International Charter "Space and Major Disasters" - Flooding in the U.K.

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Flooding in the U.K.

Type of Event:	Flooding
Location of Event:	UK: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire
Date of Charter Activation:	24/07/2007
Charter Requestor:	Environment Agency of the UK
Project Management:	Environment Agency of the UK

Description of Event

Flooding of the Thames and Severn rivers forced thousands to evacuate and left 50,000 houses without power, following a month of heavy rain.

Images and/or Image Products Delivered under the Charter

Envisat ASAR, flood situation 26/07/2007, Worcester Source: Envisat ASAR, Landsat Acquired: 26/07/2007 (Envisat), 04/04/2002 (Landsat) ASAR precision-mode image (IMP) showing flood situation in Worcester, superimposed on a pre-flooding Landsat image from which normal water levels are derived. Copyright: ESA 2007; USGS 2002 Image processing, map created 30/07/2007 by DLR. Higher resolution version	Envisat ASAR, flood situation 26/07/2007, Gloucester Source: Envisat ASAR, Landsat Acquired: 26/07/2007 (Envisat), 04/04/2002 (Landsat) ASAR precision-mode image (IMP) showing flood situation in Gloucester, superimposed on a pre-flooding Landsat image from which normal water levels are derived. Copyright: ESA 2007; USGS 2002 Image processing, map created 30/07/2007 by DLR. Higher resolution version
Envisat ASAR WS, flood situation 23/07/2007 Source: Envisat ASAR Acquired: 23/07/2007 ASAR wide-swath image showing flood situation in south-west England. Image is a multitemporal colour composite based on a 23 July acquisition and several earlier non-flooded acquisitions, geocorrected using Landsat imagery. Copyright: ESA 2007 Image processing, map created 27/07/2007 by DLR. Higher resolution version	TerrasSAR-X, flood extent in Gloucester, 25/07/2007 Source: TerraSAR-X Acquired: 25/07/2007 Flood extent in Gloucester, using a flood mask derived from TerraSAR-X data, superimposed on the original image. Copyright: DLR 2007 Image processing, map created 27/07/2007 by DLR. Higher resolution version
TerrasSAR-X, flood extent in Worcester, 25/07/2007 Source: TerraSAR-X Acquired: 25/07/2007 Flood extent in Worcester, using a flood mask derived from TerraSAR-X data, superimposed on the original image. Copyright: DLR 2007 Image processing, map created 27/07/2007 by DLR. Higher resolution version	TerrasSAR-X, flood extent in Tewkesbury, 25/07/2007 Source: TerraSAR-X Acquired: 25/07/2007 Flood extent in Tewkesbury, using a flood mask derived from TerraSAR-X data, superimposed on the original image. Copyright: DLR 2007 Image processing, map created 27/07/2007 by DLR. Higher resolution version

Additional data and higher-resolution imagery is available at:
http://www.zki.caf.dlr.de/applications/2007/england2/138_en.html

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