Vatnajökull ice cap viewed by radar

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 07 April 2018 at 07:33:30 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 01 May 2018 at 07:33:31 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 12 July 2018 at 07:33:35 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 04 October 2018 at 07:33:39 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Polar, cryosphere, climate change, glacier, ice cap, snow, national park, UNESCO tentative list, volcano, Iceland
Fig. 1 - S1 (01.05.2018) - vv,vh,vv colour composite - Vatnajökull glacier viewed in May 2018 using a linear stretching.
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Located S-E of Iceland, Vatnajökull is the 2nd largest (8100 km²) and most voluminous ice cap in Europe. Its national park is the largest in Europe.
Fig. 2 - 12.07.2018 - View in mid-July using a σ0 processing shows both ends of the dynamic with less saturation.
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Fig. 3 - 04.10.2018 - The gamma function can be tuned to emphasise darker (blue) or brighter (red) features.
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Fig. 4 - 07.04.2018 - vv polarisation - 3 radiometric global transforms compared: σ0 (red), gamma (green) & linear stretching (blue).
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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