The work of GSO professor Isaac Ginis and his colleagues to improve models to better prepare for hurricane hazards – funded by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – is making a significant contribution to risk management in coastal areas. His work has been the subject of several recent print and television reports:

• Phys Org: Oceanographer’s hurricane models deliver more precise forecasts
• Providence Journal: Improved hurricane forecast models in development at URI
• ABC6: URI Researchers Developing New Hurricane Forecast Model
• Newport Daily News: Improved hurricane forecast models in development at URI
• Turn to Ten: New hurricane guidance models being developed at URI
• WPRI: URI oceanographer develops high-resolution hurricane model