{"667327":{"#nid":"667327","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tool Helps Coastal Areas Find Ideal Spots for Water Level Sensors","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAs climate change leads to rising sea levels and more powerful storms, coastal communities increasingly are turning to networks of sensors to track water levels. The sensors \u2014 which are progressively getting cheaper and more capable \u2014 can help officials anticipate flood risks and respond in emergencies.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EA tool developed by Georgia Tech researchers can help make the most of those networks, pinpointing the ideal locations for water level sensors to maximize the real-time data available to emergency managers. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn a test case in Chatham County, Georgia, the approach developed by civil engineer \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/iris-tien\u0022\u003EIris Tien\u003C\/a\u003E reduced 29,000 potential sensor locations to just 381. The idea, then, is that officials can use their local expertise and historical knowledge to pick where to install sensors among those spots.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/tool-helps-coastal-areas-find-ideal-spots-water-level-sensors\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIris Tien\u2019s method reduces the possible locations for sensors by nearly 99% and accounts for flood risk, population vulnerability, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Iris Tien\u2019s method reduces the possible locations for sensors by nearly 99% and accounts for flood risk, population vulnerability, and more."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2023-04-13 18:34:26","changed_gmt":"2023-04-13 20:58:17","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670529":{"id":"670529","type":"image","title":"Tybee-Is-Marina-iStock-1277625074-t.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EAn aerial view of the Tybee Island marina in Chatham County, Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1681410879","gmt_created":"2023-04-13 18:34:39","changed":"1681420030","gmt_changed":"2023-04-13 21:07:10","alt":"Aerial view of Tybee Island marina in Chatham County, Georgia.","file":{"fid":"253409","name":"Tybee-Is-Marina-iStock-1277625074-t.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/04\/13\/Tybee-Is-Marina-iStock-1277625074-t.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/04\/13\/Tybee-Is-Marina-iStock-1277625074-t.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1620004,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/04\/13\/Tybee-Is-Marina-iStock-1277625074-t.jpg?itok=VW9y6Yxw"}}},"media_ids":["670529"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"180267","name":"iris tien"},{"id":"137311","name":"rising sea levels"},{"id":"181247","name":"Smart Sea Level Sensors"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}