Lake Sevan, Armenia

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 17 July 2020 at 14:53:43 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 17 July 2020 at 14:54:08 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 20 July 2020 at 07:46:19 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Lake, pollution, algal bloom, Caucasus, Armenia
Fig. 1 - S1 (17.07.2020) - Lake Sevan is located in the Lesser Caucasus mountains, near the border with Azerbaijan.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (20.07.2020) - It is located 1900m high, with 1240km² it is the largest lake in Armenia.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (20.07.2020) - The lake is subject to heavy metal pollutions.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (20.07.2020) - Agricultural waste may also produce algal blooms.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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