{"651337":{"#nid":"651337","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Chatham County Symposium on Climate Change and Sea Level Rise","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn September 14, 2021, Chatham County Commission Chairman \u003Cstrong\u003EChester Ellis\u003C\/strong\u003E organized a public symposium focused on climate change and sea level rise. The symposium included speakers from Georgia Tech, Skidway Institute of Oceanography, Goodwyn Mills \u0026amp; Cawood, Savannah State University, and the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Planning Commission. Residents in the Savannah and Chatham County area had the opportunity to get a variety of questions answered by a panel of experts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of those expert presenters and panelists was \u003Cstrong\u003ERussell Clark\u003C\/strong\u003E, senior research scientist in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Computer Science and co-director of the Georgia Tech Research Network Operations Center. Clark, who is also a faculty member in the Georgia Tech Institute of People and Technology, helps lead the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sealevelsensors.org\/\u0022\u003ESmart Sea Level Sensors Project\u003C\/a\u003E which has installed a network of more than 50 internet-enabled water level sensors across flood-vulnerable Chatham County. The project involves a working partnership between officials from the Chatham Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) and the City of Savannah\u0026mdash;together with a diverse team of scientists and engineers from Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project, one of the first of its kind in the region, not only measures and monitors sea level, but is complemented by a suite of modeling tools to inform flood risk and vulnerability, including a high-resolution coastal ocean model as well as an integrated hydrological model to capture surface runoff during high precipitation events.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis Chatham County integrated technology framework designed by Georgia Tech scientists and engineers enables the assessment of short-and long-term coastal flooding risk and vulnerability that are required to inform planning for flood mitigation strategies in Chatham County and high-density population areas, such as the city of Savannah, Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the symposium, Clark briefly described the novel LoRaWAN wireless technology being used and presented the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sealevelsensors.org\/\u0022\u003ESmart Sea Level Sensors Project\u003C\/a\u003E public data portal\/dashboard to review sea level sensor data in Chatham County. The project team is also building an emergency planning portal to flag bridges and other critical infrastructure at flood risk. In addition, they are with building a 3-day flood forecasting model for the county.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe other expert presenters and panelists that joined Clark at the climate change and sea level rise symposium were:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EClark Alexander\u003C\/strong\u003E, director and professor in the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography at the University of Georgia\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJackie Jackson\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of advance planning and special projects, Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Planning Commission\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECarol Pride\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor and chair of the Department of Marine and Environmental Science, Savannah State University\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECourtney Reich\u003C\/strong\u003E, vice president, environmental, for the engineering and architecture firm of Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe full September 14, 2021, Chatham County symposium can be \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chathamcountyga.gov\/OurCounty\/CCSymposium\u0022\u003Eviewed here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Chatham County Commission Chairman Chester Ellis organized a public symposium focused on climate change and sea level rise. 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