Prototype NWC Remote Sensing Flood Inundation Mapping of the Middle Mississippie Valley Prototype April 2025
Electro-Optical (EO) and Synthetic Aperature Radar (SAR) Flood Inundation Mapping is
a
Prototype
product from the National Water Center derived from Copernicus Sentinel-1 SAR and Sentinel-2 EO imagery. Sentinel-1 SAR and Sentinel-2 EO cannot view beneath tree canopies, so riparian forests will tend to hide flood waters, giving the Flood Inundation Mapping a patchwork-quilt appearance.
