• Italy

• Sicily

• Poland

• Pomorskie

• Roumania

The International Charter aims at providing a unified system of space data acquisition and delivery to those affected by natural or man-made disasters. Each member agency has committed resources to support the provisions of the Charter and thus is helping to mitigate the effects of disasters on human life and property. Five RADARSAT images were provided to the Environment Agency of the UK. On those images you can see the flooding area around the Severn river. For more information on the charter, visit: www.disasterscharter.org/main_e.html.

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On the coastline is the city of Akureyri (B) which, although not as cosmopolitan as the capital Reykjavik, is known as capital of the north. Since the RADARSAT-1 antenna readily detects surface elevations and depressions, the Gloppufjall Mountains (C) are visible at the left of the image.

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Sicily's 5.1 million inhabitants live in several cities, some of which are visible in this image. South of Etna, is the town of Catania (C). A few kilometres north of Syracuse, we can see the town of Augusta (D); the many ships (white dots) visible at the edge of the city testify to the fact that the port of Augusta is the second largest in Italy. To the south is the city of Gela (E) which has an important fishing port. Many boats can be seen along the coast near the city.

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RADARSAT images record microwave impulses which are reflected back according to the nature of the target. The strength of the signal is represented by the various shades in the image. Where the signal response is strong, it is represented by light shades; darker shades show a weaker signal. The buildings of Gdansk appear in pale grey—almost white; the waves bounce directly from them and are not diffused, so the signal that the satellite antenna receives is strong.

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The torrential rain and flooding of the past few weeks has led to the evacuation of more than 12,000 people and caused serious damage to homes and crops.

Canada's RADARSAT-1 satellite was called into action to acquire images of the flood zone. Combined with archived images, these help define the appearance of the area before and after the flood. Thus, flood zone maps were quickly available to help local emergency response units.

For more information, please visit the Charter website at: www.disasterscharter.org

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In the city of Dresden, areas near the river had to be evacuated. Along the Elbe, entire districts in several towns were flooded. A state of emergency was declared in four Saxony counties. By superimposing an image of the flooded areas from RADARSAT-1 over a topographic map, the affected sectors can be easily identified.

Please visit the International Charter Website for more details.

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This feature image commemorates the unique international partnership between Finland's National Technology Agency (Tekes) and the Canadian Space Agency. The partners are exploring the commercial potential of satellite products and services for both Canada and Finland as they seek to better understand and monitor their shared northern environment.

For the projects, they will use Earth-observation data from Canada's RADARSAT or Europe's ENVISAT, ERS-1, and ERS-2 satellites to support sustainable development, disaster mitigation and navigation of vessels in the icy waters of the North.

Canada and Finland enjoy an excellent space cooperation relationship. While currently focused in the Earth-observation sector, there are many opportunities to work together through European Space Agency programs and other international initiatives.