Acqua alta in Venice

Sentinel-3 SRAL LAND acquired on 30 September 2018 at 09:32:20 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 23 October 2018 at 16:58:15 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 23 October 2018 at 16:58:40 UTC
Sentinel-3 SRAL LAND acquired on 27 October 2018 at 09:32:21 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 29 October 2018 at 16:57:56 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Coastal, lagoon, wind, storm surge, tide, Italy, Adriatic Sea.
Fig. 1 - S1 (29.10.2018) - vv,vh,vv colour composite - At the northern end of Adriatic Sea, most lagoon landscape was underwater.
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Fig. 2 - Venice during the storm, notice numerous ships were docked.
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Fig. 3 - S3 SRAL (27.10.2018) - Height from "ocean" altimeter range, 20Hz Plrm-Ku - This 156cm acqua alta is in the top 6.
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Fig. 4 - Sea surface height anomaly, 20Hz Plrm-Ku - High tide coef & storm surge combined as strong wind pushed the water north.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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