Minimize Flood in Europe: Czech Republic, Poland, Germany (1997) - Eastern Part, Magnified views

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These ERS images provide views of the flooding in the Czech Republic and Poland.

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Wroclaw (Poland) - Oder river - 15 July and 06 May 1997

This first image shows the Oder river course from the city of Wroclaw (lower right corner) to the town of Glogow (central left), while the second one shows the area around Wroclaw in more detail. The cluster of bright points at the bottom left of the second image represents the town of Legnica. A large flooding is clearly visible in blue around the Oder river banks between Wroclaw and Scinawa (second image), where the flowing direction of the river has changed from E-W to S-N.
Visible, mainly in the left part of this image, the colour of the water surfaces is dark blue or black; this means that these sites are normally covered by water. The light blue tones diffused over the second image depend on the effect of the heavy rain fall during the satellite acquisition.

Image area coverage: 37 x 27 km
This multitemporal image is made with the data from 15 July and 6 May and adding an artificial channel (first principal component) that enhances all the differences between the two acquisitions. With the chosen band combination the flooded areas appears in blue and where differences in soil moisture have occurred in cyan.

Image area coverage: 60 x 45 km

  		Glogow (Poland) - Oder river

Other flooded areas are evident North of Wroclaw (central right part of the second image and clearly visible as a black area in the first image), South-east of the town of Glogow

Image area coverage: 43 x 35 km

  		Opole (South Poland) - Oder river

This image shows the flooded areas North-west of Opole. The town is visible as a bright area at the bottom right corner of the image.
The Oder river is running from the bottom right corner to the upper left one. The normal river course is in light blue, while in dark blue are the areas covered by the flood waters. The town of Lubien (centre of the image) along the Nysa Klodzka river (left side of the Oder river) was also hit by the flooding.

Image area coverage: 51 x 30 km
Prostajov (Czech republic) - Oder river

This image covering the Morava river valley shows large zones along the river covered by water. The town of Olomuc on the Morava is visible in the upper part of the SAR image and the town of Prostajov (on the Valova river) is just below, a little on the left. The flooded areas are located South of these towns: clearly evident are the areas around the town of Veseli on the Morava river (near the centre - bottom part of the image).

  		Bratislava (Slovakia) - Morava river

This image shows an area at the border between Austria and Slovakia.
The bright area at the bottom right part of the image is the city of Bratislava, on the left bank of the Danube river. The boundary between the two states is along the Morava river, running from the top to the bottom of the image. All around this state border there are large blue coloured areas showing the flooding on 12 July 1997.

Image area coverage: 55 x 42 km

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