Hurricane Rita

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Overview

This is a special collection of GLCF and NASA-derived data for areas affected by Hurricane Rita, which hit coastal Texas and Louisiana on September 24, 2005.

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Rita Collection

NED DEMs 1/3 arcsec

This elevation map is based on the DEMs 1/3 arcsec resolution (+/- 10m), provided by the National Elevation Data (NED) at the USGS. The Port Arthur lowlands area was in the path of Hurricane Rita as it came ashore and moved inland.

Port Arthur and surrounding lowlands ( GeoTIFF 195.04 MB)

Port Arthur and surrounding lowlands ( JPEG2000 2.34 MB)

Port Arthur and surrounding lowlands (browse) ( JPEG 442 KB)

Port Arthur and surrounding lowlands ( PDF 2.59 MB)

Mosaic of Landsat ETM+ Scenes

The GeoTIFF product were created using six Landsat scenes:
Path 22, Row 39, 09-17-2000
Path 22, Row 40, 01-10-1999
Path 23, Row 39, 09-22-1999
Path 24, Row 39, 08-30-2000
Path 25, Row 39, 06-10-1999
Path 25, Row 40, 06-10-1999

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.