The ACUNE GeoTool system, which includes probabilistic coastal inundation maps and other products, is produced by researchers at the University of Florida, Florida Gulf Coast University, US Geological Survey, University of Miami, South Florida Water Management District, and Riada Engineering with funds from NOAA National Centers of Coastal and Ocean Sciences (NCCOS). Dr. Peter Sheng served as the Principal Investigator of the project and Dr. Vladimir Paramygin developed the ACUNE GeoTool. Dr. Mike Savarese served as co-PI and the outreach lead. Frank Parker served as the project manager during the first phase of the ACUNE project which was funded with NOAA Restore Science Program. David Kidwell and Trevor Meckley of NCCOS served as the NOAA Technical Manager consecutively.

Collier County and City of Naples contributed funds for annual maintenance of the ACUNE GeoTool previously. Donation towards the maintenance of this public version of ACUNE GeoTool is welcome. While the products contained in the GeoTool were developed with the best available sciences, it is subject to change in the future. This system is provided (at no cost) as additional reference information to Collier County, City of Naples, Everglades City, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (RBNERR), Ten Thousand Island National Wildlife Refuge, South Florida Water Management District, and Nature Conservancy, etc. in Southwest Florida to enhance their adaptation and resilience planning activities.

Use of any flood maps from the ACUNE tool for any publication, including thesis, project report, newspaper article, or journal paper require the prior written consent of Dr. Peter Sheng and appropriate credit and reference.

ACUNE GeoTool is not meant to replace the flood insurance rate maps of FEMA nor the official storm surge forecast of National Hurricane Center. Users of this system assume full legal responsibility when using information provided by the system. Furthermore, the users of this system agree not to share the information produced by the system, publish any products in any form, distribute the products to the media, or use the products for any profit-making purposes. Please contact Peter Sheng (pete@coastal.ufl.edu) or Vladimir Paramygin (pva@coastal.ufl.edu) for further information.