Canyons of the Upper Missouri river basin

Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 27 June 2016 at 17:56:38 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 24 July 2016 at 17:56:38 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 21 April 2018 from 01:11:55 to 01:12:20 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 28 April 2018 from 01:03:32 to 01:03:57 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Hydrology, land, river, badland, plateau, erosion, canyon, cliff, Montana, USA, United States, Alberta, Canada
Fig. 1 - S3 OLCI (27.06.2016) - 10-6-3 natural colour - View of the Upper Missouri river basin, rectangular patterns are cropland.
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This story showcases the canyons of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. Missouri flows 3800km before reaching Gulf of Mexico.
Fig. 2 - 24.07.2016 - Post-harvest image highlighting the rivers steep hillsides show in grey & dark brown.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (21 & 28.04.2018) - neg(vh,vv,ndi(vh,vv)) colour composite - Zoom on the region from Great Falls to UL Bend.
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Fig. 4 - Several wilderness areas protect the cliffy landscape in the region from UL Bend to Lake Fort Peck.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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