The Coastal Circulation and Hazards Research Group is located at the Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS), an off-campus research unit of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that is located on the central North Carolina coast. This group, led by Dr. Rick Luettich, is actively involved in modeling and observational studies of physically driven processes in coastal / estuarine waters and in the hazards that result when coastal / estuarine waters respond to severe weather events. Recent or ongoing research projects include:
development and applications of the ADCIRC coastal circulation and storm surge model,
hindcast and forecast studies of storm surge / inundation, tides, hydrologic flow, surface waves,
Dr. Brian Blanton: Senior Research Scientist and Director of Environmental Initiatives, Renaissance Computing Institute: Applications of ADCIRC for storm surge modeling, cyber-infrastructure to support large scale, distributed modeling applications
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