27 January 2011

The RapidEye constellation of five earth observation satellites have been focused on the East Coast of Australia, dedicating resources to capture valuable images of the ever-changing face of our flooding landscape.

RapidEye coverage (within yellow box) over Victoria floods, captured 15 – 23 January 2011The readily enhanced RapidEye satellite data has been of interest to a range of Government agencies in recent weeks.  Currently, the movement of the Loddon flood waters in Victoria is one target of interest.
 
With five spectral bands of information (blue, green, red and 2 infrared areas) and five satellites dedicated to data capture, vast areas as shown in the image permit extraction of some informative flood information.
 
The RapidEye image library has built up a considerable amount of imagery this last month over Australia.       
 
Enquiries can be directed to the RapidEye Partner for Australia, AAM  at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Samples of image resolution and other sensor information can be found at www.aamgroup.com/rapideye

Image: RapidEye coverage (within yellow box) over Victoria floods, captured 15 – 23 January 2011