South West Europe enters 2022 under heat and fog

Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT & LST acquired on 31 December 2021 from 09:00:53 to 09:17:05 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 01 January 2022 from 09:17:05 to 10:21:41 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT & LST acquired on 01 January 2022 from 09:17:05 to 11:01:04 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 01 January 2022 at 10:24:31 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Weather, season, fog, haze
Fig. 1 - S3 SLSTR (31.12.2021-01.01.2022) - South-West Europe was affected by unusual heat for this time of the year, sometimes over 20°C.
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Fig. 2 - S3 SLSTR (31.12.2021-01.01.2022) - Almost all the Western Mediterranean Sea was covered by fog.
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Fig. 3 - S3 SLSTR (31.12.2021) - The Po Valley (covered by numerous contrails), Rhone Valley & Swiss Plateau ended the year under deep fog banks.
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Fig. 4 - S3 OLCI (01.01.2022) - Little remained of the Apennines, the spinal chord across Italia.
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Fig. 5 - S2 + S3 SLSTR (01.01.2022) - Sardinia & Corsica were hidden under a thick veil of mist, making the islands difficult to recognize.
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Fig. 6 - S2 (02.01.2022) - The following day, fog covered Mount Vesuvius below 800 m of altitude.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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