LSU Coastal Studies Institute

Louisiana’s coastal waters will soon be a little safer, thanks to LSU’s new, NOAA-funded High Frequency Radar system.

HF Radar measures sea surface currents and waves, providing near-real time monitoring capabilities up to approximately 100 miles off the coast.

LSU researchers from Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, LSU Geology & Geophysics and the LSU Coastal Studies Institute recently tested out one of the new antennae in Buras and Grand Isle.

Learn more: https://www.lsu.edu/cce/mediacenter/news/2023/9/hfradar.php

From CSI fellow Dr. Nan Walker:
In preparation for the developing potential hurricane, below is a link to the LSU's Earth Scan Lab near "real'' time (NRT) atmospheric water v***r animation which shows the developing storm in the southwest Gulf of Mexico. Our website offers these animations 24-hours/day (updated automatically) so that you can keep up with the storm's motion. Regarding the Gulf, a warm core eddy is located near 26 N, 94.5 W and will be a source of ocean energy for intensification, if atmospheric conditions are also favorable. Our sea surface temperature imagery has been cloudy for most of the last week, but I am expecting an update on the position of the warm core eddy this morning and will pass on to you.
https://www.esl.lsu.edu/static/animations/goes/atmospheric/CONUS_WV_loop.gif

LSU College of the Coast & Environment LSU Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences