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NASA Earth Observatory Collection
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NASA Earth Observatory Collection
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Flooding in Northern California
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Flooding in Northern California
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Heavy rains inundated northern California in mid-December 2002 and gave rise to extensive flooding. The above true color image (right) was acquired on December 18, 2002, by the Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA?s Aqua spacecraft. The image shows some of the worst of the flooding around the lakes and tributaries surrounding the Sacramento and Feather rivers north of San Francisco Bay. Normally only small sections of these rivers would be visible in the MODIS image (left, acquired December 6, 2002). The heavy rains were caused by a series of North Pacific storms called extratropical lows. In many areas rain totals exceeded 16 inches. The series of storms may be related to a moderate El Nino currently active across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MOD IS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Description
Heavy rains inundated northern California in mid-December 2002 and gave rise to extensive flooding. The above true color image (right) was acquired on December 18, 2002, by the Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA?s Aqua spacecraft. The image shows some of the worst of the flooding around the lakes and tributaries surrounding the Sacramento and Feather rivers north of San Francisco Bay. Normally only small sections of these rivers would be visible in the MODIS image (left, acquired December 6, 2002). The heavy rains were caused by a series of North Pacific storms called extratropical lows. In many areas rain totals exceeded 16 inches. The series of storms may be related to a moderate El Nino currently active across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MOD IS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC Description
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Satellite - Sensor:
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Aqua- MODIS
Satellite_-_Sensor
Aqua- MODIS
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Aqua
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Aqua
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California
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California
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Pacific Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
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Sacramento
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Sacramento
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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December 2002
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December 2002
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December 6, 2002
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December 6, 2002
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December 18, 2002
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December 18, 2002
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2002
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2002
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UID:
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SPD-ETOBS-5298
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