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10 March 2010e-GEOS (Telespazio/ASI) supplies satellite imagery and maps to measure the extent of flooding in Queensland, Australiae-GEOS, an ASI/Telespazio company, has processed and made available to the University of New South Wales, suppliers of technical support to the Australian Civil Defence, satellite data and evaluation maps of the extent of flooding caused by heavy rains in the towns of Taroom and St. George, Australia. Intense rainfall in the first week of March in the Murray Darling Basin, Queensland, have caused millions of dollars of damage and several rivers burst their banks, flooding urban centres and cultivated fields. The imagery was acquired by the satellites of the COSMO-SkyMed constellation. After a first acquisition on March 5th, the satellites continued to monitor the area, acquiring imagery on the 6th, 8th, and 10th of March to track the movement of the waters. Flood Study Using Remote Sensing Imagery The COSMO-SkyMed program was originally developed
through an agreement between the Italian space agency (ASI) and
Ministry of Defense. Thales Alenia Space (a Thales /Finmeccanica
joint venture) is the prime contractor, with responsibility for
the entire system.Telespazio (a Finmeccanica/ Thales joint venture)
was responsible for manufacturing the civil and military ground
segments. It manages the constellation's in-orbit operations
and data acquisition and processing.
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On this map, created with data from the COSMO-SkyMed satellites, it is possible to identify the flooded areas around the town of Taroom, Australia. (large version - pdf)
Town of St. George: WideRegion image acquired by the satellite COSMO-SkyMed-3 on March 5th, 2010, showing flooded areas. (large version - jpeg) |
