Impacts of Hurricane Maria on Land and Convection Modification Over Puerto Rico

Hosannah, N.; Ramamurthy, P.; Marti, J.; Munoz, J.; González, J. E.

doi:10.1029/2020jd032493

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Impacts of Hurricane Maria on Land and Convection Modification Over Puerto Rico

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2021
By Hosannah, N. ; Ramamurthy, P. ; Marti, J. ; ...

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
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Hosannah, N. ; Ramamurthy, P. ; Marti, J. ; Munoz, J. ; González, J. E.
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CREST (Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies and Tech Center at City College of CUNY)
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Hurricane Maria drastically altered the landscape across the island of Puerto Rico. This article investigates modifications to surface-atmospheric interactions due to Hurricane Maria induced land damage and the associated impacts on local convective dynamics. Herein, we employed LANDSAT-8 image mosaics to quantify the hurricane induced land modification. Results of the analysis indicate that the island suffered significant forest damage—much of which registered as a 28.35% increase in barren land and a 10.85% increase in pasture. Smaller changes included a decrease in cultivated agricultural land cover by 0.76%, along with wetland and water increases of 0.62% and 0.25%, respectively. Pre and
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Atmospheric Science Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Geophysics Space And Planetary Science Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Space And Planetary Science Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Space And Planetary Science
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126(1)
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jd032493
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2169-897X ; 2169-8996
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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