FLOOD02366

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Stream Name: All
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: The Big Thompson Flood of 1976 Field Trip Guidebook
• Date: 1/1/1976
• Prepared For: Annual meeting of Geological Society
• Prepared By: USGS
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

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Figure 4a. Enlargement of enhanced infrared imagery over Colorado for
0030 GMT, August 1, 1976 with enhancement curve CB. Each gray shade
corresponds to the specific temperature. range indicated. Note growth
in area A in Figure 4b. (Photo courtesy J. Purdom, NESS)

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Figure 4b. Enlargement of enhanced infrared imagery over Colorado for
0100 GMT, August 1, 1976 with enhancement curve CB. Note the explosive
growth that has occurred in area A during the past half hour over the
Big Thompson. (Photo courtesy J. Purdom, NESS)

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