Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) National Hurricane Coastal Impacts (NHCI) Data: 2022–2024
DESCRIPTION
The Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory’s NOPP Hurricane Coastal Impacts (NHCI) wave drifter observations were funded to improve coastal storm surge forecasts. The wave drifters provide the offshore wave conditions of hurricanes prior to landfall. The dataset includes observations from A-size Directional Wave Drifters (ADWSDs) and Directional Wave Spectra Barometer Drifters (DWSBDs). These drifters were deployed to provide sustained monitoring of wave and surface temperature conditions during hurricane season, and to target the wave fields of specific hurricanes. The drifters were deployed during the Atlantic hurricane seasons from 2022 to 2024.
The dataset also includes additional Surface Velocity Program (SVP) drifters funded by the Global Drifter Program (GDP) that reported to the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) in the Atlantic Ocean basin during Hurricane Season. These observations are also found in the Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory’s Atlantic Hurricane Dataset.
The links to the individual datasets are below. For each year, the “Sensor Data” includes observation time, latitude, longitude, sea surface temperature, sea level pressure, and bulk wave parameters such as significant wave height. The “First-five Data” is for the wave energy and directional coefficients: a0, a1, b1, a2, and b2. When a wave observation is taken, the time stamps between the two files will correspond.
DWSBD and ADWSD observations for the six targeted NOPP hurricanes—Ian (2022), Idalia (2023), Lee (2023), Francine (2024), Helene (2024), and Milton (2024)—are available as separate netCDF files and accompanied by a quality flag for the spectral wave observations.
HOW TO USE THESE DATA
The data are available via the ERDDAP framework, with links for each of the citations.
- The data are available for your use only.
- As you proceed with your analysis, please track the portion of the data that will be used in publications and communicate that information to us.
- Please cite the data as in CITATION and provide us with the full reference(s) associated with the data DOI.
Sensor Data
CITATION: Centurioni, L.R., and M.C. Schönau. 2024. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory National Hurricane Coastal Impacts (NHCI) 2024 Drifter Data. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.57969/S9K013
First-Five Data
CITATION: Centurioni, L.R., and M.C. Schönau. 2024. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory National Hurricane Coastal Impacts (NHCI) 2024 First-Five Wave Data. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.57969/S9F59M
SENSOR DATA
CITATION: Centurioni, L.R., and M.C. Schönau. 2023. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory National Hurricane Coastal Impacts (NHCI) 2023 Drifter Data. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.57969/S9Z598
FIRST-FIVE DATA
CITATION: Centurioni, L.R., and M.C. Schönau. 2023. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory National Hurricane Coastal Impacts (NHCI) 2023 First-Five Wave Data. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.57969/S9PP42
SENSOR DATA
CITATION: Centurioni, L.R., and M.C, Schönau. 2022. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory National Hurricane Coastal Impacts (NHCI) 2022 Drifter Data. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.57969/S93W23
FIRST-FIVE DATA
CITATION: Centurioni, L.R., and M.C, Schönau. 2022. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory National Hurricane Coastal Impacts (NHCI) 2022 First-Five Wave Data. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.57969/S9059K
Hurricane Specific Data: 2022–2024
SENSOR DATA
CITATION: Centurioni, L.R., and M.C, Schönau. 2025. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory’s Directional Wave Spectral Drifter (DWSD) NOPP Hurricane Coastal Impacts Sensor Data: Targeted storms 2022–2024. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.57969/S9MS33
FIRST-FIVE DATA
CITATION: Centurioni, L.R., and M.C, Schönau. 2025. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory’s Directional Wave Spectral Drifter (DWSD) NOPP Hurricane Coastal Impacts First-Five Data: Targeted storms 2022–2024. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.57969/S9H01G
Additional Information
CREATORS: Luca R. Centurioni and Martha Schönau
PUBLISHER: Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
RESOURCE TYPE: Dataset
GEOLOCATIONS: Atlantic Ocean (0°–50°N, 100°W–40°W)
FUNDING REFERENCES: National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) National Hurricane Coastal Impacts
RELATED LITERATURE
Centurioni, L., L. Braasch, E. Di Lauro, P. Contestabile, F. De Leo, R. Casotti, L. Franco, and D. Vicinanza. 2017. A new strategic wave measurement station off Naples port main breakwater. Coastal Engineering Proceedings 1(35), waves.36, https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v35.waves.36.
Centurioni, L.R. 2018. Drifter technology and impacts for sea surface temperature, sea-level pressure, and ocean circulation studies. Pp. 37–57 in Observing the Oceans in Real Time. R. Venkatesan, A. Tandon, E. D’Asaro and M.A. Atmanand, eds, Springer International Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66493-4_3.
Schönau, M., T. Paluszkiewicz, L.R. Centurioni, W.A. Komaromi, H. Jin, and J.D. Doyle. 2024. In situ observations at the air-sea interface by expendable air-deployed drifters under Hurricane Michael (2018). Geophysical Research Letters 51(5):e2023GL105730, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105730.
CONTACT US
Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
ldl_drifter@ucsd.edu
Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
ldl_drifter@ucsd.edu