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Coastal Resource Management
Coastal Storms and Hazards
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
- Hurricane
Research Division
AMOL’s Hurricane Research Division conducts research aimed at improved understanding and forecasts of hurricanes and tropical meteorological systems.
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)
- Tsunami
Research Program
The PMEL Tsunami Research Program is an integrated approach toward improved Tsunami warning and mitigation off Alaska, Hawaii, and the west coast of the continental U.S.
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)
National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
- Flooding
NSSL scientists conduct research on the meteorological causes of floods and flash floods and develop warning decision-making tools to mitigate such hazards.
Earth System Research Laboratory
- Hydrometeorology Testbed (HMT) - improved hydrometeorological and hydrologic forecasts of precipitation and runoff by establishing and demonstrating a hydrometeorological testbed (HMT) in a vulnerable northern California watershed.
National Sea Grant College Program
- HazNet
Haznet provides a summary of Sea Grant research in coastal natural hazards and detailed information on how such work is reducing related threats to life and property and economic well-being.
Coastal Communities and Economies
National Sea Grant College Program
Urban Coasts
Photo by Carol Swinehart
Photo by Carl Terr Haar
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NOAA Research programs that study Coastal Resource Management:
Great
Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Atlantic
Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Pacific
Marine Environmental Laboratory
National
Severe Storms Laboratory
Earth
System Research Laboratory
National
Sea Grant College Program
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