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SOUTH WEST STRATEGIC REGIONAL COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME UPDATE

SOUTH WEST STRATEGIC REGIONAL COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME UPDATE. ROB WEBBON OFFICE MANAGER. Local Authorities Hydrodynamic Surveys Control Network Topographic Surveys Bathymetric Surveys. Environment Agency Aerial Photography LiDAR Surveys Ecological Surveys. PROGRAMME UPDATE.

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SOUTH WEST STRATEGIC REGIONAL COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME UPDATE

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  1. SOUTH WEST STRATEGIC REGIONAL COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAMMEUPDATE ROB WEBBON OFFICE MANAGER

  2. Local Authorities • Hydrodynamic Surveys • Control Network • Topographic Surveys • Bathymetric Surveys • Environment Agency • Aerial Photography • LiDAR Surveys • Ecological Surveys PROGRAMME UPDATE

  3. LA PROGRESS • Pre-Qualification stage completed for all 3 projects • Contract awarded for Hydrodynamic Surveys • EMU Limited • Contracts have been awarded for Topographic Surveys • Work briefs have been sent out for Bathymetric Surveys

  4. Hydrodynamic Data • 6 Directional Wave Buoys: • Moored to the seabed • Radio link to a land station • Broadband link to the CCO • Real time data every 30 minutes • Freely available as of April 2007 • Already installed at Minehead, Perranporth, West Bay and Chesil

  5. Hydrodynamic Data • 2 Tide Gauges: • Downward looking WaveRex tide gauges • Installed on fixed structure • Broadband connection back to CCO • Real time data • One at Teignmouth, one at West Bay

  6. Control Network • 115 points • 3 Hour occupation • Surveyed and Processed • Tied into OS and EA networks • Data to be placed on website

  7. Topographic surveys • 5 work packages awarded to 4 contractors • Cartographical surveys won TSW1 • Contract meetings 25th and 30th January • Surveys will begin in February • 1 baseline survey • 2 interim profiles per year • 1 post storm

  8. Bathymetric surveys • 8 work packages • Bathy work brief sent out 08/01/2007 • Surveys to begin in Summer • Single beam survey • 1 km offshore to MHWN © Titan Environmental Surveys Ltd

  9. Aerial Photography • Simmons Aerofilm • 20% Flown • To be completed Summer 2007

  10. Aerial Photography

  11. LiDAR • Awarded in-house (Twerton) • 10% Flown • Currently being used to ortho-rectify aerial photos • To be completed by May 2007

  12. LiDAR Image courtesy of Environment Agency

  13. Office Update • All Software and Hardware up and running • 2 new employees • Strong links with University of Plymouth • All data collected, processed and analysed at Plymouth before transfer to CCO website

  14. Working Together • Special requirements from the programme? • We aim to provide: • A regional approach • High quality data • Freely available to any interested parties • Website live from April 2007 • Historical Data

  15. Any Questions?coastal.observatory@plymouth.ac.uk

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