Provide data needed for understanding the storm dynamics important to coastal impacts through targeted observations of storm surge, inundation, rain and winds.
Air-deployed sensors for flexibility in data gathering relative to modeling needs
Mixed-layer data to provide vertical structure and aid in analysis of dynamics
Simultaneous offshore wave and sea level pressure measurements
Scientific analysis and interpretation of the data
Data-model comparison
As part of the NHCI response to Hurricane Lee, researchers in collaboration with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Scientific Development Squadron (VXS-1) airdropped wave buoys from a P3 aircraft on Thursday, September 14th, 2023.
by Martha Schönau, Luca Centurioni, Steve Jayne, and Elizabeth Sanabia