Know Before You Go: Rip current science, forecasting and communication at NOAA


Greg Dusek1, Michael Churma2, Jung-Sun Im3, Dennis Atkinson4, Nicole Kurkowski5, Deborah Jones6, John F Kuhn6, Andre Jaco Van der Westhuysen7 and Pablo Santos8, (1)NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)NOAA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, (3)NOAA/NWS/MDL, Clarksville, MD, United States, (4)NOAA NWS, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (5)NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (6)NOAA, NWS, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (7)Nielsen, New York, NY, United States, (8)NOAA, NWS Miami, Miami, FL, United States