A Preliminary Imagery- Based Assessment of Damage Caused by March 11, 2011 Earthquake–Tsunami in Japan. Mahtab A. Lodhi, Ph.D. Department of Geography University of New Orleans, Louisiana

City Entire Prefecture Tsunami AffectedEntire Prefecture Tsunami Affected Tagajo Ishinomaki Higashimatsushima Matsushima Shiogama Shichigahma Sendai Natori Iwanuma Watari Yamamoto (~27%) (3.47) (47.85%) 2.63 (5.06%) 0.07 (0.46%) (96.15%) (6.14%) (30%) (42.51%) (52.82%) (18.31%) 36,000 88,000 24,400 7,000 32,000 11,800 70, ,800 32,700 18,800 10,100 9,900 (28%) 29,200 (33%) 17,300 (71%) 100 (1%) 15 (~0%) 9,600 (81%) 21,200 (3%) 15,400 (40%) 5,600 (17%) 6,100 (32%) 4,200 (42%) Area [km 2 ] Population

PRE – EVENTPOST – EVENT 4 JUNE APRIL 2002 LT5 5 APRIL 2011 PRE – EVENTPOST – EVENT 28 MARCH 2011 PRE – EVENTPOST – EVENT 29 MARCH 2011 DATA AVAILABILITY / QUALITY PROBLEM LT5 LT7 EO1A ASTER AVAILABILITY OF CLOUD FREE DATA A MAJOR PROBLEM

107 – – – – 35 LT5 TM 7,4,3 Earthquake / Tsunami Affected Area

107 – – – – – – March 5 April LT5 5 APRIL 2011 LT5 3 MARCH 2011

PRE – EVENTPOST – EVENT 4 JUNE APRIL 2002 LT5 5 APRIL 2011 PRE – EVENTPOST – EVENT 28 MARCH 2011 PRE – EVENTPOST – EVENT 29 MARCH 2011 DATA AVAILABILITY / QUALITY PROBLEM LT5 LT7 EO1A ASTER AVAILABILITY OF CLOUD FREE DATA A MAJOR PROBLEM

Bands Visible NIR Middle IR Thermal IR 1 (Nadir) 2 (Nadir) 3 (Nadir) 3 (Backward) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – meter 15 meter (ASTER) Currently Available

EO-1 ALI IMAGERY

BandsPANVisible NIR –MIR – – – – – – – – – – meter 10 meter EO-1 Advanced Land Imager (ALI)

ALI 28 MARCH 2011 MOSAIC Band 10,8,4 107 – – 34

28 MARCH 2011 ALI MOSAIC [BAND 1 (PAN) MERGED WITH BANDS 8,6,1]

Tagajo

Sendai Tagajo Shiogama

Tsunami related water bodies

Sendai Airport Inundation upto 6 meter

Higashi-Matsushima Matsushima Airport

Soma

Thank you. Landsat, EO-1 ALI, and ASTER Data Provided by USGS.