Deadly rainfalls in Japan

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 28 June 2018 from 21:07:50 to 21:08:19 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 07 July 2018 from 01:21:54 to UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 08 July 2018 from 00:55:34 to 01:01:34 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 10 July 2018 at 01:36:49 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 10 July 2018 from 21:07:51 to 21:08:20 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Coastal, rainfalls, precipitations, river, water colour, flooding, island, archipelago, Japan
Fig. 1 - S3 SLSTR (07.07.2018) - S6,S3,S2 colour composite - Heavy rainfalls poured over Japan as clouds remained there for several days.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (10.07.2018) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Massive alluvium release was observed as far east as in Nagoya Bay.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (10.07.2018) - 4,3,2 natural colour - West Honshu suffered most; here sediment release in Osaka Bay.
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Fig. 4 - S1 (28.06.2018 & 10.07.2018) - vh polarisation - The worst hit region was Okayama district shown below.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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