This $302,035 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund an observational study at Texas A&M University to quantify the impact of nearshore processes on air-sea momentum transfer. The project aims to identify and systematically measure coastal processes and features that alter nearshore air-sea momentum exchange, leveraging an extensive data set collected at the Army Field Research Facility in North Carolina between August 2021 and January 2023. The results are expected to lead to more accurate parameterization of nearshore wave growth and breaking, which are important for a range of coastal processes and air-sea interactions. The grant will also support undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented groups in STEM fields to participate in the research, and the development of informational radio segments on air-sea interaction and coastal physics to be broadcast locally.
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