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Title: Snow melting over the Alps

 

Description:

 

Backscatter composite of the Alps over a full year: 16 August 2016 – 16 August 2017. Obtained using available images from the Sentinel-1A and -1B satellites, in VH-polarisation, applying a 12-day temporal window with 6-day steps.

 

With a resolution of 90 m, it shows melting (dark, wet snow backscatter signature) visible first at low elevations in early springtime, then wet snow is left only near the highest peaks.

 

Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2016/2017]/processing by D. Small & C. Rohner

 

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