Snowfall along the Appalachians, United States

Sentinel-3 SRAL LAND acquired on 10 December 2021 at 03:17:56 UTC
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Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 04 January 2022 from 15:44:05 to 15:47:05 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR LST acquired on 04 January 2022 from 15:41:05 to 16:26:28 UTC
Sentinel-3 SRAL LAND acquired on 05 January 2022 at 15:52:24 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Weather, snowfall, season, mountain range, Unites States, USA
Fig. 1 - S3 SLSTR (04.01.2022) - An abrupt drop in temperatures caused heavy snowfall along the Appalachians.
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Fig. 2 - SRAL (10.12.2021-05.01.2022) - Height from altimeter shown over COP DEM - Appalachians are 2400 km long & up to 2037 m high.
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Fig. 3 - S3 SLSTR (04.01.2022) - The series of alternating valleys and forested ridgelines is highlighted by the snow cover.
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Fig. 4 - S3 SLSTR (04.01.2022) - The Land Surface Temperature marks the limit of the snow blanket.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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