OLCI acquires almost cloud-free Europe in one go

Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 19 April 2018 from 10:32:19 to 10:38:19 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 20 April 2018 from 10:06:08 to 10:12:08 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 21 April 2018 from 09:39:57 to 09:45:57 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 22 April 2018 from 09:13:46 to 09:19:46 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 23 April 2018 from 08:47:35 to 08:53:35 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, mosaic, vegetation, open water, bare soil, snow, Europe
Fig. 1 - S3 OLCI (19-23.04.2018) - 10,6,3 natural colour - Mosaic of OLCI images over Europe after 5 consecutive days of Spring sunshine.
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Fig. 2 - NDI(17,8) with NDVI colour map - Normalized Difference Vegetation Index mosaic highlighting April vegetation.
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Fig. 3 - NDI(6,17) with dry-wet colour map - Normalized Difference Water Index 2 emphasizes surface water such as lakes and rivers.
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Fig. 4 - red: Colour Index (ndi[10,6]), green: ndvi, blue: ndwi2 - Colour Index is strong over arid regions, in bright orange in this composite.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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