MISSION2010|MIT: Annotated Bibliography Page 1

Swenson, Dan. "Flashfood: Hurricane Katrina's Inundation of New Orleans." NOLA.Com. The Times-Picayune. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://www.nola.com/katrina/graphics/flashflood.swf>.

An animation sequence depicting the inundation of the New Orleans metropolitan area from 25 August 2006 to 1 September 2006, detailing events such as levee breaches and flash floods in exact chronological order using markers on a map of New Orleans. Using this graphical representation of the flood is much more dynamic and intuitive than text descriptions, though it is sourced through a newspaper, not a research institution, government or otherwise. NOTE: To view this correctly, you must have Adobe/Macromedia Flash® Player. You can get it here.

Jenner, Lynn, ed. "Hurricane Season 2005: Katrina." National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 13 Oct. 2005. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/h2005_katrina.html>.

An article/collection of images depicting Hurricane Katrina. Contains a few sets of before and after full color, high resolution images of the immediate New Orleans area. Also has other maps and graphs collected from a variety of international research institutions, including elevation maps, temperature maps, precipitation maps and wind speed maps.

"Hurricane Katrina NOAA Images." National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 9 Sept. 2005. NOAA Remote Sensing Division. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/katrina/>.

A collection of low-altitude aerial, 37cm per pixel resolution of the New Orleans area immediately after Hurricane Katrina passed through in late August and Early September of 2005. Incredibly clear and shows in great detail the flooding in the New Orleans metropolitan area, the surrounding suburban regions, and the swelling of Lake Pontchartrain.

"Spot Image - New Orleans, USA." Spot Image. 2005. Spot Image, S.A., of France. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://www.spotimage.fr/html/_167_240_241_910_.php>.

High resolution 10m per pixel or 20m per pixel satellite near-infrared images of New Orleans on 30 October 2001, 30 August 2005, and 2 September 2005, so images are present prior to inundation, during inundation, and after inundation. These images are all false color due to the use of either an infrared glass element filter in front of the satellite camera lens, or infrared sensitive media, and thus flooded areas (black or dark blue) contrast particularly well with unflooded (red) areas.

Lee, Jeff, Sgt. "Hurricane Katrina - EAARL." National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 22 Sept. 2006. NASA Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory. 20 Sept. 2006 <http://inst.wff.nasa.gov/eaarl/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=5>

Linked here are several plugins for the Google Earth software package, providing extremely high resolution images from several flyovers of the New Orleans area done by the NASA Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Light Detection and Ranging (EAARL) system. These file packages are overlayable on existing Google Earth or Google Earth Pro software, and simply replace the stock Google image data for the New Orleans area once activated. This particular page also provides LiDAR DEM files, which are elevation maps created by aircraft-mounted LiDAR systems. NOTE: To view this correctly, you must have Google Earth. You can get it here.