Ascending and descending views combined over Sinabung eruptions, Indonesia

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 27 July 2020 at 11:42:26 & 23:11:38 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 08 August 2020 at 11:42:27 & 23:11:39 UTC
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI SO2 acquired on 10 August 2020 at 07:28:05 UTC
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Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 20 August 2020 at 11:42:28 & 23:11:39 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, natural disaster, atmosphere monitoring, volcano, arc, eruption, subduction, geology, Sumatra island, Indonesia, Pacific Ring of Fire
Fig. 1 - S1 (27.07.2020) - The Indonesian vulcanology institute reported that a phreatic eruption happened at Sinabung at 01:58 UTC on 8 August .
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Fig. 2 - S5P TROPOMI (10.08.2020) - SO2 total column. Ash plumes drifted WNW at 9.8 km high at 14:30 & ENE at 4.3 km high at 16:30.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (08.08.2020) - South looking view, the day of the first eruption. Authorities began enforcing a 7-km exclusion zone. There were no fatalities or injuries.
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Due to the direction of the erupted material, the different phases of the eruption can only be fully seen by mixing ascending and descending point of views, as it is here. For each of the three couples of image, both ascending and descending views have been acquired on the same date.
Fig. 4 - S1 (20.08.2020) - South-looking view after another emission of volcanic material.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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