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Typhoon Lan
Earth Observation | Copernicus
Typhoons
Location: Pacific Ocean
Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-3 imagery
This image, captured by a Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite on 11 August at 00:39 UTC, shows Typhoon Lan, currently located to the east of Japan's Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Typhoon Lan has reached peak wind speeds of 126 kilometres per hour. It should be making landfall over the larger Japanese islands on 15 August, with forecasts from NOAA predicting a weakening of its intensity.
Data from images acquired by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite mission improve our understanding atmospheric composition and dynamics, and provide crucial inputs for climate research and weather forecasting.
