SITUATION UPDATE 3: TROPICAL STORM SANDY OVER HAITI. Sud-Est Department Landslides
Wed, 7 Nov 2012 09:12:03 GMT| Product ID: 1696 - English Published: 7 Nov, 2012 GLIDE: TC20123010HTI FootPrint (Lat x Long, WSG84 Geographic, decimal degrees) TopLeft: 18.4649 x -72.3528 BottomRight: 18.6469 x -72.0724 |  |
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This report provides an overview of apparent landslides resulting from Tropical Storm Sandy in Sud-Est department of Haiti. WorldView-2 satellite imagery acquired on the 01st November 2012 and pre-crisis GeoEye-1 satellite imagery acquired on 20th March 2011 have been used for this report. Tropical storm Sandy passed across Haiti on 23rd October 2012. Heavy rains (See Figure 1) caused flash floods, landslides and damages to infrastructure. Geographic datasets produced for this assessment and additional UNOSAT products are available at http://www.unitar.org/unosat. This report is part of an on-going satellite monitoring program of UNITAR / UNOSAT in support of international humanitarian assistance and created to respond to the needs of UN agencies and their partners. This is assessment has not yet been validated in the field. Please send feedback to UNITAR/UNOSAT at the contact information below. | |
| Satellite Data (1): WorldView-2
Imagery Dates: 01/11/2012 Resolution: 50 cm Copyright: DigitalGlobe Source: USGS Satellite Data (2): GeoEye-1 Imagery Date: 20/3/2011 Copyright: GeoEye Source: GoogleEarth Road Data : Google Map Maker / OSM / ESRI Other Data: USGS, UNCS, NASA, NGA Analysis : UNITAR / UNOSAT Production: UNITAR / UNOSAT Analysis conducted with ArcGIS v10.1 | |
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