Flooding in Mojave Desert, United States

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 22 February 2019 from 13:51:29 to 13:51:54 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 28 February 2019 at 18:33:09 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 06 March 2019 from 13:51:29 to 13:51:54 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 07 March 2019 at 18:22:19 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 10 March 2019 at 18:31:49 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Precipitations, endorheic basin, sebkhas, rain shadow, salt lake, depression, coastal range, California, USA
Fig. 1 - S1 (06.03.2019) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - The arid Death Valley was partially flooded, a rare occurrence.
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Fig. 2 - S1 - Red & Blue: vv (22.02.2019), Green: vv (06.03.2019) - Further south, flooded areas show in magenta.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (10.03.2019) - 12,11,4 colour composite - Many depressions of the Valleys & Ranges region were briefly refilled.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (07.03.2019) - Precipitations are rare in this hot endorheic basin located in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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