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 Africa MODIS ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Jason-2 MFG MSG MVIRI OLCI SEVIRI SLSTR Third Party MTG Sentinel-3 Metop-C NOAA Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP VIIRS Date 2022 2021 2019 2018 2016 2015 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 28 results Case study 21-26 April and 4-5 May 2022 Springtime dust outbreaks During late April and early May 2022 numerous dust outbreaks affected the Mediterranean basin area. Case study 23 October-2 November 2021 Multiple severe rain events in western Med & N Africa Between 23 Oct and 2 Nov 2021, a series of upper-level lows caused disturbances in the Mediterranean/northern Africa area. 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 22 April 2019 12:00 UTC, 23 April 06:00–12:30 UTC, 24 April 06:00 UTC 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. Case study 29 March 2018 00:00–21:00 UTC 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. 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 February 2015 12:00 UTC 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 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-western Africa to the Canary Islands. Case study 4 June-1 July 2011 Chilean volcanic eruption Meteosat-9 observes Chilean volcanic eruption. Case study 18 March 2010 00:00 UTC Continental-scale dust outbreak over Africa According to the NASA Earth Observatory, March 2010 was a spectacular month for dust outbreaks. Load More
