ESA - Eduspace EN - Natural Disasters - Exercise 1: Spiraling Hurricane Katrina from cloud tops to ocean waves

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Exercise 1: Spiraling Hurricane Katrina from cloud tops to ocean waves

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Acquisition locations for Envisat's MERIS and ASAR images

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Chart showing acquisition locations for Envisat's MERIS and ASAR images. The MERIS image covers approximately 1200 by 1200 km, while the ASAR Wide Swath mode image covers approximately 415 by 1200 km.

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Hurricane Katrina

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Exercise 2: Visualising and examining flooded areas in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina

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