New NOAA tech can predict deadly rip currents article
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has built a new system to actually detect when deadly rip currents are likely to happen. We can forecast that every kilometer along shore, so covering the entire coastline, and then going every hour out to six days into the future, said Dr. Greg Dusek, a NOAA researcher.
They use computer models to analyze wave and tidal patterns to make their predictions of whether or not rip currents will show up along a beach. So it relies on these computer models to make a prediction of rip currents at a specific location and instance in time, Dusek said.
NOAA rolls out new model, able to predict currents six days ahead
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