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 Land Ocean Weather Meteosat Metop Sentinel Tags ASCAT Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) OLCI SLSTR SRAL Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Sentinel-3 Africa IASI NOAA EPS Europe Asia S America GOES Terra/Aqua MODIS VIIRS ABI AHI Polar GOME-2 SEVIRI Date 2018 2008 2007 7 results Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending Sort 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. Monday, 3 November 2008 03 November 2008 18:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Eruption in the volcano range of Erta Ale, Ethiopia Large SO2 plume (in green) from Erta Ale volcano in Ethiopia crosses the Red Sea towards Yemen. Thursday, 14 August 2008 14 August 2008 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog SO2 plumes from the Kasatochi eruption Sulphur dioxide (SO2) plumes from the Kasatochi eruption circled the whole northern hemisphere over more than 20 days. Saturday, 10 May 2008 10 May 2008 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Etna eruptions Metop-A and MSG observe Etna eruptions. Sunday, 30 September 2007 30 September 2007 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog Eruption of Jebel Al-Tair in the Red Sea After 124 years dormant, the Jebel Al-Tair volcano erupted throwing lava and ash hundreds of metres into the air. Saturday, 7 April 2007 07 April 2007 00:00 UTC EUMETSAT Science Blog New eruption of Mount Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion In April 2007, the Piton de la Fournaise volcano in eastern Reunion, a French overseas department, was erupting for more than a week. 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.