Satellite detected water extent over Khammouan & Savannakhet Provinces, Lao PDR as of 04 August 2023
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2023
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Satellite detected water extent over Khammouan & Savannakhet Provinces, Lao PDR as of 04 August 2023
Description
**UNOSAT code FL20230807LAO** This map illustrates cumulative satellite-detected surface waters over Khammouan & Savannakhet Provinces, Lao PDR as oberved from a Sentinel-1 image acquired on 04 August 2023 at 18:04 local time. Within the analysed area of about 25,000 km², a total of about 160 km² of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters in the analysed area, ~18,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT). Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscaterring properties of the radar signal.
Creator
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2023-08-08
Date Issued
2023-08-09
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Public
Date Added
August 23, 2025
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Humanitarian Data Exchange on 2025-08-23.
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2023). Satellite detected water extent over Khammouan & Savannakhet Provinces, Lao PDR as of 04 August 2023. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/0233d232-6122-4daf-93de-2b824c1f37e0 (dataset)