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2013 North Carolina Hurricane Workshop Summary
(2013-05-22)
The North Carolina Division of Emergency Management in collaboration with East Carolina University's Center for Natural Hazards Research held a Hurricane Workshop on May 22, 2013 at the Murphy Center in Greenville, NC. ...
Back to the Future: Satellite Precipitation as a Tool to Reanalyze Hurricane Floyd and Forecast Probabilities of Extreme Rainfall in Eastern North Carolina
(2009-09-18)
In order to answer questions about how much rain fell during Hurricane Floyd and its input into rivers, researchers looked at satellite, river gauge, and radar data. They took a radar map and put it into a GIS with watershed ...
The Pursuit of Risk
(2013-05-22)
John Dorman is the Assistant EM Director for Geospatial and Technology Management in the
North Carolina Division of Emergency Management. In this capacity, he is responsible for the
design, acquisition, analysis, and ...
Rainfall and River Forecasts: The Processes and Products
(2011-05-18)
2011 Hurricane Workshop
Hurricane Earl: A Case Study for the NHC Storm Surge Toolbox
(2011-05-18)
2011 Hurricane Workshop
Facing Disaster: Forecasting and Assessing Floyd and its Impacts on North Carolina
(2009-09-18)
Jeff Orrock reviewed the year of Hurricane Floyd, 1999. It was not a big hurricane year overall in the Atlantic, but very active for North Carolina. Hurricane Dennis was a welcome storm in that it brought 5–8 inches of ...
Modeling and Planning for Storm Surge (Panel)
(2013-05-22)
Jessica Losego discussed the CERA (Coastal Emergency Risk Assessment)-Atlantic portal that is
part of the DHS Coastal Hazards Center of Excellence housed at UNC Chapel Hill. She showed
examples of the five-day ...
Teaching Strategies to Help EAP Learners
(2012-07-25)
Although English grammar and mechanics do pose problems for EAP learners, one of the greatest challenge these learners face rests with the cultural differences in the organizational expectations of an academic essay. ...
Storm Surge Specialist
(2011-05-18)
2011 Hurricane Workshop