S3B & S3A join forces to show cyclone Cilida near Mascareignes

Sentinel-3 OLCI FR & SLSTR RBT acquired on 21 December 2018 from 05:30:22 to 05:33:22 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR & SLSTR RBT acquired on 21 December 2018 from 06:09:51 to 06:12:51 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Natural disaster, atmosphere, storm, climate, wind, rain, cyclone, Indian Ocean
Fig. 1 - S3B (21.12.2018, 05:33) & S3A (21.12.2018, 06:09) OLCI - 17,10,3 colour composite - Cyclone Cilida close to Mascareignes.
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Fig. 2 - S3B & S3A SLSTR - S6,S5,S2 colour composite - It was viewed by S3B (east) & S3A (west) 40mn apart.
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Fig. 3 - S3B & S3A SLSTR - S8 thermal band - For such huge phenomena, adding both near-contemporaneous swaths is useful.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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