Hurricanes Helene and Milton 2024
A Field Team led by Nina Stark (U. Florida) deployed 17 wave and pore pressure gages and collected surveys prior to Helene in Cedar Key, Suwannee, Shired Island, and Horseshoe Beach, FL with equipment and support from the NHERI Rapid Facility prior to Hurricane Helene.
East Coast Winter Storm January 2022 (Kenan)
A Field Team (led by Ryan Mieras and students Ashley Holsclaw, Tanner Allen Jernigan, Anna B. Miller, and Katherine Boot) conducted a NEER response for the storm the Weather Channel dubbed Winter Storm Kenan.
Hurricane Ida
NEER supported a Field Team (led by Navid Jafari (LSU), with deployment assistance by Forrest Masters (UF) and Kirby Herbert (LSU)) to deploy 8 wave gages around the levees at Golden Meadows, LA.
Hurricane Laura
NEER is supporting a Field Team (led by Navid Jarafi and Jack Cadigan, LSU, and Jim Chen, Northeastern U.) and Home Team (Britt Raubenheimer, WHOI, and Chris O'Conner, UNC-Wilmington) to investigate the impacts of waves, surge, rain, and wind from Hurricane Laura on coastal Louisiana.
Tropical Storm Cristobal
A NEER-supported Field Team (led by Navid Jafari, LSU) and Home Team (led by Jim Chen, Northeastern U.) deployed instruments and conducted site characterization before and after the storm to investigate the interactions and feedbacks among hydrodynamics, geotechnical properties of the coastal marsh system, and vegetation.
Tropical Storm Imelda
NEER decided not to deploy during Tropical Storm Imelda, which dropped over 40” of rain on the Galveston-Houston area. The storm developed too rapidly to deploy prior to the event. NEER members from University of Houston and Texas A&M and staff from the USGS Storm Events Group collected measurements of fecal indicator bacteria, water quality, and flow rates.
NOAAHurricane Dorian
NEER conducted a “dry run” as Hurricane Dorian approached (even before the Association was fully funded), including organizing Field and Home Teams and discussing a deployment location and goals. Although we did not deploy, we had more than 12 members available to participate on teams to observe the interactions among ocean, dune/beach, groundwater, atmosphere, and biological processes.
