Satellite-based image of Pamlico Sound, North Carolina before (Top, L) and after (Bottom, L) hurricane Floyd. For comparative purposes, mid-September 1998 (Top) and 23 September 1999 (Bottom) images are shown.Note the brown-stained floodwaters entering Pamlico Sound following Floyd. Large turbidity plumes can also be seen escaping PS and advected into the coastal Atlantic Ocean waters by the Gulf Stream (Bottom). The area within the yellow rectangle contains the grid of sampling stations (Bottom) for examining hydrological and ecological impacts of Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, and Irene in western Pamlico Sound.
This grid includes station C-3, a reference
location (35° 7.229 N, 76° 28.669 W) that has been monitored
since September 1998.
From: Paerl et al. (2001) Ecosystem impacts of three sequential hurricanes (Dennis, Floyd, and Irene) on the United States’ largest lagoonal estuary, Pamlico Sound, NC PNAS Vol. 98 (10): 5655–5660