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Sentinel-1 spots oil spills

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Sentinel-1 detects oil spill


Title: Sentinel-1 spots oil spills

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The Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite spotted four spills in the Atlantic, between the coasts of Portugal and Morocco, on 2 January 2017. Following an in-situ analysis by the National Environmental Agency, the spills were identified as palm oil.

Copyright: EMSA 2017

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