In Southeast Asia, typhoons happened more regularly than in others areas. On September 15, 2018, super Typhoon Mangkhut hit the Philippines with winds reaching 255 km / h, heavy rains and huge waves.
While super typhoon Mangkhut is heading towards southeast Asia threatening to make landfall, teams from IFremer and CLS are monitoring and studying it using Earth Observation satellites. From 700 km above, our experts, in collaboration with space agencies, are able to track the hurricane’s path guided by information from major weather forecast agencies. Using Earth Observation data, our experts are able to characterize the associated ocean surface wind speed. The team uses Copernicus data along with other higher resolution data from multiple commercial providers (courtesy GIS BreTel) to deliver the highest measurement accuracy. These observations and measurements are crucial to provide accurate information on these extreme events for the weather agencies as well as the emergency coordination bodies.
Wow typhooned out. Live #MangkhutTyphoon is bloody scary and getting worse by the second pic.twitter.com/2vlgjvTI0K
— Sara Taseer (@sarataseer) 16 septembre 2018
Serious situation in Hongkong Never happened before #Manghkut #Manghut #MangkhutTyphoon pic.twitter.com/EGLtYM6TrX
— Ahtesham bokhari (@ahteshamBokhari) 16 septembre 2018
