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This wide-swath radar image (400km wide) is a mosaic of two images centred over West Africa and in particular the countries of Togo, Benin and Nigeria. At the top centre of the image is the Kainji Reservoir and the Niger River. Visible also as large bright areas are the major Nigerian cites: Ogbomosho (south of the Niger River), Ibadam (southeast) and Lagos (further south on the shore).
Technical Information:
Instrument: Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR)
Date of Acquisition: 11 November 2003
Instrument features: Image Mode Precision (30 meter resolution)
Orbit Direction: Descending
Orbit number: 08879
ASAR Polarization: V/V
Coordinates:
NW Lat/Long: N 10.48 / E 3.10
NE Lat/Long: N 10.01 / E 6.56
SE Lat/Long: N 6.45 / E 6.13
SW Lat/Long: N 7.32 / E 2.30