Thursday, June 8, 2017

Near-shore phytoplankton bloom captured from space

08-06-2017 10:28 AM CEST


Last year, the Sentinel-2A satellite captured an intense algal bloom very close to the Belgian coast. The high-resolution capabilities of Sentinel-2's main instrument are allowing scientists to monitor algae blooms in areas previously not possible to observe with satellites.

 

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