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Flooding in West Africa, 2012 compared to 2008
Two images from the SEVIRI instrument aboard Meteosat Second Generation that show recent flooding in West Africa. One image is from mid-October 2012 and the other from mid-October 2008. The Senegal, Niger and Benue rivers all show much larger areas of water in 2012 than they did in 2008. These floods have caused problems all across West Africa, with Nigeria hit particularly hard - Reliefweb states that over 400 have died and more than 1 million forced to move since early July.
The images are composites of the Red, Near-InfraRed and ShortWave-InfraRed bands of the SEVIRI sensor, they are color corrected to more closely resemble the natural color of the landscape. The SEVIRI produces one 'full disk' image every 15 minutes, a unique capability that allows tracking of tropical storms and other severe weather events.
The images were received and processed by the Earth Observation Group at the University of Copenhagen. Please email questions or comments to Simon Proud
Original data Copyright EUMETSAT 2012
Flooding in West Africa, 2012 compared to 2008
Two images from the SEVIRI instrument aboard Meteosat Second Generation that show recent flooding in West Africa. One image is from mid-October 2012 and the other from mid-October 2008. The Senegal, Niger and Benue rivers all show much larger areas of water in 2012 than they did in 2008. These floods have caused problems all across West Africa, with Nigeria hit particularly hard - Reliefweb states that over 400 have died and more than 1 million forced to move since early July.
The images are composites of the Red, Near-InfraRed and ShortWave-InfraRed bands of the SEVIRI sensor, they are color corrected to more closely resemble the natural color of the landscape. The SEVIRI produces one 'full disk' image every 15 minutes, a unique capability that allows tracking of tropical storms and other severe weather events.
The images were received and processed by the Earth Observation Group at the University of Copenhagen. Please email questions or comments to Simon Proud
Original data Copyright EUMETSAT 2012