Sentinels combine efforts to monitor Hurricane Michael

Sentinel-3 SRAL LAND acquired on 09 October 2018 at 15:58:33 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 09 October 2018 at 15:59:23 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 09 October 2018 at 16:11:49 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR EW acquired on 10 October 2018 from 11:49:07 to 11:50:11 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 13 October 2018 from 15:52:39 to 15:55:39 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, natural disaster, atmosphere, storm, climate, wind, rain, precipitations, cyclone, USA, United States
Fig. 1 - S2 (09.10.2018) - 12,11,8 colour composite - Zoom in on the eye of Hurricane Michael.
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Fig. 2 - S3 (09.10.2018) - SLSTR (S8 thermal band with colour map) & SRAL (Corrected ocean significant waveheight 1hz Plrm Ku).
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Fig. 3 - S1 EW (10.10.2018, 11:50) - vv,vh,vv colour composite - The hurricane still strengthening as it approaches Florida.
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Fig. 4 - S3 SLSTR (10.10.2018, 15:33) - S5,S3,S2 colour composite - Hours before landfall, Michael covers a large area of land.
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Finding warm waters on its path, Michael reached it apex at 18:00, just before making landfall, blowing 250 km/h winds.
Fig. 5 - S3 OLCI (13.10.2018) - 7,6,4 colour composite - Heavy rainfalls increased runoff, sediment & plankton-friendly nutrients.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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