Heavy snow and avalanches in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 20 December 2016 at 06:02:42 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 19 January 2017 at 06:01:41 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Snow, avalanche, mountains, active fire, Afghanistan, Pakistan.
Fig. 1 - Sentinel 2A - 11-8-2 colour composite - 20.12.2016 - Light snow with little accumulation in December.
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Fig. 2 - 19.01.2017 - Heavy snow and avalanches in January.
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Fig. 3 - Normalised Difference Snow Index (NDSI) - NDI (bands 11,3) with polar lookup table.
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Fig. 4 - 4,3,2 Natural colour composite - Heavy snow in Afghanistan and Pakistan mountains'.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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