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Greeks get space-based help in wake of deadly fires
 
21 September 2007

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Damage mapping product generated by SERTIT using Landsat, Envisat MERIS Full Resolution and DMC imagery acquired during the event (respectively on 28 and 30 August and 1 September 2007). Within the burnt areas contour, the crisis imagery is shown, including smoke around active fires.

(EO Data copyright: USGS, ESA, NASDRA/DMCii)

Credits: SERTIT - CNES - International Charter

 
 
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First assessment of burnt areas generated by SERTIT using Envisat MERIS Full Resolution data from 21 and 30 august 2007 and an overview of the 16 areas of the total damage mapping work conducted by the coordinated European providers group.

(EO Data copyright: ESA)

Credits: SERTIT - ESA - CNES - International Charter

 
 
Fires in Greece
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On 24 August 2007 Envisat captures billowing smoke from fires raging across Greece's southern Peloponnese peninsula, where fires have claimed the lives of at least 60 people since they began.

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Final damage mapping product generated by DLR showing the burnt areas contour overlaid on a pre-crisis Landsat background image. The contour was derived using DMC Nigeria-Sat-1 imagery of the burnt area on 1 September 2007.

(EO Data copyright: NASDRA/DMCii, USGS)

Credits: DLR ZKI - ESA - International Charter - RISK EOS

 
 
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