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 Climate Land Ocean Weather Data Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags SEVIRI Africa AMSU ASCAT AVHRR GOME-2 Jason-2 MFG MSG MVIRI OLCI SLSTR Third Party MTG Sentinel-3 IASI Metop-C NOAA Metop-A Metop-B Metop Europe Asia SW Pacific S America Himawari GOES Terra/Aqua SNPP MODIS VIIRS ABI Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Date 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 1983 1968 SHOW ALL Sort by Start Date Order Ascending Descending 145 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 15 February 2021 07:00 UTC-19 February 08:00 UTC Large dust plume ejecting off west Africa Saharan dust heading for Europe in Feb 2021; second major dust outbreak of the season. Case study 5 February 2021 09:00 UTC-7 February 11:00 UTC Meteosat-11 captures plume of Saharan dust On 5-6 February 2021, a massive amount of Saharan dust was advected across the Mediterranean Sea into central Europe. Case study 21 January 2021 00:00 UTC-30 January 09:00 UTC Tropical Cyclone Eloise In January 2021 Category 2 Tropical Cyclone Eloise brought devastation to parts of south east Africa. Case study 25 December 2020 00:00 UTC-2 January 2021 09:00 UTC Chalane crosses southern African subcontinent Tropical Storm Chalane landfall in Madagascar and Mozambique, then the entire South African subcontinent. Case study 21 November 2020 12:00 UTC-23 November 12:00 UTC Tropical Cyclone Gati historic landfall in Somalia Tropical Cyclone Gati was the strongest tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Somalia, in late November 2020. Case study 5 June 2020 00:00 UTC–26 June 21:00 UTC Exceptional Saharan dust transport over the Atlantic In June, large amounts of Saharan dust travelled all the way to the Caribbean and the US. Case study 23 March 2020 04:00 UTC–27 March 18:00 UTC Aralkum Desert dust pollutes air in south-east Europe High values of particulate matterwere recorded in many places across South-East Europe. Case study 22-27 February 2020, Various times Dust over the Canaries Record dense dust over the Canary Islands originates near the African coast. Case study 18 December 2019 00:00 UTC Gravity waves off the Atlas Mountains Interesting orographic cloud waves formed over the Atlas Mountains, and wider, in mid-December. Case study 26 September 2019 15:30 UTC–27 September 15:30 UTC Record-breaking Hurricane Lorenzo Hurricane Lorenzo was the strongest hurricane to go so far north and east in the Atlantic. Load More
