Case studies

Imagery and case studies of weather phenomena and environmental events observed by EUMETSAT's fleet of weather satellites.

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Monday, 12 April 2021

9-12 April 2021

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Major eruption of La Soufrière volcano

Major eruption of the Caribbean volcano La Soufrière in early April 2021.

Friday, 1 May 2020

Jan, Feb, March 2007-2020

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Pollution levels drop during COVID-19 lockdown

The COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020 had a visible effect on pollution.

Monday, 19 August 2019

19 August 2019 23:02 UTC–21 August 01:02 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

The chemical fingerprint of Amazonian fires

Observations of formaldehyde from the GOME-2 instrument onboard Metop-B on 19-20 August 2019.

Monday, 15 July 2019

15 July–18 August 2019

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Huge fires in the Arctic and Siberia

Huge fires in the Arctic and Siberia during Summer 2019, were seen by the Sentinel-3 and Metop satellites.

Friday, 21 June 2019

21 June 2019 17:50 UTC–5 July 23:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Eruption of the Raikoke volcano

A powerful, rare eruption from Raikoke volcano in the Kuril Islands on 21 June 2019, could be clearly seen on satellite imagery.

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, 13 September 2016

13 September 2016

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Measuring ozone from space

Looking at using satellites to measure ozone on the UN’s International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

01 April 02:56 UTC–02 April 2014 02:58

EUMETSAT Science Blog

High air pollution in parts of western Europe

On 1 April, the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME-2) instruments on Metop-A and B observed elevated levels of NO2 total column concentration over parts of Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and England.

High levels of air pollution in South-Eastern England

Tuesday, 25 June 2013

25 June 2013 11:00 UTC

EUMETSAT Science Blog

Plumes of smoke drifting from America to Europe

On 25 June 2013, smoke from the large wildfires in Colorado (USA) reached Europe. This was seen in the GOME-2 and OMI aerosol images, processed at KNMI.