Two virtual workshops will be offered on the North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study (NACCS). The first workshop will provide a general overview of the data and its applicability, while the second workshop will be focused on technical usability aspects for end users. 

Session 1 - NACCS overview: Informing coastal decisions in the Northeast

October 21, 2020, Wednesday  | 10am - 11am Eastern Time

Register HERE!

Session 2 - NACCS technical session: Understanding what’s under the hood Session 2 will be offered twice to provide flexibility in scheduling:

October 27, 2020, Tuesday  | 10am - 11:30am Eastern Time

October 29, 2020, Thursday  | 10am - 11:30am Eastern Time

Register HERE!

Both workshops are meant to familiarize a variety of decision makers, coastal planners, and engineers with the study and a few key derived data products.

Registration deadline is Friday, October 16. 

Space is limited. So register early!  



Session 1 - NACCS overview: Informing coastal decisions in the Northeast

A high-level overview of the NACCS and how it can be applied to coastal management in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. You will learn:

  • About the NACCS study, including goals, approach, and outputs

  • Where to access the data

  • Differences between NACCS and other similar datasets, including the strengths and limitations 

  • Case studies highlighting where and how NACCS is being used locally 

When? October 21, 2020, Wednesday  | 10am - 11am Eastern Time

Who should attend? Coastal management professionals interested in using NACCS to inform their work. This session will be appropriate for both non-technical and technical audiences. Audiences planning on attending the technical session are encouraged to attend Session 1.

Register for Session 1 HERE!



Session 2 - NACCS technical session: Understanding what’s under the hood

Building on Session 1- NACCS overview offered on Oct. 21st, this more in-depth session will explore the technical components of NACCS. The technical session will cover the numerical modeling approach, statistics, and the accessibility through different databases and Application Programming Interface (API). You will learn:

  • How to use different methods to access the datasets (geodatabase/API)

  • How to include sea level rise and dynamic tides

  • Storm basics and track conditions, synthetic tropical storms and extratropical storms

  • Statistical methodology used in NACCS modeling and outputs (save points and events)

This session will be interactive! Come prepared to get data from the geodatabase, and present water level using GIS.

When? Session 2 will be offered twice to provide flexibility in scheduling:

  • October 27, 2020, Tuesday  | 10am - 11:30am Eastern Time

  • October 29, 2020, Thursday  | 10am - 11:30am Eastern Time

Who should attend? Technical users who will access NACCS data and use it to perform further analysis.  Attendees should have attended Session 1 to ensure they come to this session having basic background knowledge of NACCS.

Register for Session 2 HERE!



What is NACCS? The North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study (NACCS) addresses coastal storm and flood risk in the North Atlantic region. Completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2015 in response to Hurricane Sandy, the study was designed to:

  • Help local communities better understand changing flood risks associated with climate change

  • Provide tools to prepare for future flood risks that can be customized for any coastal watershed

The Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC) worked with RPS to make a valuable subset of the NACCS data accessible to modelers and decision makers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic (funded by a USFWS North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) and NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management). 



Jamie Carter
Senior Remote Sensing Analyst
Northeast Region Geospatial Coordinator
Contractor with Lynker in support of NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Yarmouth, ME  04096
Cell: (808) 227-2908
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