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Updated · Ars Technica · Aug 7

Copernicus Browser Adds 11th Sentinel-2 Layer to Track Wildfires Using 10-Meter Imagery

Updated

Updated · Ars Technica · Aug 7

Copernicus Browser Adds 11th Sentinel-2 Layer to Track Wildfires Using 10-Meter Imagery

1 articles · Updated · Ars Technica · Aug 7

August 4 brought a new “wildfires” layer to Copernicus Browser, letting users spot active fires, burning vegetation and burned terrain in Sentinel-2 satellite images.
Pierre Markuse’s JavaScript script powers the view by combining red, narrow near-infrared and short-wave infrared 2 bands to distinguish healthy vegetation, fire activity and scorched land.
Sentinel-2’s three satellites supply multispectral imagery at up to 10-meter resolution, making the layer a simple new tool on Europe’s free Copernicus platform for tracking fires worldwide.

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