MODIS imagery of the Gulf Coast

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MODIS imagery of the Gulf Coast

#1 Postby senorpepr » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:54 pm

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/real ... 0.250m.jpg

It's a little hard to see much of the area thanks to some cumulus clouds, but you can see Mobile Bay, Pascagoula, Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, and some of the nearby parishes.

Over the next few days we'll get better imagery of the region, especially some before/after shots and some much higher resolution imagery.
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#2 Postby captmrwill » Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:00 pm

The ASTER instrument, which flies onboard the Terra satellite with MODIS (MODIS also flies on Aqua), is capable of ~15 m resolution, and had a near-nadir pass over new orleans today. I'm thinking they probably activated it, and it looks like they would get some ground measurements through the clouds. I assume it was activated for this pass.
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#3 Postby x-y-no » Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:07 pm

Major broad-band warning!

I'll post a couple of selected pieces in a couple of minutes.
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#4 Postby x-y-no » Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:09 pm

Mobile bay:

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#5 Postby x-y-no » Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:12 pm

New Orleans & the lake:

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#6 Postby x-y-no » Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:18 pm

Plaquemines Parish (this one's pretty hard to see under the clouds):

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#7 Postby x-y-no » Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:31 pm

Pulled up the brightness/contrast on the Mobile Bay - Pacagoula pic ... shows detail a little better now:

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