3. ACEF Purpose
Goal:
Provide national and enduring access to coastal data of national
importance
Objectives
1. Establish a coastal community of practice to bring together researcher
managers, industry and the community to identify key coastal
datasets, improve technologies and identify further funding
opportunities.
2. Identify key national datasets that need to be collected, and fund strategic
research that address key gaps in these datasets.
3. Enable improved digital access to quality-assured coastal observational
data and methods for analysis & visualization.
4. Key Questions being Addressed
1. How, are coastal ecosystems changing in response to anthropogenic
pressures and climate change?
2. How is the productivity of coastal ecosystems related to terrestrial
subsidies and how will climate change affect these ecosystems?
3. How is coastal geomorphology changing in relation to climate change and
extreme events?
4. How far do vagile coastal and marine organisms move and what are the
key coastal habitats they depend upon?
5. Can we measure the relative benefits/impacts of legislated
environmental management programs on Australia’s coastal ecosystems?
6. What are the key gaps in understanding of coastal ecosystems or in
management of the flora, fauna and processes of these ecosystems?
5. Approach
Demonstrate:
• What can be done in coastal zone
Value–add:
• Work with agencies to provide national datasets
• To NCRIS investments; IMOS, ANDs, Auscope, & AODN
• Use AODN as delivery Portal for Coastal Information
• Deliver demonstrator coastal datasets for NPEI
Scope:
• Supratidal to nearshore
• Strong connections between terrestrial processes and coastal asset
and processes
7. 22 Jan 2011-10 days after flood
Infrastructure to be Delivered
• Data through the AODN:
– Water Quality information
– Bathymetry data
– Wave and beach profile
• National Marine Turtle base
– Development
– Storage of data
• Coastal Ocean Color Products:
– Chlorophyll, TSS, CDOM
8. Analysing wave and shoreline change
Challenges for informatics in the coastal zone
Cameras for:
•Shoreline
• Beach State Information
• Wave Height and Period
• Statistics and Warnings
•People Counts
Beach State 1
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10. Our plan for community engagement
Task 1. Coastal Community of Practice to establish an
Australian Coastal Observatory
1. A series of workshops to establish the needs, both
national and regional, scope, key parameters and
technologies.
2. Working groups focused on specific user needs to better
define what technologies and approaches best suit.
3. A forum to engage policy, industry and researchers in
the need for a coastal observatory.
4. Preparation of an implementation plan, including
funding options for an Australian Coastal Observatory.
11. Collaborating Agencies and Acknowledgements
Thanks to:
– Chris Lane (CoastalCOMs)
– Roger Proctor (IMOS, UTas)
– Tim Moltmann (IMOS)
– Toni Cannard (CSIRO)
12. Facility Contact Details
Andy Steven
TERN – Australian Coastal Environment Facility
andy.steven@csiro.au or 0422 002 116
Australian Ocean Data Network
http://portal.aodn.org.au/webportal/
Coastal Coms:
http://www.coastalcoms.com
LIVE Demos:
Wave Height and Period Measurement
http://demo.coastalcoms.com/waveheight-engineering.html
Shoreline Detection
http://gccc.coastalcoms.com/reports/Palm-Beach/weekly-reports/2011
Hinweis der Redaktion
Need to discuss how to modify to: have symbol boxes at top with key coastal variables measuredPeople working in coastal environments – bathymetry (done) – coastline and shoreline Coastcams – nearshore water quality remote sensing – turtle databaseOcean surface – split into three sections – one of these a contour map showing bathymetry (done) – one of these a spatial water quality/ocean colour map – turtle database: multiple turtles under the surface + turtles on beach (done)