Exploring Coastal Flood Risk Through Geospatial Storytelling

Welcome and workshop goals  

Olga Wilhelmi and Jennifer Boehnert (GIS Program, Research Applications Laboratory, NCAR) and Greg Dobson (University of North Carolina at Asheville’s National Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC)

Participants’ introductions and breakout groups

Integrating sense of place into geovisualizations of hurricane storm surge 

Olga Wilhelmi (GIS Program, Research Applications Laboratory, NCAR)

Weather risk communication, risk perceptions, and responses

Hugh Walpole (Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, NCAR)

Introduction to web mapping using ArcGIS Online 

Greg Dobson (University of North Carolina at Asheville’s National Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC)

Mapping Hurricane Storm Surge Risk using ArcGIS Online 

Hands-on GIS exercise

Reflections on day 1 & breakout group discussions

Data Visualization for Communication and Investigation

 Brent Chamberlain (Utah State University)

Plenary discussion

Enhancing Situational Awareness for Emergency Management using ArcGIS Dashboards 

Jeff Baranyi (Esri)

Assessing Risk of Hurricane Storm Surge with Esri Dashboards

Hands-on GIS exercise

Coastal Risk and Resilience

 Jill Gambill (University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant)

Introduction to Esri StoryMaps

Jennifer Boehnert GIS Program, Research Applications Laboratory, NCAR)

Hurricane Storm Surge Risk Communication using Esri StoryMaps

Hands-on GIS exercise

Panel Discussion: Practitioners’ Perspectives

Wrap up and Q&A 

Olga Wilhelmi and Jennifer Boehnert (NCAR)