Minimize Flood - Australia, January 2011

BRISBANE, Australia, Jan 19, 2011 (From AFP) - Australia's flood-ravaged Queensland state on Wednesday began the grim task of burying its dead, as people in the sodden south fled a record deluge threatening to engulf homes. British Foreign Secretary William Hague toured Brisbane to inspect damage from floods that swamped 30,000 homes last week - the peak of an unprecedented disaster which hit an area larger than France and Germany combined.

Event Timeline
Multi-Temporal Image
This image, extracted from two full Envisat ASAR_WSM scenes (acquired before and after the event), covers the area along the Fitzroy river. The image shows clearly the area affected by flood (in blue) along the east part of Queensland region.

ASAR_WSM before event: Acq. Date 25 April 2010 Orbit 42626
ASAR_WSM after event: Acq. Date 16 January 2011 Orbit 46438


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Technical Information
Product: ASA_WSM_1P
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: ASAR wide swath standard image
Instrument features: Resolution image (150 m)
Bands combination: Multitemporal image
Date of Acquisition: 25 April 2010 / 16 January 2011
Orbit number: 42626 / 46438
Orbit Direction: Descending
05 January 2011
This image shows flooded areas (in Dark) in the region of Rockhampton - Queensland
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Technical Information
Product: ASAR_IMP_IS2_HH
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: ASAR image mode Precision Image
Instrument features: Resolution image (30 m)
Bands combination: Greyscale
Date of Acquisition: 05 January 2011
Orbit number: 46273
Orbit Direction: Descending
Zoom of the Area
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Technical Information
Product: ASAR_IMP_IS2_HH
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: ASAR image mode Precision Image
Instrument features: Resolution image (30 m)
Bands combination: Greyscale
Date of Acquisition: 05 January 2011
Orbit number: 46273
Orbit Direction: Ascending
16 January 2011
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Technical Information
Product: ASA_WSM_1P
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: ASAR wide swath standard image
Instrument features: Resolution image (150 m)
Bands combination: Greyscale
Date of Acquisition: 16 January 2011
Orbit number: 46438
Orbit Direction: Descending
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