Q&A: New Dataset Provides a Robust Picture of Hurricane Helene’s Destruction — and Could Help Design More Resilient Communities

Credit: Nina Stark/University of Florida

A wave gauge two days after Hurricane Helene made landfall. University of Florida researchers took this picture before recovering the gauge and downloading the data.

« Q&A: New Dataset Provides a Robust Picture of Hurricane Helene’s Destruction — and Could Help Design More Resilient Communities

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UW researchers collaborated with people at multiple institutions to collect pre-storm data and place sensors to measure storm surge levels and wave height during Hurricane Helene’s landfall. Shown here is UW undergraduate student Kandai Shimada checking a wave gauge in Cedar Key, Florida, the day before Hurricane Helene made landfall.

« Q&A: New Dataset Provides a Robust Picture of Hurricane Helene’s Destruction — and Could Help Design More Resilient Communities

Credit: RAPID Facility/University of Washington

UW researchers collaborated with people at multiple institutions to collect pre-storm data and place sensors to measure storm surge levels and wave height during Hurricane Helene’s landfall. Shown here is Michael Grilliot collecting lidar data in Cedar Key, Florida, the day before Hurricane Helene made landfall.

« Q&A: New Dataset Provides a Robust Picture of Hurricane Helene’s Destruction — and Could Help Design More Resilient Communities

Credit: RAPID Facility/University of Washington

UW researchers collaborated with people at multiple institutions to collect pre-storm data and place sensors to measure storm surge levels and wave height during Hurricane Helene’s landfall. Shown here are the wave gauges built by UW undergraduate student Kandai Shimada.

« Q&A: New Dataset Provides a Robust Picture of Hurricane Helene’s Destruction — and Could Help Design More Resilient Communities

Credit: University of Washington

Michael Grilliot

« Q&A: New Dataset Provides a Robust Picture of Hurricane Helene’s Destruction — and Could Help Design More Resilient Communities

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