2017 Hurricane Response
In 2017, G-LiHT "researchers flew over the Everglades and Puerto Rico to measure how mangroves and rainforests grow and evolve over time. Five months later, hurricanes Irma and Maria tore through those study areas – creating a unique opportunity to investigate the devastating effects of massive storms on these ecosystems, as well as their gradual recovery." (Kate Ramsayer, NASA GSFC).
The G-LiHT (v2.0) instrument package includes a Phase One 100 MP camera (3-4 cm ground resolution). High resolution aerial photography was captured before and after the hurricane season for both Florida and Puerto Rico. Visit the Aerial Photography section to view these.
Below is a list of news articles and publications focused on our on-going work in observing and analyzing the effects of these storms.
- 2018 G-LiHT Puerto Rico Campaign Debrief Slides - pdf, 80.08 kB: 2018 G-LiHT Puerto Rico Campaign Debrief Slides
Related Articles
- NASA Mapping Hurricane Damage to Everglades, Puerto Rico Forests by Kate Ramsayer, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. (April 17, 2018)
- New Research Shows the Everglades Are Still Hurting Months After Irma by Maddie Stone, Managing Editor at Earther (April 17, 2018)
- Hurricane Irma Turned the Everglades into a Tree 'Graveyard,' NASA Lasers Reveal by Megan Gannon, Live Science Contributor (April 18, 2018)
- NASA team finds massive Everglades mangrove damage from Irma. Can it recover? by Jenny Staletovich, Miama Herald (April 18, 2018)
- Florida Everglades Still Reeling Months After Hurricane Irma, NASA Says by Ada Carr, Weather.com (April 19, 2018)
- NASA Mapping Hurricane Damage to Everglades by Kate Ramsayer, NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day (April 20, 2018).
- 'Staggering' Damage to Florida's Everglades Remains in the Wake of Hurricane Irma by Brigit Katz, Smithsonian.com (April 20, 2018)
- El huracán María pudo haber afectado hasta 31 millones de árboles by Gerardo E. Alvarado León, El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico. (April 22nd, 2018)
- Hurricane Irma: NASA’s 3D images show incredible Everglades damage by Kimberly Miller, Palm Beach Post (April 27, 2018)
- Incredible New NASA Images Show Puerto Rico's Forests Still Scarred From Hurricane Maria by Maddie Stone, Earther (May 22nd, 2018)
- Five Ways Hurricanes Have Affected Puerto Rico’s Forests by Samson Reiny, NASA Earth Expeditions (May 23rd, 2018)