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Imagen mostrando bolsas y otros restos de plástico flotando en el océano.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Rastreando cómo se mueve el plástico en el océano costero

by Kate Wheeling 3 March 2021

Investigadores utilizaron un tanque de olas para estudiar el movimiento de partículas de plástico de forma experimental y comprender el papel de la densidad de partículas en el comportamiento de deriva.

Researchers use seafloor pressure sensor data to examine how infragravity waves are reflected back to shore by the edge of a continental shelf
Posted inResearch Spotlights

On the Origin of Infragravity Waves

by Terri Cook 23 July 2018

Seafloor pressure sensor data show that long-period ocean surface waves radiating from the world’s shorelines are mostly reflected back to shore by the continental shelf edge.

Sea level rise on a reef-lined island coast
Posted inScience Updates

Challenges of Forecasting Flooding on Coral Reef–Lined Coasts

by C. D. Storlazzi 16 May 201829 September 2021

Understanding Flooding on Reef-lined Island Coasts Workshop; Honolulu, Hawaii, 5–7 February 2018

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Advancing Satellite Ocean Color Observations

by S. B. Moran 27 March 2018

A new derived algorithm for particle backscattering and multi-year VIIRS climatology improves ocean color parameterization in highly turbid coastal and inland waters.

Sentinel-2A natural-color satellite image of the Sundarbans area in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, captured on 18 March 2016.
Posted inOpinions

Monitoring Coastal Zone Changes from Space

by A. Cazenave, G. Le Cozannet, J. Benveniste, P. L. Woodworth and N. Champollion 2 November 2017

The resilience of coastal communities depends on an integrated, worldwide coastal monitoring effort. Satellite observations provide valuable data on global to local scales.

Researchers assess how rough seafloor terrain influences waves
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Modeling Ocean Waves over Rocky Reefs

by S. Witman 12 July 201714 July 2017

A field survey in Australia links rugged seafloor terrain to erosion-causing waves.

Posted inScience Updates

Forecasting and Communicating Risk of Rip Currents, Wave Runup

by G. Dusek, A. van der Westhuysen and N. P. Kurkowski 20 August 201528 March 2016

NOAA Coastal Hazards Resilience Workshop—Rip Currents and Wave Runup; Suffolk, Virginia, 14–16 April 2015

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Reading Backscatter from Near-shore Ocean Waves

by JoAnna Wendel 18 November 20147 September 2016

Researchers use radar wave scattering properties of nearshore waves to studying shoreline dynamics.

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