{"id":69,"date":"2017-07-20T12:56:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T12:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snow.geus.dk\/?p=69"},"modified":"2017-07-20T13:11:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T13:11:43","slug":"greenland-ice-sheet-undulations-in-low-solar-illumination-angle-sentinel-3-imagery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/snow.geus.dk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/20\/greenland-ice-sheet-undulations-in-low-solar-illumination-angle-sentinel-3-imagery\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenland ice sheet undulations in low solar illumination angle Sentinel-3 imagery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>illuminated by low solar angles, this late 2016\u00a0Sentinel-3 OLCI image spectacularly features Greenland ice sheet undulations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snow.geus.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016_10_29_14h15m_RGB_864.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"70\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/snow.geus.dk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/20\/greenland-ice-sheet-undulations-in-low-solar-illumination-angle-sentinel-3-imagery\/idl-tiff-file\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snow.geus.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016_10_29_14h15m_RGB_864.jpg?fit=2837%2C2159\" data-orig-size=\"2837,2159\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;IDL TIFF file&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IDL TIFF file&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sentinel-3 OLCI 864 29 October, 2016 1415 UTC\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sentinel-3 OLCI 864 29 October, 2016 1415 UTC&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sentinel-3 OLCI 864 29 October, 2016 1415 UTC&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snow.geus.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016_10_29_14h15m_RGB_864.jpg?fit=300%2C228\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snow.geus.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016_10_29_14h15m_RGB_864.jpg?fit=840%2C639\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-70\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snow.geus.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016_10_29_14h15m_RGB_864.jpg?resize=840%2C639\" alt=\"Sentinel-3 OLCI 864 29 October, 2016 1415 UTC\" width=\"840\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snow.geus.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016_10_29_14h15m_RGB_864.jpg?resize=1024%2C779 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snow.geus.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016_10_29_14h15m_RGB_864.jpg?resize=300%2C228 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snow.geus.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016_10_29_14h15m_RGB_864.jpg?resize=768%2C584 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snow.geus.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016_10_29_14h15m_RGB_864.jpg?resize=1200%2C913 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snow.geus.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016_10_29_14h15m_RGB_864.jpg?w=1680 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snow.geus.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016_10_29_14h15m_RGB_864.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sentinel-3 OLCI 864 29 October, 2016 1415 UTC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>illuminated by low solar angles, this late 2016\u00a0Sentinel-3 OLCI image spectacularly features Greenland ice sheet undulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxG8S-17","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41,"url":"http:\/\/snow.geus.dk\/index.php\/2017\/06\/22\/collocated-sentinel-3-olci-and-slstr-reflectance-imagery\/","url_meta":{"origin":69,"position":0},"title":"Collocated Sentinel-3 OLCI and SLSTR reflectance imagery","date":"June 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The S3 4Sci Snow research project is gaining momentum, now with scripts that enable batch processing of\u00a0two important steps: 1.) collocating OLCI and SLSTR imagery, that is, aligning pixels to a common geographic grid and 2.) converting the imagery to top of the atmosphere reflectance. 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