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Beirut explosion before and after 8 August 2020

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‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’ from space

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[Top view] Wuhan

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Burian

March 2, 2018October 17, 2019 Salvatore Tarchini

The last week a large part of the Europe has been smashed by a wave of cold siberian weather carried by the Burian. Burian is a strong wind of cold air and it is indeed characteristic of the steppes located … Continue reading Burian

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Mississippi River System

February 22, 2018October 17, 2019 Salvatore Tarchini

Learning about the Earth with Copernicus Space missions. The Mississippi river system is one of most complex water bodies system all around the World. The main river is around 3700 km long, its flow is feed by tenths of tributaries … Continue reading Mississippi River System

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Cebile storm over the Indian Ocean

February 2, 2018March 7, 2018 Multiple Authors

During the last days in the remotest parts of the Indian Ocean a tropical cyclone was formed. Its name is Cebile and he reached the category strength 4. The storm was luckily formed far away from Madagascar, Sri Lanka and … Continue reading Cebile storm over the Indian Ocean

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Flooding in Madagascar, a first assessment from Satellite

January 12, 2018March 2, 2018 Sardegna Clima Onlus

Madagascar is the world’s fourth largest island, and due to its position in the middle of Indian Ocean is regularly hit by cyclones between the months of November and April. The last tropical cyclone “Ava” hit the island country off the southeastern … Continue reading Flooding in Madagascar, a first assessment from Satellite

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Snow on the Sahara

January 10, 2018October 17, 2019 Salvatore Tarchini

Few days ago one of the most incredible, rare and unique meteorological event that could ever happen is actually occurred in the Sahara desert: snowing. The last occurrence of this phenomenon was observed tenths of years ago and this is … Continue reading Snow on the Sahara

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Kutupalong, the largest refugees camp in the World

December 22, 2017February 2, 2018 Sardegna Clima Onlus

Kutupalong refugee camp is a refugee camp located in Ukhia, Bangladesh inhabited mostly by Rohingya Muslims that have fled from persecution in neighboring buddhist Myanmar country. It recently became the largest refugee settlement in the world hosting almost 600,000 occupants. … Continue reading Kutupalong, the largest refugees camp in the World

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Upwelling over the Adriatic Sea

December 15, 2017October 17, 2019 Salvatore Tarchini

The last November 22th the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite captured a long stream of discolored water over the entire Adriatic Sea coast of Italy. This singular sight from the outer space is fascinating and the wide impacted area is perfectly exploited … Continue reading Upwelling over the Adriatic Sea

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California Fires in Sentinel-2 images

December 8, 2017January 10, 2018 Rosario Q. Iannone

During this week, part of California has been devastating by a high number of fires. In particular the area burnt down is the Ventura County, extending the south part of the state. The RGB image below has been captured on … Continue reading California Fires in Sentinel-2 images

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Tidal monitoring with Sentinel-2

December 1, 2017December 22, 2017 Sardegna Clima Onlus

Tidal phenomenon along the shores was well known since the prehistoric era, but a long trip of investigations through the centuries was necessary from the Greco-Roman Antiquity to the modern era to unravel in a quasi-definitive manner many secrets of … Continue reading Tidal monitoring with Sentinel-2

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Medicanes Numa

November 24, 2017December 15, 2017 giovanna palumbo

Medicanes, short for “Mediterranean” + “hurricanes”, are cyclones over the Mediterranean Sea having a tropical-like structure but a rather small size. They are relatively rare in Europe. They can be very destructive and deadly, even when they don’t reach their … Continue reading Medicanes Numa

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