Flooding in Kinshasa

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 27 July 2017 at 08:55:59 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 29 July 2017 at 04:35:09 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 01 January 2018 at 04:35:09 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 03 January 2018 at 09:03:49 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Flood, heavy rains, Congo River, Makelele River, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
Fig. 1 - Sentinal 2A - Before (2017-07-27) vs. During (2018-01-03) the flood - 8,4,3 colour composite.
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Fig. 2 - Floods along the Congo River, western Kinshasa.
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Fig. 3 - Sentinal 1A - 2017-07-29 vs. 2018-01-06 - vv,vh,ndi (vh,vv) composite - Floods along the Makelele River.
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Fig. 4 - Overflow near the "Cité du Fleuve" district, Congo River, eastern Kinshasa.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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