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Flood, United Kingdom, July 2007

In July 2007, England faced widespread flooding as heavy rainfall deluged the country, causing rivers to overflow and inundating homes and businesses. The floods affected regions across England, including the Midlands, Yorkshire, and the Thames Valley..

  • Image 1: Product: ASA_WSM_1P, Satellite: Envisat, Instrument: Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR), Acqusition Date: 23 July 2007, Orbit number: 28211
  • Image 2: Product: ASA_WSM_1P, Satellite: Envisat, Instrument: Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR), Instruments features: Comparison between the crisis image ASAR WSM 20070723; An archive reference image obtained by averaging the following products: ASAR WSM 20060109; ASAR WSM 20060424; ASAR WSM 20060807; ASAR WSM 20060911; ASAR WSM 20070305, Bands combination: Red denotes a signal increase between crisis data and archive; Blue denotes a signal drop between crisis data and archive; Surface without any change (no damage) is black and white. Interpretation: Blue is potentially flooded surface; Red may indicate flooding as well, for example in presence of wind, if the signal has not been changed by other factors (agricultural, etc.)
  • Image 3: Satellite: Product: ASA_IMM_1P, Satellite: Envisat, Instrument: Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR), Instruments features: Comparison between the crisis image ASAR WSM 20070726; An archive reference image obtained by averaging the following products: ASAR IMM 20070201; ASAR IMM 20060706; ASAR IMM 20060601, Bands combination: Red denotes a signal increase between crisis data and archive; Blue denotes a signal drop between crisis data and archive; Surface without any change (no damage) is black and white. Interpretation: Blue is potentially flooded surface; Red may indicate flooding as well, for example in presence of wind, if the signal has not been changed by other factors (agricultural, etc.)
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