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NCCOS scientists recently deployed wave gauges in North Carolina to measure wave attenuation

Two people standing in shallow water on either side of a marsh sill measuring wave attenuation.

NCCOS scientists recently deployed wave gauges in North Carolina to measure wave attenuation at marsh sill living shorelines. They also conducted surveys to measure horizontal and vertical changes in the shoreline behind the sill. https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/evaluating-nature-based-solution-performance/

Man holding survey equipment stands in a mud flat behind a living shoreline.

Woman crouching on tidal flat behind a marsh sill holding a measuring stick.