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Hatteras Island before and after Isabel (Sept. 2003)

US Geological Survey / NASA research investigation of the impact of Hurricane Isabel on the North Carolina coast: lidar based models of Hatteras Island before and after

Images from Geodynamics llt - bathymetry and beach evolution in the new inlet area

Evolution of the breached area during the years 1997-2001, based on the USGS/NOAA/NASA ATMII data and NCFlood mapping program data:

• Breached area in 2001
• 2001 - closer view
• after Bonnie in 1998
• Change between 1998(colored) and 2001(violet)
• Change between 1998(colored) and 2001(violet), different view

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