Earth ID: 2571

Southeastern Texas Floods: 24 June 2002 (before)

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on October 7, 2002

Rivers near San Antonio, Texas are difficult to distinguish before the flooding of July 2002. After the floods, the swollen rivers are easy to discern.

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Jacques Descloitres (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC,MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov)

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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:

Terra/MODIS

2002/06/24

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Keywords:
DLESE >> Hydrology
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Hydrosphere >> Surface Water >> Floods
GCMD >> Location >> Texas
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0