Wildfire in Central Portugal eucalyptus forests

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 14 July 2019 at 11:21:21 UTC
Sentinel-5P TROPOMI CO & NO2 acquired on 21 July 2019 at 13:24:32 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 24 July 2019 at 10:47:34 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 24 July 2019 at 10:47:34 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 24 July 2019 at 11:21:21 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, man-made disaster, forestry, wildfire, climate change, heatwave, wind, Portugal.
Fig. 1 - S5P TROPOMI (21.07.2019) - NO2 tropospheric column - A massive wildfire has spread almost 100 km² in Central Portugal.
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Fig. 2 - 21.07.201) - CO total column - Probably man-made, it's been bolstered by strong wind gusts & temperatures over 35°C.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (24.07.2019) - 12,11,2 composite - ~1800 firemen, 500 appliances, 8 planes & helicopters have been deployed.
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Fig. 4 - S3 OLCI+SLSTR (24.07.2019) - red=(SLSTR thermal), green=(OLCI Oa20), blue=(OLCI Oa03) - A nearby wildfire had killed 66 in 2017.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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