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.
A StoryMap describing key aspects of the NHCI project and how they contribute to advancing scientists' ability to predict storm impacts.
The NOPP Hurricane Coastal Impacts 3A teams successfully deployed over 60 wave buoys in rapid response to Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton.
Deltares presented their results on coastal flooding and damages due to hurricanes Ian (2022), Idalia (2023), Beryl (2024) and Francine (2024) at ICCE2024 and in Storymap.
