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MTS Member Webinar | Building Australia’s national network of Sofar Spotter buoys to unlock real-time coastal data at scale
Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Category: Webinars

MTS Member Webinar | Building Australia’s national network of Sofar Spotter buoys to unlock real-time coastal data at scale

 

Description:

 

To address challenges presented by coastal change, a cross-NCRIS (National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy) collaboration, CoastRI, is being developed to provide national-scale coastal observing and modeling capability for Australia. Led by the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), the first phase of the project is focused on developing a national scale real-time wave buoy network. IMOS and it’s partners, including UWA and Deakin, are leveraging the scalability of the Sofar Ocean Spotter buoy to improve the spatial density of real-time wave data around Australia’s 16,000 miles of coastline. During this webinar, Michael Cuttler and Daniel Lerodiaconou will provide a comprehensive overview of their plans to deploy a maintain Australias national wave buoy network and dive deeper into the future vision for CoastRI.

Date/Time:

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 | 7:00pm-7:30pm

Presenters:

Dr. Michael Cuttler - Research Fellow at UWA 
Dr Michael Cuttler is originally from the USA where he completed an undergraduate and Honours degree in earth sciences and coastal processes at Boston College. After completing his PhD at University of Western Australia (UWA) in 2017, he was a postdoctoral researcher at UWA until 2023. He is now the Facility Leader for Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) National Coastal Wave Buoy facility and an Australian Research Council Early Career Industry Fellow at UWA’s Oceans Graduate School and Oceans Institute. His research focuses on understanding the physical processes driving changes in coastal morphology over a range of a time (individual storm events to interannual/decadal coastal evolution) and spatial scales (individual beaches to regional coastlines). Through his role at IMOS’ coastal wave buoy facility, he is leading the establishment of a national wave buoy network, which will deliver nearshore wave and temperature observations at sites spanning Australia’s extensive coastline.

Daniel Lerodiaconou - Associate Professor at Deakin University 
Daniel Lerodiaconou is an experienced marine ecologist and Associate Professor in Marine Science at Deakin University, Australia. He employs multi-disciplinary approaches to improve our understanding of terrestrial and coastal processes, evaluation of marine reserves and improve marine ecosystem-based management. He is a principal scientist for the Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program that is filling important knowledge gaps in coastal processes employing innovative approaches including a citizen science drone program for coastal erosion monitoring (2020 Eureka Prize) and establishing Victoria’s first wave buoy network. He leads the Deakin Marine Mapping Group and has developed new techniques to map our coasts and oceans, providing an accurate and comprehensive picture of coastal processes and life and the diversity of marine environments. He is the Victorian node leader for the Integrated Marine Observing System,  Board Director for the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority and is the Coastal Lead Scientist for the CoastRI Initiative to establish Australia’s Coastal Observatory.

Moderator

Nevin DiParlo, Commercial Business Lead - Sofar Ocean
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