heading for Europe in Feb 2021; second major dust outbreak of the season Monday, 8 February 2021 5 February 2021 09:00 UTC-7 February 11:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Meteosat-11 captures plume of Saharan dust coming from northern Africa On 5-6 February 2021, a massive amount of Saharan dust was advected across the Mediterranean Sea into central Europe. Wednesday, 10 February 2021 25 December 2020 00:00 UTC-2 January 2021 09:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Ex-Tropical Storm Chalane crosses southern African subcontinent Tropical Storm Chalane landfall in Madagascar and Mozambique in December 2020 then crossed the entire South African subcontinent. Tuesday, 2 February 2021 21 November 2020 12:00 UTC-23 November 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Tropical Cyclone Gati makes historic landfall in Somalia Tropical Cyclone Gati was the strongest tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Somalia, in late November 2020. Sunday, 21 June 2020 21 June 2020, 00:00–12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Annular solar eclipse on solstice During the 2020 June solstice the shadow of the Moon, travelling from west to east, appeared in the images of three geostationary satellites. 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, declared by the media as an "historic Saharan dust plume", travelled on easterly trade winds all the way to the Caribbean and south-eastern parts of the continental US. 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. 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. Tuesday, 17 December 2019 18 December 2019 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Gravity waves off the Atlas Mountains Interesting orographic cloud waves formed over the Atlas Mountains, and wider, in mid-December. Tuesday, 12 November 2019 Various EUMETSAT Science Blog MISR 3D images of convective storms Using 3D imagery from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument on the Terra satellite to show convective storms. 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. Load More