The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s (UNC-CH) Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) and Coastal Resilience Center (CRC) are making waves in Earth data science through their collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This partnership improves methods to assess and address coastal community risks by incorporating observations into the ADCIRC storm surge model to more accurately predict historical water levels across the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexi...