International Charter "Space and Major Disasters" - Floods and cyclone in Bangladesh

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Floods and cyclone in Bangladesh

Type of Event:	Floods and cyclone
Location of Event:	Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
Date of Charter Activation:	16/11/2007
Charter Requestor:	UNOOSA for World Food Programme (WFP) and UNOSAT
Project Management:	ZKI-Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information (DLR)

Description of Event

Tropical cyclone SIDR hit a dozen coastal districts in the Bay of Bengal. Thousands of families have been evacuated from their homes.

Images and/or Image Products Delivered under the Charter

Satellite map, Jalakhati Town Area, Bangladesh, Cyclone Sidr
Source: IKONOS; Spot-4, 1m/pixel resolution.
Acquired: 20/11/2007; 19/11/2007
Moist areas highlighted in blue show the possible extent flooding due to storm surge in the region of Jalakhati. Information was visually interpreted from Spot-4 NIR and SWIR data; IKONOS data is used as a backdrop.
Credit: Copyright EUSI 2007, CNES 2007 in the framework of GMES RISK-EOS
Image processing, map created 23/11/2007 by DLR in the framework of GMES RISK-EOS.
Higher resolution version

Satellite map, Barisal Division, Bangladesh, Cyclone Sidr
Source: SPOT4; TerraSAR-X, 10m/pixel (Spot); 16m/pixel (TerraSAR-X) resolution.
Acquired: 20/11/2007; 19/11/2007
Possible extent of the storm surge in the region southwest of the town Barisal. Moist areas and water surfaces have been extracted from SPOT4 and TerraSAR-X data from Nov 18 and 19, 2007.
Credit: Copyright CNES 2007, DLR 2007 in the framework of GMES RISK-EOS
Image processing, map created 22/11/2007 by DLR in the framework of GMES RISK-EOS.
Higher resolution version

High-resolution imagery and additional data are available at:

http://www.zki.caf.dlr.de/applications/2007/bangladesh/145_en.html