<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Are you a U.S. STEM scientist interested in obtaining coastal measurements during major storms?<div class="">Would you be interested in helping to develop an association for rapid <u class=""><b class="">pre-storm</b></u> deployments by multi-disciplinary teams?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If so, we invite you to join our discussions to try to develop a framework for a Nearshore Extreme Event Reconnaissance effort (NEER), which would be similar to the NSF-sponsored Geotechnical Extreme Event Reconnaissance (GEER) Association (<a href="http://www.geerassociation.org/" class="">http://www.geerassociation.org</a>), and the newly formed StEER, SSEER, and ISEEER efforts.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The goal of NEER (if funded) will be to organize and to provide travel support for interdisciplinary<span class=""><font color="#ff2600" class="" style="font-weight: bold;"> </font>teams of scientists and engineers (including, but </span>not limited to oceanographers, hydrogeologists, geomorphologists, geologists, ecologists, hydrologists, biogeochemists, meteorologists, coastal engineers, geo-engineering technologists, and structural engineers) to conduct pre- and post-event site characterization and to collect during-event observations of the nearshore system (where ocean and estuarine waves and surge interact with land processes).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our initial focus would be on U.S. major coastal storm events. However, if successful, the Association may later be expanded to included tsunamis and other extreme coastal events, including those occurring overseas.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you would be interested in working with us to try to develop a NEER Association, please complete the membership survey at</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JM9CXWN" class="">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JM9CXWN</a></div><div class="">or send us the information requested below by replying to this email.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please feel free to forward this invitation to your colleagues.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sincerely,</div><div class="">Britt Raubenheimer and colleagues</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">=======</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><ol class=""><li class="">Name:</li><li class="">Email Address:</li><li class="">University/Organization/Agency:</li><li class="">City,State, and Zip Code of Employment:</li><li class="">NSF Program(s) associated with your work, such as (list all that apply): OCE-PO, OCE-CO, EAR-GLD, EAR-HS, BIO-DEB, CMMI-NHERI, CMMI-ECI, etc</li><li class="">US Geographical Interest (select all that apply): East, Gulf, and/or West Coast, Great Lakes, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Other</li><li class="">Professional Status: Academic, Government, Non-Profit, Private, Other</li></ol></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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