Katowice, Poland, hosts COP24

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 14 October 2018 at 16:34:17 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 14 October 2018 at 16:34:42 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 15 October 2018 at 09:50:29 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Climate change, COP international conference, greenhouse effect gas, hard coal mine, quarries, sand pit, water bodies, ponds, reservoir lake, Silesia, Poland
Fig. 1 - S2 (15.10.2018) - 11,8,2 colour composite - Katowice, Poland, is the host city of the 24th Conference Of Parties for the climate.
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Fig. 2 - 4,3,2 natural colour - Center of the Silesian Metropolis, Katowice development has been made possible by its hard coal resources.
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Katowice coal mine (red) is famous for the massacre of Solidarność miners striking against declaration of martial law by General Jaruzelski in 1981.
Fig. 3 - S1 (14.10.2018) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) - In Silesia, tenths of sandpits used to fill coal mines have been transformed in ponds & reservoirs.
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Fig. 4 - 11,8,2 colour composite - Poland’s total primary energy supply in 2015 was dominated by coal (50.8%), oil (24.5%) & gas (14.6%).
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