Over hundred wildfires in the Iberic peninsula

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 08 July 2022 at 11:21:31 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 12 July 2022 at 10:56:31 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 22 July 2022 at 10:56:31 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 25 July 2022 at 11:06:31 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, forestry, emergency, wildfire, climate change, global warming, drought, Spain, Portugal
Fig. 1 - S3 SLSTR (12->19.07.2022) - Eased by a drought & relief, over 100 wildfires, big and small, have started in 2 weeks in Spain & Portugal.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (08-25.07.2022) - With 333 fires since January, the 2223 km² burnt area is already 17% above the 2012 record for the full year.
2D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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