Hobart

Seminar Abstract

Wednesday 16 January 2008, 11.30am (Tas time)
CSIRO Auditorium, Hobart

Roger Proctor
Visiting Scientist
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Liverpool, UK

The Liverpool Bay Coastal Observatory: a platform for Operational Oceanography

A Coastal Observatory has been operating since August 2002 in Liverpool Bay, Irish Sea. Its rationale is to develop the science underpinning the ecosystem based approach to marine management, including distinguishing between natural and man-made impacts. Liverpool Bay has strong tidal mixing, receives fresh water principally from the Dee, Mersey and Ribble estuaries and has enhanced levels of nutrients. Horizontal and vertical density gradients are variable both in space and time. The water column stratifies intermittently. Because of this variability the area is an excellent test of the physical understanding of continental shelf seas and a stringent test of real-time model predictions.

Operational aspects of the Observatory will be described and I will discuss how it, and other measurement programs, contributes to the development of shelf-wide modelling systems.

I will also comment briefly on the planned developments for the Europe-wide delivery of operational oceanographic services.

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Location:
CSIRO = Marine Laboratories Auditorium, Castray Esplanade, Hobart

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