Satellite detected waters extents, as of 17 November 2019 over Ouaka and Basse-Kotto, Central African Republic
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2019
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Title
Satellite detected waters extents, as of 17 November 2019 over Ouaka and Basse-Kotto, Central African Republic
Description
**UNOSAT code: FL20191028CAF** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface water in Ouaka and Basse-Kotto Prefecture of Central African Republic as observed from Sentinel-1 imagery acquired on 17 November 2019. Within the analysed extent of about 940 km2, a total about 3 km2 of land appear to be flooded. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR - UNOSAT. Important note: Flood analysis from SAR Sentinel-1 images may significantly underestimate the presence of standing waters in built up and/or densely vegetated areas due to backscattering of the radar signal.
Creator
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT)
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2019-11-20
Date Issued
2019-11-22
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.
UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) (2019). Satellite detected waters extents, as of 17 November 2019 over Ouaka and Basse-Kotto, Central African Republic. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/7c7ac344-9822-42e6-8639-74e44dd51ae6 (dataset)