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January 16, 2025
Meet the Winners of the 2024 SECOORA Data Challenge
The SECOORA Data Challenge is an annual competition for students to propose a project that combines multiple Southeast datasets with the goal of addressing an issue faced by coastal communities. Meet the 2024 winners, Matthew Hatami (University of South Carolina) and the team of Prasun Banerjee and Ananya Shetty (Georgia Institute of Technology).
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January 10, 2025
Webinar: Implementing Vulnerability into Historic Hurricane Normalizations
The Southeast & Caribbean Disaster Resilience Partnership (SCDRP) and SECOORA are joining forces to kick off 2025 with a co-hosted webinar on January 23rd at 10 am. Our speaker is Kaylee Mooney, a graduate student at Florida Gulf Coast University. Kaylee won the 2023 SECOORA Data Challenge, and will be presenting on her winning project -- Implementing Vulnerability into Historic...
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December 20, 2024
Happy Holidays from SECOORA!
Thank you for being part of the SECOORA network! We wish you a happy holiday season, and look forward to working with you to expand our impact in 2025.
What we do:
Ensure Healthy Coastal Oceans for Resilient Futures
Our observing system provides access to historical and real-time coastal ocean data that advances science, technology innovation, and product development. Insights generated from our observing data ensure the right decisions are made to secure resilient futures and safeguard coastal ocean ecosystems and communities.
Cultivate Collaborative Communities
Our network of government, industry, academics, and NGOs come together to solve problems, observe, and raise awareness of our coastal ocean. We partner with communities to enhance their understanding of and response to the effects of the changing climate. Leveraging real-time data, communities are able to to monitor and proactively address issues like flooding and beach safety.
Support Innovation and Data-Driven Decision-Making
Our data and network are essential to science-based policy and management decisions and informing regional research priorities. We utilize emerging technologies to provide the information coastal communities need to thrive in a changing world and build a flourishing blue economy.
Transforming Coastal Ocean Monitoring with Web Cameras
Experience the future of coastal ocean observing with WebCOOS (Webcam Coastal Observation System). Stream real-time live camera feeds and remotely monitor flooding, study beach erosion, monitor beach usage, and identify rip currents.
A short time lapse created from a WebCOOS camera observing storm surge during Hurricane Idalia (August 30, 2023). The camera is positioned on the Charleston Branch Pilots pier overlooking Charleston Harbor, the Cooper River, and nearby infrastructure,