Dragon over water: Envisat monitors China's largest lake, rivers flooding   ASAR GMM colour composite of Poyang Lake with low water level (HH), high water level (HH), infilling seasonal (VV) summings respectively in red green blue (RGB).   Seasonal summing in Poyang Lake revealed by Envisat ASAR GMM. Top left: low water period; top right: infilling of the lake; bottom left: low water level period; bottom right: draw-off of the lake.   Land cover map derived from GMM colour composition: blue shows low water level during dry period; red shows areas of the water level seasonal variations; green shows lowlands and grey shows major cities.   Poyang Lake's water level dynamic, derived from ASAR GMM imagery time series: perennial water bodies in dark blue; surfaces under water with a preliminary estimation of time of flooding (in lighter blue to red). Dragon demonstrating operational flooding response     The flooded Xijiang River overflowing the embankment of Hedong district, Wuzhou city on 22 June 2005, Courtesy of Prof. Li Jiren, Institute of Water and Hydropower Research, Beijing.   Chinese flood map product for the Xijiang River in the vicinity of Wuzhou city on 25 June 2006, based on an Envisat ASAR image. Red marks flood-affected areas. Produced by the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) of the Ministry of Water Resources. Dragon land applications training in Beijing     Dragon Advanced Training Course in Land Remote Sensing taking place at the Capital Normal University (CNU) in Beijing. Starting on 10 October, this five-day course was attended by more than a hundred participants from numerous Chinese institutuions and regions.   Dragon Advanced Training Course in Land Remote Sensing participants Release date: 22 February 2008