Hurricane Ike. Courtesy Weather Underground
The USGS Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies provides a pre- and post-Hurricane Ike analysis of coastal change as a result of Hurricane Ike. This includes:
Pre-landfall
* Initial assessment of potential coastal-change impacts (web post)
Post-landfall (approx. 3-5 days)
* Post-storm oblique aerial photography mission (data collection)
* Post-storm airborne lidar topographic survey (data collection)
* Quick-response aerial photos of impacted coast (web post)
* Pre- and post-storm photo comparisons (web post)
Post-landfall (approx. 2 weeks)
* Initial pre- and post-storm lidar 3D imagery of topography and coastal change (web post)
A Google Earth file is available for the data used to assess pre-hurricane coastal vulnerability at: http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/ike/coastal-change/IkeInundationPotential.kmz
- Post-Hurricane Gustav impacts
Post-Hurricane Gustav oblique aerial photography and video of the region of landfall collected on September 4, 2008 is also available in a Google Earth file 20080904_Gustav.kmz (27 KB)
The Physical Environment Links: Hurricanes; Coastal Processes and Landforms
