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 Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags Africa MODIS 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 NOAA EPS Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP VIIRS ABI AHI Polar Date 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2013 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 32 results 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. Monday, 22 April 2019 22 April 2019 12:00 UTC, 23 April 06:00–12:30 UTC, 24 April 06:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Dust over Europe Two dust clouds, one from northern Africa and one from Central Europe, travelled north towards Iceland and Greenland in late April 2019. 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. Thursday, 29 March 2018 29 March 2018 00:00–21:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Sharp dust boundary over northern Africa A sharp dust boundary formed in March 2018, after the clash of a dry and dusty Saharan air mass with a moist tropical air mass. 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 Sunday, 10 July 2016 10 July 2016 10:45–11:05 UTC and 18:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Low cloud vortices off coast of Morocco On 10 July a low cloud vortex was spotted off the northwest coast of Morocco. Sunday, 26 June 2016 26 June 2016 03:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Gravity waves over the South Atlantic Interplay of atmospheric gravity waves over the South Atlantic off the African coast. Monday, 4 April 2016 4 April 2016 08:40 UTC, 08:45 UTC and 09:12 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Observing river deltas Observation of the deltas of the Danube and Nile rivers in April 2016. Thursday, 12 February 2015 12 February 2015 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Fires over the south-western parts of South Africa Many runaway/out of control fires over the south-western parts of South Africa occurred in February and March 2015 Monday, 12 January 2015 12 January 2015 11:30 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Large dust cloud over the Canary Islands Around the 12 January, a high layer of dust moved from north-western Africa covering the area around the Canary Islands, impacting visibility. Monday, 13 May 2013 13 May 2013 12:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Large dust storms over Sudan, Libya & the Middle East On 13 May 2004, Meteosat-8 observed five major dust storms within a satellite field of view of about 1200 x 900 pixels. Saturday, 4 June 2011 04 June 2011 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Chilean volcanic eruption Meteosat-9 observes Chilean volcanic eruption. Load More
