Posts for tag "hurricane monitoring"
Smaller Buoys Fill In The Gaps of Coastal Hurricane Monitoring Networks
As hurricane frequency and severity continue to increase, real-time monitoring along the coast has become more and more important to disaster mitigation and developing forecasting models. In response to this, coastal observation networks across the United States...
- Posted October 20, 2025
From Hurricanes to Florida’s Red Tides: Monitoring the Southwest Gulf Coast
Nearly every year, southwest Florida is blighted by harmful Karenia brevis blooms–known colloquially as Florida red tides. These harmful algal blooms (HABs) form over the West Florida shelf and are pushed shorewards by winds and currents. Once...
- Posted June 25, 2025
Monitoring Hurricanes and Predicting Flooding in the Age of Climate Change
Still recovering from Hurricane Helene, which caused extreme precipitation, flooding, landslides, and other environmental disasters associated with severe weather, the southeastern part of the U.S. is predicted to be hit by another storm, Hurricane Milton. With Hurricane...
- Posted October 9, 2024
