Bocage landscape in Normandy, France

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 18 November 2018 at 11:13:39 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 19 March 2019 from 06:15:29 to 06:15:54 UTC
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Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 08 April 2019 from 17:56:37 to 17:57:02 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, agriculture, erosion, biodiversity, France
Fig. 1 - S2 (18.11.2018) - This optical view acquired in November highlights the hedges owing to the shadow they cast.
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Typical landscape of Normandy, the bocage hedgerows are renown as the 1st inland combat field of the allied soldiers after the Normandy landings.
Fig. 2 - S1 (19, 25 & 31.03.2019) - While hedgerows make mechanised work more difficult, they protect biodiversity and limit soil erosion.
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Fig. 3 - 26.03.2019-08.04.2019 - Radar descending views are more sensitive to SW-NE facing hedges, ascending views to NW-SE hedges.
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Fig. 4 - 19.03-08.04.2019 - With Sentinel Vision on-the-fly orthorectication, mixing both type of orbits gives the best of both worlds.
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