Sentinel-1 and -2 display Cameroon landscape diversity

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 29 December 2015 at 09:52:28 UTC
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Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 27 March 2017 from 17:27:35 to 17:28:29 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 17 October 2017 at 05:05:40 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, coastal, hydrology, forestry, river network, lake, volcano, mangrove, Cameroon
Fig. 1 - S2 (29.12.2015) - 11-8-2 composite - Mangrove in Wouri estuary near Douala (pink); further south east, Sanaga river & lake Ossa.
2D view
Fig. 2 - S1 (17.10.2017) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) - 4095m high mount Cameroon volcano is aligned with Bioko volcanic island & Oku volcanic field.
3D view
Being far above the tree line, mount Cameroon bald as shown by its brown top versus its yellow forested basis on this radar composite.
Fig. 3 - S1 (2017-03-27) & S2A (2016.01.08, natural colour) - Center, Bankim reservoir; bottom left, Oku lake & volcanic field.
3D animation 3D view
Fig. 4 - S1 (2017-03-27) & S2 (31.10.2016, 8,4,3 colour composite) - Nyong river dendritic network through equatorial forest.
2D animation 2D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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