Water & natural resource management in Central Africa

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 03 December 2016 at 09:33:52 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 10 December 2016 at 09:24:02 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 30 August 2019 from 04:30:14 to 04:30:39 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 17 October 2020 from 04:33:51 to 04:35:06 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 04 August 2021 at 08:36:01 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Hydrology, water resources, water quality, wetland, water height, transport, flooding, Congo, DRC, Cameroon, Chad
Fig. 1 - Backed by GMES and Africa, one of the 12 consortia works on the subject of water and natural resource management in Central Africa.
Fig. 2 - S2 (03 & 10.12.2016) - During winter, open water of Lake Chad remains mostly in Cameroon (south) and Chad (east).
Fig. 3 - S1 (17.10.2020) - View of the Sangha river, a tributary of the Congo river, during a flood event in the Republic of Congo.
Fig. 4 - S1 (30.08.2019 - 29.10.2019) - Zakouma national park is bordered at east by the Bahr Aouk et Salamat floodplains.
Fig. 5 - S2 (04.08.2021) - View of Tshikapa city at the confluence of the Kasai river and the Tshikapa river during a large pollution event.