The 2013 Colorado Severe Floods
The 2013 Colorado floods was a natural disaster occurring in the U.S. state of Colorado. Starting on September 9, 2013, a slow-moving cold front stalled over Colorado, clashing with warm humid monsoonal air from the south. This resulted in heavy rain and catastrophic flooding along Colorado's Front Range from Colorado Springs north to Fort Collins.
Flood maps were derived from VIIRS by applying our algorithms, more detailes can be found from the presentation by JPSS Program Scientist Dr. Mitch Goldberg
References
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (2011, July 11). Corps: June 2011 was highest single month of runoff into Missouri River basin. (PDF file) Accessed July 19, 2011.
National Weather Service. Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service. Accessed July 19, 2011.
NASA images courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michon Scott.
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- Aqua - MODIS