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Summary:<\/span><\/p>

The Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) and Observational Products for End-Users from Remote Sensing Analysis (OPERA) teams at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology created maps of surface disturbance caused by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica on October 28, 2025 using the OPERA Disturbance Alert from Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (DIST-ALERT-HLS) products. <\/span><\/p>

The results posted here are preliminary and unvalidated results, primarily intended to aid the field response and people who wanted to have a rough first look at the surface disturbance. The ARIA-share website has always focused on posting preliminary results as fast as possible for disaster response. All information is provisional for use under emergency response guidelines. These data are provided with absolutely no warranty of any kind. Use at your own risk.<\/span><\/p>

OPERA DIST-ALERT-HLS<\/span><\/p>

The Disturbance product (DIST) maps per pixel vegetation disturbance (specifically, vegetation cover loss) from the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) scenes. We provide the maximum vegetation anomaly value (VEG-ANOM-MAX) layer. All provided layers have been temporally filtered to include only disturbance detected following the start of Hurricane Melissa (starting October 28, 2025). Images are provided as GeoTIFF files. <\/span><\/p>

Note: Artifacts caused by clouds and cloud shadows are present in the product. The DIST-HLS product will eventually be updated to address these issues as more cloud-free data becomes available.<\/span><\/p>

VEG-ANOM-MAX:<\/span><\/p>

Difference between historical and current year observed vegetation cover at the date of maximum decrease (vegetation loss of 0-100%). This layer can be used to threshold vegetation disturbance per a given sensitivity (e.g. disturbance of >=20% vegetation cover loss). The sum of the historical percent vegetation and the anomaly value will be the vegetation cover estimate for the current year. <\/span><\/p>

Layer values:<\/span><\/p>