Hurricane Kate
November 15-23, 1985
Hurricane Kate made landfall over northwestern Florida on November
22 as a category 2 storm. Kate was the record setting sixth storm
to make a U.S. landfall that season. Damage from Kate was estimated
at around $300 million.
Ocean Turbidity
Five days after the landfall of hurricane Kate there is little
change evident in the overall turbidity signal although the signal
is marginally stronger in Wacasassa Bay, Florida on the right side of the
hurricane track. Note that the high reflectance values in the
vicinity of the Mississippi River outflow are the nearly the identical
in the before and after images indicating that rainfall
as the result of Kate did not have much effect on the overall
discharge of the Mississippi.
| Before | After | Difference (after minus before) |
Sea Surface Temperature
No perceptible hurricane-induced changes are apparent in the SST
image set. Since Kate was a late season storm this may be partially
due to the surface waters being relatively cooler than during
the summer-early fall.
| Before | After | Difference (after minus before) |
For scientists more time series Satellite Images in GEOTIFF Format
are available
