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1997 Red River Flood Photos

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Sample of geocoded Radarsat SAR image of 1997 Upper Midwest U.S. and Canada Flooding.  May 1, 1997.  Republication permitted without restirction:  cite A. B. Miller and G. R. Brakenridge, Dartmouth Flood Observatory.  SAR image data courtesy Alaskan SAR Facility, University of Alaska with support from NASA-MTPE; 1:100,000 DLG vectors are from USGS, EROS Data Center.  This is a draft, in preparation image map prepared at the Dartmouth Flood Observatory.

1997 Flood Photo Gallery

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