On Thursday September 14th, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Scientific Development Squadron (VXS-1) airdropped several NHCI buoys to observe coastal impacts from Hurricane Lee, which remained offshore. In addition to the rapid-response deployment of microSwifts, A-DWSDs and Spotters, the pre-established global network of Spotters also observed extreme sea states induced by Hurricane Lee earlier in its development. An overview map of the dataset obtained by this suite of buoys is shown above, with the drift track for each buoy colored by time from September 12th to September 18th. These observations will be used to validate and improve forecasts of landfalling hurricanes, as well as further fundamental research of air-sea interactions during extreme events.
At the Seattle All-hands meeting in November 2023, the Deltares Modelling Team presented their results on the 2023 Hurricane Season.
Roland Romeiser and Hans Graber of the University of Miami presented NHCI radargrammetry project results at the TerraSAR-X / TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.
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.