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This is an example of a SAR based rapid mapping product extract generated combining a time series of ERS acquisitions (during the period september - november 1998) before and after the impact of the Mitch hurricane over de San Pedro Sula region in Honduras. The image is the result of temporal & spatial filtering of radar data providing an enhanced base-map (as black & white background layer) superimposed with a mask of radar changes showing radar backscatter changes related to the impact of the flood event due to the hurricane (positive changes in Red, negative changes in Blue). This product extract has been designed and processed by Privateers NV (NL) in collaboration with Spot Image (F) and ESA.

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  Last update: 23 September 2004 
 
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