Global Land Vegetation Monitoring (GVM) - Image gallery
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Fires
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This series of images taken from the start and end of the summer 2003 over Spain and Portugal, clearly show the effect of the numerous fires on the country's landscape. Four images are shown from two dates. The top two images acquired in June, show a simulated true colour image (upper left), and then a false colour image (upper right), respectively, using bands in the Near Infrared (NIR) channels to highlight differences in land cover. The two images in the lower part have been taken in September after a number of fires which destroyed acres of land. Looking at the false colour NIR image (lower right) the effect that the fires have had on the landscape can be seen. The brighter yellow tones, which represent healthy vegetation, are less apparent, instead, dark "burn scars", which represent burnt areas, are particularly noticeable. |
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Satellite images showing the severe fires swept through many areas of Greece during the summer of 2007, burning 2700 km2 of forest and farmland and causing 87 deaths. In response to the request from the Department of Emergency Planning and Response of the Greek Civil Protection concerning the severe fire events that affected their territory since 21 August, the European Space Agency (ESA) has taken the responsibility of the Charter Project Management, and, in collaboration with the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (the French Space Agency, CNES), organised a team of value adding organisations to deliver crisis mapping products. A series of Earth Observation based crisis/damage mapping products have been generated using a variety of Earth Observation sensors. |
Vegetation
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This satellite image taken over the United Kingdom clearly shows the vegetated area extension present in the country. |
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This image shows the Italian island of Sardinia, situated between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and south, the Tyrrhenian Sea to the east and the Strait of Bonifacio to the north. As visible in the image, valleys and pastures cover more than half of the mostly mountainous island. The mountains are divided into three ranges with the highest peaks located in the middle of the oblong-shaped island. |
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This Envisat image features western France, including the regions of Brittany, Western Loire, Normandy and Loire Valley, located in Western Europe. |
