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TerraSAR-X quantifies the shifts in Haiti Earthquake

Displacement Map from TerraSAR-X

Displacement Map from TerraSAR-X

The largest disaster of 2010 so far continues to unfold. Aftershocks are hitting Haiti. Understanding the dynamics of the fault is crucial for planning evacuation and relief operations. TerraSAR-X can image the whole affected area independent of cloud conditions. Using correlation matching DLR extracted the east-west and north-south shifts. The results show upto 2.8m shift along the fault line.

The openlayers project and telascience have started putting together a web portal for the data flowing through from the disaster charter and other sources. EROS imagery shown in the previous post will be available soon.

Haiti UAV Imagery

Haiti UAV Imagery



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One Response to “TerraSAR-X quantifies the shifts in Haiti Earthquake”

  1. Jam Reyes Says:
    March 28th, 2010 at 7:57 pm

    i have several relatives who were also vicitimized by the earthquake in Haiti. thank God that they were not seriously hurt. i hope and pray that Haiti would be able to recover soon from this disaster.

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