Estimation of post-Katrina debris volume

January 1, 2007

Hurricane Katrina severely impacted coastal Mississippi, creating large quantities of building and vegetation debris. This paper summarizes techniques to estimate vegetation and nonvegetation debris quantities from light detection and ranging (lidar) data and presents debris volume results for Harrison County, Miss.

Publication Year	2007
Title	Estimation of post-Katrina debris volume
DOI	10.3133/cir13063E
Authors	Mark Hansen, Peter Howd, Asbury Sallenger, C. Wayne Wright, Jeff Lillycrop
Publication Type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Series Title	Circular
Series Number	1306
Index ID	cir13063E
Record Source	USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization	National Wetlands Research Center; Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Estimation of post-Katrina debris volume

Wetland and Aquatic Research Center - Gainesville, FL

U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Department of the Interior

Estimation of post-Katrina debris volume

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