Marine and coastal operations for Southern Africa

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 07 June 2018 at 07:16:21 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 18 September 2018 at 07:26:11 UTC
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Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 15 July 2020 from 07:27:08 to 08:28:40 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT & OLCI WFR acquired on 22 September 2021 from 07:36:27 to 08:18:47 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Water colour, biodiversity, mangrove, lagoon, fishing, upwelling, Angola, Namibia, RSA, Mozambique, Tanzania
Fig. 1 - OLCI WFR (mean 04.09.2021-30.11.2021) - A powerful upwelling, the Benguela current lies along the Atlantic coast of Austral Africa.
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Fig. 2 - S3 OLCI (15-16.07.2020) - Plankton bloom along the coast of South Africa.
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Fig. 3 - S3 SLSTR (22.09.2021) - The warm waters of the Indian Ocean meet the cold Benguela current.
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Fig. 4 - S3 OLCI WFR (22.09.2021) - The mixing of these waters is very productive in phytoplankton.
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Fig. 5 - S2 (18.09.2018) - Shallow waters, dunes and sandbar around Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique.
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Fig. 6 - S2 (07.06.2018) - Quirimbas archipelago, along Mozambique's north coast, encompasses pristine sand bars, coral reefs & mangroves.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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