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, 19 August 2019

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

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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

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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

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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

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Image Library top ten for 2019

A look at our most popular case studies from 2019.

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

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

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High levels of 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

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Plumes of smoke drifting from America to Western 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.