https://elagoudakis.github.io/A minimal, responsive and feature-rich Jekyll theme for technical writing. 2025-03-10T21:56:03+01:00 Manos Lagoudakis https://elagoudakis.github.io/ Jekyll © 2025 Manos Lagoudakis /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2024-09-18T11:53:00+02:00 2025-03-10T21:52:16+01:00 https://elagoudakis.github.io/posts/Sentinel2C_delivers/ Manos Lagoudakis

Sentinel-2C delivers Less than 2 weeks after its launch, the satellite has sent its first images to Earth. Following in the footsteps of its predecessors, this new addition is promising to become another key asset for the Copernicus programme. Nine years after the launch of Sentinel-2A, there remains no other mission that offers free, high-resolution images (down to 10 meters) with a swath wi...

2024-08-24T16:30:00+02:00 2025-03-10T21:52:16+01:00 https://elagoudakis.github.io/posts/Madeira_fire/ Manos Lagoudakis

August 2024 Madeira forest fire 🔥 A large forest fire broke out in Madeira, Portugal, on 14 August 2024. The image pair shows how the devastating fire spread from the center of the island near Serra de Água on 17 August, moving towards the southwest and northeast by 20 August. Fire pixels from the VIIRS instrument (Suomi-NPP satellite) have been overlaid to help identify the active fire front...

2024-08-13T11:46:00+02:00 2025-03-10T21:52:16+01:00 https://elagoudakis.github.io/posts/canada_wildfires_co/ Manos Lagoudakis

The (historic?) 2024 fire season 🔥 The 2024 fire season in the Northern Hemisphere is under way and may be as destructive as, or even more than, the 2023 season. The animation below, utilizes data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P (S5P) satellite, and illustrates the average carbon monoxide (CO) concentration around the Arctic Circle for July from 2021 to 2024. The primary sources of emissions...

2024-07-21T19:12:00+02:00 2025-03-10T21:52:16+01:00 https://elagoudakis.github.io/posts/a-hot-middle-east-morning/ Manos Lagoudakis

LST of the Middle East This land surface temperature (LST) image was acquired on June 12, 2024, at 10:50 AM local time by the SLSTR instrument onboard the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite. LST of the Middle East, 12 June 2024, 10:50 am local time. Credits: Copernicus Sentinel-3 In many areas, the LST exceeds 60 degrees Celsius. As expected, water bodies, mountainous regions, and coastal area...

2024-07-20T16:38:00+02:00 2024-08-26T16:48:08+02:00 https://elagoudakis.github.io/posts/welcome/ Manos Lagoudakis

Hello World :) “The Grossglockner with the Pasterze Glacier” by Thomas Ender