Satellite Image Of Hurricane Harvey Flooding

Hurricane harvey caused extensive inland flooding seen as dark blue areas where the water is relatively clear and green grey where the water carries sediment.

Satellite image of hurricane harvey flooding.

The approximate ground sample distance gsd for each pixel is 50 cm zoom level 18. Even before hurricane harvey made landfall there were aerial images of the storm over the gulf of mexico threatening the united states with huge white clouds that promised to drop feet of rain. The smap observations detect the proportion of the ground covered by surface water within the satellite s field of view. Remote sensing by the dartmouth flood observatory shows more than 3 800 square.

The image covers an area of 32 by 65 miles 52 by 105 kilometers and is centered at 29 2 degrees north 95 8 degrees west. The hurricane s eye made landfall in rockport texas and this before and after landsat image clearly shows shoreline retreat on barrier islands caused by harvey s storm surge. This application displays before and after aerial imagery of locations affected by hurricane harvey. The landsat 8 image from august 12 shows the area before the storm hit while landsat 7 passed over the same area on september 5 to show the flooded brazos river.

View metadata for the hurricane harvey imagery. Individual images have been combined into a larger mosaic and tiled for distribution. History both in scope and peak rainfall amounts since records began in the 1880s. Geological survey in cooperation with the federal emergency management agency hurricane harvey was the most significant rainfall event in u s.

Hurricane harvey makes landfall on the texas coast. Launch web map in new window this tracker shows the current view from our goes east and goes west satellites. The tracker also allows users to go back in time and view and interact with the satellite imagery from the past hurricanes this year. Harvey inundated southeastern texas with feet of rain during the past week which has lead to historic flooding.

A hurricane track will only appear if there is an active storm in the atlantic or eastern pacific regions. Harvey s maximum sustained winds are near 130 mph making it a category 4 hurricane on the saffir simpson hurricane wind scale. The data provided on this site is for informational and planning purposes only. A new series of images generated with data from nasa s soil moisture active passive smap satellite illustrate the surface flooding caused by hurricane harvey from before its initial landfall through august 27 2017.