From November 29 to December 1st, all ten teams from the NOPP Hurricane Coastal Impacts (NHCI) project gathered at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for the 2022 all-hands meeting. While on campus, teams discussed 2022 accomplishments, planned for the 2023 hurricane season, and took the opportunity to exchange information and collaborate with project partners.
The meeting agenda and recorded plenary talks can be accessed here.
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program’s (NOPP) Predicting Hurricane Coastal Impacts Project (NHCI) was mentioned in a White House press release.
Following the rapid-response air deployment of an array of buoys in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of Hurricane Ian, team members closely monitored the data collected by the devices.
Task 3B met our project objectives to rapidly deploy water level and wave sensors in cross-shore transects, spanning offshore to inland, to collect data for model validation, following a short but effective timeline.