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Explore the use of an airborne scanning radar altimeter to measure storm surges with high accuracy and efficiency. This study presents findings from NASA and NOAA experts on storm surge detection techniques.
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Storm Surge Measurement with an Airborne Scanning Radar Altimeter • E. J. Walsh1*, C. W. Wright1, W. B. Krabill1, W. A. Shaffer2, S. R. Baig3, M. Peng4, • L. J. Pietrafesa4, A. W. Garcia5, F. D. Marks, Jr.6, P. G. Black6**, J. Sonntag7, B. D. Beckley8 • 1NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA • 2NOAA/National Weather Service, Silver Spring, MD • 3NOAA/Tropical Prediction Center, National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL • 4College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC • 5Coastal and Hydraulic Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer R&D Center, Vicksburg, MS • 6NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL • 7EG&G Technical Services Inc., Wallops Island, VA • 8SGT Incorporated, NASA/GSFC Ocean Sciences Branch, Greenbelt, MD • presently on assignment for NASA at NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO • ** present affiliation: Science Applications International Corporation, Monterey, CA
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