Enneigement des Deux Alpes en octobre 2017

Applications Sentinel-2 snow-ice

Simon Gascoin, 20 octobre 2017

Le 13 octobre on apprenait que le glacier des 2 Alpes n’ouvrira exceptionnellement pas à la Toussaint. Une décision prise en raison de précipitations insuffisantes et des températures élevées cet automne. J’ai fait tourner la chaîne Let-it-snow pour jeter un coup d’œil aux conditions d’enneigement. Hier Theia a mis à disposition l’image Sentinel-2A acquise mardi 17 octobre par temps clair. Voici le résultat :

Les conditions étaient similaires début septembre:

Dommage que la dernière image disponible de la webcam du glacier date du 05 octobre 🙁

PS. Merci à Marie Parrens de m’avoir envoyé le lien de kairn.com!

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