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IMAGE: Flooding from hurricane storm surge can devastate lives and property. A new method yields substantially smaller errors in water level estimates from computer simulations. The work won a NHERI DesignSafe. view more
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Hurricane storm surge is one of the most hazardous and difficult parts of a hurricane to forecast. Researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC) have developed a data assimilation method for improving multi-day forecast of coastal water levels.
Data assimilation combines real-time measurements with model simulations. The method, developed by UNC researchers, yielded substantially smaller errors in the water level estimates. Data and simulations from their case study of Hurricane Matthew are publicly available online through the DesignSafe cyberinfrastructure.
“We are pleased to receive this significant award from the NSF,” said Scott Ashford, Kearney Dean of the Oregon State College of Engineering. “This support of our world-class testing facility will enable new discoveries that will protect our critical infrastructure from natural hazards and ultimately help communities recover more quickly from these extreme events.”
The $4.9 million, five-year grant is a renewal of a similar award for $3.8 million received by the College of Engineering in 2015 and part of a national program the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure that gives scientists access to multiple types of research facilities. It also provides for educational and outreach activities.
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Oregon State University wave lab receives $4.9M to continue natural hazards engineering research
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The National Science Foundation has awarded the Oregon State University College of Engineering nearly $5 million for natural hazards engineering research at OSU’s O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory.
“We are pleased to receive this significant award from the NSF,” said Scott Ashford, Kearney Dean of the Oregon State College of Engineering. “This support of our world-class testing facility will enable new discoveries that will protect our critical infrastructure from natural hazards – and ultimately help communities recover more quickly from these extreme events.”
OSU Wave Lab receives $4.9 for natural hazards engineering research
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – The National Science Foundation has awarded the Oregon State University College of Engineering nearly $5 million for natural hazards engineering research at OSU’s O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory.
“We are pleased to receive this significant award from the NSF,” said Scott Ashford, Kearney Dean of the Oregon State College of Engineering. “This support of our world-class testing facility will enable new discoveries that will protect our critical infrastructure from natural hazards and ultimately help communities recover more quickly from these extreme events.”
The $4.9 million, five-year grant is a renewal of a similar award for $3.8 million received by the College of Engineering in 2015 and part of a national program – the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure – that gives scientists access to multiple types of research facilities. It also provi