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Scientists Improve Maps of Subsidence in New Orleans

Through a combination of airborne radar and ground-based GPS, a research team has developed detailed models of how much land is sinking and rising in southern Louisiana.


NASA Earth Observatory maps by Joshua Stevens, using UAVSAR data courtesy of Cathleen Jones/JPL. Caption by Alan Buis, JPL; edited by Mike Carlowicz.

Published May 25, 2016
Data acquired June 2009 - July 2012

Source:
Aircraft Sensors > UAVSAR
Collection:
Sea Level Rise