Medicane Ianos lashes Greece

Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 17 September 2020 at 08:51:47 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 17 September 2020 at 20:08:41 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 18 September 2020 from 09:02:02 to 09:05:02 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 18 September 2020 from 20:21:56 to 20:24:56 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, natural disaster, cyclone, hurricane, precipitations, rainfalls, climate change, global warming, Greece, Mediterranean Sea
Fig. 1 - S3 SLSTR (17.09.2020) - Storm Ianos is described as a "medicane" (Mediterranean hurricane).
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Fig. 2 - S3 SLSTR (17.09.2020) - This phenomenon first appeared in Greece in 1995.
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Fig. 3 - S3 SLSTR (17.09.2020) - Since medicanes do not form in the tropics, meteorologists do not call them tropical storms or hurricanes.
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Ianos qualifies in all but name, with cyclonic high winds and satellite images showing the characteristic dense wheel of cloud & a well-defined eye.
Fig. 4 - S3 SLSTR (18.09.2020) - Ianos is of the strongest medicanes on record with sustained winds just below that of a cat.1 cyclone.
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Fig. 5 - S3 SLSTR (18.09.2020) - South-west Greek islands of Ilia, Zakynthos, Kefalonia and Ithaca have been the most affected areas.
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Fig. 6 - S3 SLSTR (18.09.2020) - It continued its path toward Crete weakened with a storm status.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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