116 people were killed and over 13,500 left homeless in Nicaragua during a September 1992 event. NOAA_NCEI provides satellite imagery likely documenting the aftermath of this natural disaster along the west coast. The dataset was last updated on September 2, 1992.
Use Cases
- Assessing coastal infrastructure damage based on descriptions of destroyed houses and fishing boats
- Mapping disaster impact zones based on the described west coast location
- Studying historical event response using imagery from the specified date
Strengths
- Focuses on a specific, documented event with casualty and damage figures
- Provided by NOAA_NCEI, a recognized authority for environmental data
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
- Last updated 1992-09-02 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Time Range
- September 1992
- Geography
- West coast of Nicaragua