The ASAR was operating in its wide-swath mode covering an area larger than 400 km with a spatial resolution of 150 m, which allows a synoptic view of large areas in all weather conditions. For more detailed analysis, images from Envisat’s narrow-swath mode (25 m spatial resolution) is used. Acquisitions of the area were obtained on 26 July 2007 and provided to the International Charter on 'Space and Major Disasters', a joint initiative for providing emergency response satellite data free of charge to those affected by disasters anywhere in the world.


 
Rescue workers evacuate residents in Oxford, central England, 25 July 2007, as the River Thames has burst its banks due to the heavy rain.


 
The Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) sensor aboard Envisat acquired this image of the flooding along the River Thames in Oxfordshire on 25 July 2007.


 
This image of fires burning in Abruzzo, Italy, was acquired by Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument on 24 July 2007 working in Full Resolution mode to provide a spatial resolution of 300 metres.


 
This image of fires burning across Greece and the Balkans was acquired by Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument on 26 July 2007 working in Full Resolution mode to provide a spatial resolution of 300 metres.



Release date: 28 February 2012