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Satellite view highlights Europe’s changing landscape
 
12 November 2004

Northern Germany/Southern Denmark - MERIS, 22 April 2002
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This image features northern Germany and the southern tip of Denmark. At bottom right is the Berlin. The Elbe River runs along the lower edge of the image.
This image demonstrates the outstanding radiometric accuracy of MERIS. Visible in the top right portion of the image, the Baltic Sea exhibits a green patch of what is likely to be phytoplankton suspended in the water.
Technical Information:
Instrument: MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS)
Date of Acquisition: 22 April 2002
Orbit number: 00749
Instrument features: Full resolution image (300-meter resolution)

Credits: ESA
 
 
Image2000
The objective of the European Environment Agency's Image2000 project is to produce a cloud-free image database across Europe, needed for the updating of the Corine (Coordination of Information on the Environment) database, and provides the Landsat 7 imagery necessary. The year 2000 is defined as the target year, with a maximum one year deviation to either side of it. The project has involved assembling approximately 300 Landsat TM frames, which have been made accessible to users from a dedicated website.

Credits: JRC
 
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