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ARIA Damage Proxy Map (JAXA ALOS-2) for the Morocco Earthquake September 2023 |
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ARIA Damage Proxy Map (JAXA ALOS-2) for the Morocco Earthquake September 2023 |
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JAXA, NASA-JPL/Caltech ARIA team, NASA Disasters Program, NASA |
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<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>NOTE: </span><span>This damage proxy map could be used as a guidance to identify damaged areas particularly in more urban areas, and may be less reliable over vegetated areas and in the mountains. Scattered pixels over vegetated areas may be false positives, and a lack of colored pixels over vegetated areas may not mean no damage. Because the ALOS-2 images are only acquired once or twice a year, other changes such as agricultural activities may be included in this DPM.</span></p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Date of Image:</span></p><p><span>September 2023</span></p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Date of Next Image:</span></p><p><span>Unknown</span></p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Summary:</span></p><p><span>The Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and California Institute of Technology created the Damage Proxy Map (DPM2) depicting areas that are likely damaged or changed in Morocco due to Earthquake in September 8 2023. This map was derived from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images acquired by the ALOS-2 satellites operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) from July 2015 to September 2023.</span></p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Suggested Use:</span></p><p><span>The color variation from pale yellow to red indicates increasingly more significant surface change (drop in radar reflection coherence). Preliminary validation was done by comparing with high-resolution optical imagery and media reports.</span></p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>NOTE: </span><span>This damage proxy map could be used as a guidance to identify damaged areas, and may be less reliable over vegetated areas and in the mountains. Scattered pixels over vegetated areas may be false positives, and a lack of colored pixels over vegetated areas may not mean no damage. Because the ALOS-2 images are only acquired once or twice a year, other changes such as agricultural activities may be included in this DPM.</span></p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Satellite/Sensor:</span></p><p><span>Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) ALOS-2</span></p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Resolution:</span></p><p><span>30 meters</span></p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Credits:</span></p><p><span>The product contains modified ALOS2 data (2015-2023), processed by JAXA and analyzed by the NASA-JPL/Caltech ARIA team. NASA's Earth Applied Sciences Disasters Program provided part of the funding.</span></p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Esri REST Endpoint:</span></p><p><span>See URL section on right side of page</span></p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>WMS Endpoint:</span></p><p><a href='https://maps.disasters.nasa.gov/ags04/services/morocco_earthquake_202309/aria_dpm_alos2_202309/ImageServer/WMSServer' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>https://maps.disasters.nasa.gov/ags04/services/morocco_earthquake_202309/aria_dpm_alos2_202309/ImageServer/WMSServer</a><span style='font-weight:bold;'><br /></span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Data Download:</span></p><p><a href='https://aria-share.jpl.nasa.gov:443/202309_Morocco_EQ/DPM/' rel='nofollow ugc' style='text-decoration:underline;'><span>https://aria-share.jpl.nasa.gov/202309_Morocco_EQ/DPM/</span></a></p></div></div></div> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>NASA data and products are freely available to federal, state, public, non-profit and commercial users. This information can be experimental- or research-grade data products and may not be appropriate for operational use. These NASA data products, services, and the Disasters Mapping Portal are intended to aid decision makers and enhance situational awareness, but these data are not guaranteed to be consistently available or routinely updated. Please cite the information according to the direction provided in the metadata. Use of this product should include: "The ALOS-2 data products are processed from original data products copyright (2015-2023) by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)."</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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ARIA Damage Proxy Map (JAXA ALOS-2) for the Morocco Earthquake September 2023 |
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Image Service |
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https://maps.disasters.nasa.gov/ags04 |
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["Morocco","NASA","NASA Disasters Program","JAXA","ALOS-2","Earthquake"] |
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