Flooding Samples

In May and June 2002 torrential rain and localized flooding killed about 800 people and damaged crops and infrastructure along the shores of China's Dongting Lake. Dongting Lake is China's second largest lake and has long been the scene of chronic flooding. It connects to the flood-prone Yangtze River.

Location: Yangtze River and Lake Dongting, China Target Latitude: 29.37861 North Target Longitude: 113.0625 East Targeting Sensor: Hyperion Processing Level: L1R Format: Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Acquisition Date: September 2, 2002

ALI: L1G 10:6:5 (RGB) Format: GeoTiff

ALI: L1R 9:5:4 (RGB) Format: HDF

Hyperion: L1R 202:44:28 (RGB) Format: HDF

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