Hurricane Katrina flooding and oil slicks mapped with satellite imagery

US Geological Survey Circular

Volumn , Issue 1306, 2007, Pages 49-52

  Rykhus, Russell ^a   Lu, Zhong ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 76249122616     PISSN: 1067084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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