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 (CERA image above for NHC forecast 28), rain, and wind from Hurricane Laura on coastal Louisiana. The Field Team deployed 20 pressure gages from the NHERI RAPID Equipment Facility (green pins on Google Earth map) at and between the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge and Cameron, conducted surveys of vegetation and morphology, and measured sediment shear strength.
