URI oceanography professor’s computer modeling system to help keep R.I. officials ahead of strong storms

With hurricane season just starting, RI has a new storm modeling system. The Rhode Island Coastal Hazards, Analysis, Modeling, and Prediction (RI-CHAMP) system, developed by GSO’s Isaac Ginis.

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Tropical Storm Henri provides opportunity to test real-time storm modeling capabilities

Tropical Storm Henri was the perfect opportunity for researchers at GSO and the University of Rhode Island to test out the real-time storm modeling capabilities of the Rhode Island Coastal Hazards, Analysis, and Modeling Prediction (RICHAMP) system.

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Vetlesen Speaker Series: Exploring deep coral reef ecosystems

Coral reefs are beautiful to behold, but they also play an important role in marine ecosystems by providing habitats and shelter for marine organisms. Reefs also protect coastlines from damaging storms. An oceanographer at Florida Atlantic University will discuss one of the deepest coral reefs in the United States—Pulley Ridge—during the next Vetlesen lecture at […]

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