Tropical Cyclone in Tonga

Tonga

Cyclone Rene hit Tonga islands and caused major damages to crops, vegetation and buildings. 

 
 

 

Available Space-based Information for: TROPICAL CYCLONE IN TONGA - 14/02/2010

Status Update: 08/03/2019

 

UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER

Email: un-spider [at] unoosa.org

Link: http://www.un-spider.org

 

UNOCHA
Peter Muller
Tel: +679-3316761
Mob: +679-9991664
Suva, Fiji
Peter.Muller[at]undp.org
 

International Charter:
Activated on 15/02/2010
Project Manager: Robert Saint-Jean
Agence spatiale canadienne | Canadian Space Agency
Tel : (450) 926-5121 | Fax: (450)926-4888
robert.saint-jean [at] asc-csa.gc.ca
Charter Requester: UNOOSA on behalf of UNOCHA
 
 
Geographical Coordinates:
Vavau group:
From
Latitude: 18°31'33.76"S
Longitude: 173°53'39.03"W
To
Latitude: 18°48'22.84"S
Longitude: 174° 8'23.52"W

Haapai group:
From
Latitude: 19°38'37.39"S
Longitude: 174° 8'31.33"W
To
Latitude: 20°29'20.96"S
Longitude: 174°58'49.78"W

Tongatapu island:
From
Latitude: 20°57'36.27"S
Longitude: 174°59'47.93"W
To
Latitude: 21°19'18.59"S
Longitude: 175°18'52.27"W

Eua island:
From
Latitude: 21°16'18.00"S
Longitude: 174°54'9.69"W
To
Latitude: 21°28'42.65"S
Longitude: 174°59'22.06"W
 


Satellite Tasking No
Satellite
Sensor
Time (UTC)
Area
Type
Status
Remarks
 1
 SPOT
 
 
 
 
 Scheduled
 Archive imagery available
 2
 ENVISAT     Scheduled
 
 3 TERRASAR-X   17 Feb
 18 Feb		  Radar Collected 
 4 Digitalglobe - various satellites  3 Mar   Collected for collection report and browse images, see attached file
 
RADARSAT-2 archive data available.
 
For additional resources and imagery requests, please contact spaceaid [at] unoosa.org (spaceaid[at]unoosa[dot]org).

 

Tonga