File:Land Surface Temperature in western USA and northern Mexico.jpg
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English: Between 14 and 16 August 2020, parts the Arizona, Nevada and California states in USA and areas of the Baja California and Sonora states in Mexico experienced a severe heatwave. In Death Valley National Park (California) an air temperature of 54.4 ° C was recorded on 16 August 2020, the second highest temperature reached since 1913 (pending validation of the measurement by the World Meteorological Organisation). This image, obtained from data retrieved by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 16 August, shows the Land Surface Temperature (LST – not to be confused with the air temperature) over the western USA and north Mexico. LST reached values above 60°C (areas in dark red / black tones). In Death Valley (California – USA) LST was recorded at 69.1°C at 18:26:05 UTC, 11:26 am local time, when the data was acquired. The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission is composed of two twin satellites (Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B) that are both equipped with the SLSTR Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer, an instrument with the main objective of providing global and regional Sea and Land Surface Temperature (SST, LST) measurements with a very high level of accuracy (for both climatological and meteorological applications). |
Date | 18 August 2020 (upload date) |
Source | Land Surface Temperature in western USA and northern Mexico |
Author | European Union , Copernicus Sentinel-3 imagery |
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Software used | GIMP 2.10.14 |
File change date and time | 23:56, 17 August 2020 |
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