Measuring Flows
SAFL has a strong legacy of researching, designing, and developing technology and methodologies to collect data and measure fluid flows. We are continually developing new methods and techniques for observing, measuring, logging, and communicating data, such as remote measurement of water flow and chemistry, development of innovative imaging techniques to capture the wake behind a full scale wind turbine, using satellites to determine what proportion of precipitation falls as rain versus snow, detecting and measuring microplastics in rivers and lakes, or tracking wave energy as it moves across a lake or ocean.
SAFL Affiliated Faculty
Ardeshir Ebtehaj
John Gulliver
Jiarong Hong
Andrew Wickert
SAFL Researchers
Ben Erickson
Christopher Feist
Matt Hernick
Ben Janke
Jessica Kozarek
Matt Lueker
Jeff Marr
Chris Milliren
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Mapping the evolution of barrier islands: Nature’s original coastline defense
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Barrier islands act as natural barriers between the ocean and the mainland by blocking waves and resisting storm winds, giving protection to inland areas which are ecologically rich as well as economic hubs. As sea levels continue to rise with climate change, there is much concern about how rising seas will impact the ongoing evolution of barrier islands and the level of protection they afford inland coastlines.