Monitoring Hurricane Rita Inland Storm Surge

Abstract

Provides a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of the 2005 hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico as well as the important role of science in landscape restoration and community recovery"-Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Monitoring Vegetation Response to Episodic Disturbance Events by using Multitemporal Vegetation Indices

“…Hurricane Katrina's track was northerly, isolating storm surge and associated surge-induced marsh removal primarily to the east region (Barras, 2007a;Ebersole, Resio, and Westerink, 2007). Hurricane Rita's track was northwesterly and subjected the central and west regions to sustained tropical force winds and elevated water levels in advance of landfall (Lockwood, 2005) and storm surges in all regions upon landfall (Doyle et al, 2007;McGee, Tollett, and Goree, 2007). The storm surge and became impounded naturally when existing canals and was caused by physical disturbance or resulted from other factors.…”

“…Hurricane Katrina struck eastern Louisiana on August 29 with storm surge estimated between 3 and 6 m (Ebersole, Resio, and Westerink, 2007). Storm surge of Hurricane Rita exceeded 4 m at landfall in western Louisiana and eastern Texas on September 24 (McGee, Tollett, and Goree, 2007); (Doyle et al, 2007). The storm surge brought in high salinity water, exposing forested wetlands and fresh, intermediate, and brackish marshes to salinities above typical ranges (Doyle et al, 2007;Steyer et al, 2007).…”