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Mapping the sea floor for boaters and storm surge
Original: Mapping the sea floor for boaters, storm surge
New efforts are underway to map the sea floor in greater detail, work that serves two purposes: giving boaters safer, more accurate navigation charts and improving forecasts of storm surge when hurricanes approach. Better seafloor data helps model how floodwaters will push inland during storms, a growing concern as coastal communities face stronger hurricanes and rising seas.
Why now: Interest in storm surge forecasting and coastal safety during hurricane season.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationTampa BayFlorida
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