Large thermal anomaly in western Canada and all of Greenland and Iceland

Sentinel-3 OLCI FR & SLSTR LST acquired on 03 September 2022 at 11:40:39 to 18:33:36 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR & SLSTR LST acquired on 04 September 2022 from 11:14:28 to 18:07:25 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR SLSTR LST acquired on 05 September 2022 from 10:48:17 to 19:19:14 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Climate change, weather, arctic, polar, cryosphere, Canada, Greenland, Denmark, Iceland
Fig. 1 - S3 SLSTR (03-05.09.2022) - On 04 September 2022, a positive thermal anomaly was measured on half of the North American continent.
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As strong meridional flow establishes, pushing warm air advection into NW Europe, 850 mbar temperatures soared up to 15-25°C above average over parts of Greenland.
Fig. 2 - S3 SLSTR (03-05.09.2022) - Often hidden, Iceland was hardly protected from the sun warmth by any opaque cloud cover at this date.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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