Ananya Grover ’24
Computer Science
Real-time Forecasting System for Hurricane Hazards and Risk
Certificate(s): Cognitive Science
There are two main aspects to hurricane surge modeling — real-time forecasting and long-term risk analysis. I worked on real-time forecasting, which is important for evacuation planning and recovery. I was tasked with visualizing hazard risks for online interactive maps the research uses to model wind, rainfall, storm surges and waves associated with hurricanes. I worked on developing a way to enable updates to map visualizations in real time as new predictions are generated based on the latest data. Through my internship, I learned about hurricane hazards and how to model them. I contributed to the automatic forecasting system by building a web app with Python Flask, and I learned to create web-based visualizations and geospatial-data presentations using services such as Mapbox, ArcGIS and Datawrapper. My internship helped me gain valuable technical abilities, problem-solving skills, and knowledge of natural calamities such as hurricanes. I am inspired to continue exploring the use of modeling, computational analysis and web-based presentation in environmental research applications that can have a tremendous real-world impact.
2021
Climate and Environmental Science
Hurricane Hazards and Risk Analysis Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
Ning Lin, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Avantika Gori, Ph.D. candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering