Location of the Florida Keys Reef Tract, Hurricane Irma track line, and impact

Figure 1 from the paper "Impact of Hurricane Irma on coral reef sediment redistribution at Looe Key Reef, Florida, USA" shows details about the storm: (a) NOAA–National Weather Service WSR-88D radar image (decibels, DBZ) from South Florida on 10 September 2017 at 05:22 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) showing the approach of Hurricane Irma (the inset black line is the hurricane track line). (b) Significant wave height (m) from the US Geological Survey (USGS) Coupled Ocean, Atmosphere, Wave, and Sediment Transport (COAWST) model on 10 September 2017 at 05:00 EDT (Warner et al., 2010, image credit: Patricia Dalyander, USGS). (c) Satellite imagery from 30 August 2017, 11 d prior to landfall of Hurricane Irma in the Florida Keys (NASA, 2023, EOSDIS Worldview Imagery). (d) Satellite imagery from 13 September 2017, 3 days after Hurricane Irma landfall in the Florida Keys, showing an extensive resuspended sediment plume (NASA, 2023, EOSDIS Worldview Imagery). Red boxes show the location of Looe Key Reef relative to other reefs along the reef tract. an extensive resuspended sediment plume (NASA, 2023, EOSDIS Worldview Imagery). Red boxes show the location of Looe Key Reef relative to other reefs along the reef tract.