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Paraguay Flooding - June 2014

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June 27, 2014 - Recently the Paraguay River, particularly through the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion, has experienced large scale flooding, causing the displacement of thousands of people. The VIIRS instrument on S-NPP has been used to capture the extent of the flooding. Here is the STAR Report for Paraguay Flooding. Below are some images of the affected areas created from VIIRS data.

Drag bars in the images below to see before and after.



VIIRS Image of Paraguay - June 2 VIIRS Image of Paraguay - June 30

Natural color images created from VIIRS I-bands-1, -2, and -3, from June 2 (left) and June 30 (right). The Paraguay River runs southward through the center of the image. Source: Curtis Seaman, CIRA

Flood detection map (left, warmer colors indicate more flooding) derived from VIIRS data False color imagery using VIIRS bands I-1, -2, and -3 (right) from June 30

Flood detection map (left, warmer colors indicate more flooding) derived from VIIRS data and false color imagery using VIIRS bands I-1, -2, and -3 (right) from June 30. Source: Sanmei Li, GMU (funding provided by JPSS Risk Reduction program)

Flood detection map (left, warmer colors indicate more flooding) derived from VIIRS data False color imagery using VIIRS bands I-1, -2, and -3 (right) from June 30

VIIRS Surface Albedo over Paraguay from June 1-10 (left) and July 1-10 (right).


Flood Mapping at Asuncion, Paraguay

Surface Type map shows flooding in Paraguay

Surface Type map shows flooding in Paraguay. Source: Jerry Zhan, STAR