Satellite Detected Water Extent in the Sanamxay District, Attapeu Province, Lao PDR
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
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2017
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Title
Satellite Detected Water Extent in the Sanamxay District, Attapeu Province, Lao PDR
Description
This map illustrates the satellite-detected water extent in the District of Sanamay, Attapeu Province, in the southwestern part of Lao People's Democratic Republic after the tropical storm SONCA-17. The UNITAR-UNOSAT analysis used a Sentinel-1 satellite image acquired on the 30 July 2017 and detected several areas with potentially standing waters. In the district of Sanamxay ~5,225 ha are likely flooded.This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT.
Creator
UNOSAT
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2017-08-04
Date Issued
2017-08-17
License
http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa
Access Rights
Public
Date Added
August 23, 2025
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Humanitarian Data Exchange on 2025-08-23.
UNOSAT (2017). Satellite Detected Water Extent in the Sanamxay District, Attapeu Province, Lao PDR. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/4d143bd1-96be-4e38-8bb5-7b01c0cf4817 (dataset)