Icy island viewed by OLCI

Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 25 April 2016 at 11:40:20 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 03 March 2017 at 11:51:36 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 26 July 2017 at 12:32:44 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 16 October 2017 at 12:06:33 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Island, polar, coastal, cryosphere, ice cap, snow, glacier, seasons, water colour, plankton bloom, Iceland
Fig. 1 - S3 OLCI (03.03.2017) - 21,6,1 colour composite - Iceland almost entirely covered in ice & snow as winter closed.
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Located on the North Atlantic ridge, Iceland polar climate makes it home to the most voluminous ice cap in Europe, the Vatnajökull.
Fig. 2 - 25.04.2016 - Late April, the snow has melt in plains. The composite reveals nuances the eye can hardly catch.
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Fig. 3 - 26.07.2017 - 10.6.3 composite - Glaciers recess to their min in summer; blooms show downstream of snow melts
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Fig. 4 - 2017.10.16 - Ice caps are boltered by the return of autumn, closing the cycle as they will soon recover most land.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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