Flooding in Central Siberia

A mixture of snowmelt and ice jams in late May and June of 2002 caused flooding along the Taz River and the Yenisey River.

A mixture of snowmelt and ice jams in late May and June of this year caused the Taz River (left) and the Yenisey River (right) in central Siberia to overflow their banks. The flooding can be seen in this image taken on June 11, 2002, by the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) instrument aboard the Terra satellite. Normally, the rivers would resemble thin black lines in MODIS imagery.

In the false-color images sage green and rusty orange is land, and water is black. Clouds are white and pink.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    ADEOS/ADEOS

  • Start Date

    2002-06-20

  • Event Start Date

    2002-06-18

  • NH Image ID

    3734

  • NH Event ID

    3657

  • NH Posting Date

    2002-06-20