Sentinel-1 SAR data to visualize the growth-dynamic in cropland
From Slovakia we show examples for monitoring the growht-dynamic with #Sentinel-1 #SAR data.
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New showcase for California in iMap
A new showcase in iMap presenting our popular map products like #ESVI (enhanced SAR Vegetation Index), #SWI (SAR Water Index), #CC (pseudo-true Color Composite), #EVO (Evolution) a color composite over a period of 3 succeeding acquisitions based on ESVI and #GCB (Gradual Change of Biomass), which is a map product that shows the recent change based on ESVI.
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Forest fires in the Gironde region in France
We used #Sentinel-1 #SAR data and here our vegetation index #ESVI to demonstrate that the detected footprint compares very well with optical infrared data from #FIRMS. Occasionally it may happen, that optical data is disturbed by dense smoke. Despite to that SAR can penetrate aerosols and clearly indicate the destroyed area.
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