Submarine eruption, Metis Shoal, Tonga archipelago

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 17 October 2019 at 06:06:53 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired from 15 September 2019 to 15 October 2019
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Submarine eruption, volcano, island, bathymetry, Tonga
Fig. 1 - S2 (05.10.2019) - 4,3,2 natural - Metis Shoal before the submarine eruption.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (15.10.2019) - 4,3,2 natural - Metis Shoal during the submarine eruption.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (17.10.2019) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) - Metis Shoal seen by Sentinel-1A.
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Fig. 4 - S1 - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv), relief x4 (GEBCO) - The bathymetry highlights several underwater mountains/volcanoes near Tonga archipelago.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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