Hurricane Katrina


Data Access
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Overview
This is a special collection of GLCF and NASA-derived data for areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, which hit coastal Mississippi and Louisiana on August 29, 2005.

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Hurricane Katrina

Katrina Collection
MODIS Maximum Extent of Persistent Flooding

Data extracted from MODIS Vegetation Cover Conversion from Aug. 30th through Sep.15th overlaid on Landsat ETM+ Mosaic.

Imagery



Mosaic of Landsat ETM+ Scenes

The following products were created using four Landsat scenes:
Path 21, Row 39, 10-15-2001
Path 21, Row 40, 10-15-2001
Path 22, Row 39, 09-17-2000
Path 22, Row 40, 10-01-1999

 

Map


Mosaic of Landsat ETM+ Scenes

The two following products were created using four Landsat scenes:
Path 21, Row 39, 10-15-2001
Path 21, Row 40, 10-15-2001
Path 22, Row 39, 09-17-2000
Path 22, Row 40, 10-01-1999

Landsat ETM+ Panchromatic Scenes

The following products were created using two Landsat scenes:
Path 21, Row 39, 10-15-2001
Path 22, Row 39, 09-17-2000

  Landsat ETM+ Panchromatic Scenes

The following products were created using two Landsat scenes:
Path 21, Row 39, 10-15-2001
Path 22, Row 39, 09-17-2000

Composite of MODIS

The following two products were created using bands 1,4,3 of the MODIS sensor on board the Terra Satellite.
Date: 05/09/2005_06/09/2005

  Composite of MODIS

The following two products were created using bands 1,4,3 and 2,7,7 of the MODIS sensor on board the Terra Satellite.

  • Drape #1 , bands 1,4,3, Date: 09/05/2005-09/06/2005
  • Drape #2 , bands 2,7,7, Date: 09/05/2005-09/07/2005
Mosaic of SRTM Unfinished 1 arc sec

The following two products are based in the SRTM 2000 dataset(unfinished), scences were used:
Path 20, Row 39
Path 21, Row 40
Path 21, Row 39
Path 22, Row 39
Path 22, Row 40
The Final Mosaic is projected in the UTM 16 zone.

  Mosaic of SRTM Unfinished 1 arc sec

This product is based in the SRTM 2000 dataset(unfinished), scences were used:
Path 20, Row 39
Path 21, Row 40
Path 21, Row 39
Path 22, Row 39
Path 22, Row 40
The Final Mosaic is projected in the UTM 16 zone.

This map is based in the DEMs provided by the USGS trough the National Elevation Data (NED), with a horizontal resolution of +/-10m.


How to Cite These Data Sets
For Landsat scenes, MODIS composition and SRTM layer please follow credit protocols listed on their pages.

Source
For Maps and Drapes, please credit the Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF) as the source for this data set in some manner. Our suggestion: Source for this data set was the Global Land Cover Facility, www.landcover.org.