Landsat 5 satellite sees floods of the Mississippi, Lingering
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Released: 6/16/2011 12: 20: 00 PM
In this image on satellite Landsat 5 captured 11 June, floods, is still evident in both East and West of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Standing water is the most visible, but in the floodplain between the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers in the North and Northwest of Vicksburg.
In accordance with the National Weather Service, the Mississippi reached the historic Crest (57.10 m), on Vicksburg May 19, 2011.
From the beginning of June flooding swear considerably around Vicksburg, but water remaining high. June 14, Mississippi measured 44.88 feet on Vicksburg.? At this point the River was in flood stage and its level was a small forecast to continue falling by 19 June.
Series of Landsat satellites is used by emergency managers acquire a series of pictures from the floods to fires. Landsat images have recently presented both the Mississippi River flooding and fires Raging in Arizona.
Landsat is a joint effort of NASA and USGS. USGS Landsat operations and NASA develops and launches the new satellites, meeting the requirements of USGS. In addition to the Landsat imagery events natural risks provides valuable data for land use research and advance the Department of the Interior of an important role in land remote sensing within the national space policy. Landsat images are unique in that they provide a complete global coverage, are available free of charge and includes nearly 40 years of continuous Earth observation. No other imaging satellite has the combination of attributes.
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