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SOUTH WEST STRATEGIC REGIONAL COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME UPDATE ROB WEBBON OFFICE MANAGER.
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SOUTH WEST STRATEGIC REGIONAL COASTAL
MONITORING PROGRAMMEUPDATE
ROB WEBBONOFFICE MANAGER
PROGRAMME UPDATE
Local Authorities
• Hydrodynamic Surveys
• Control Network
• Topographic Surveys
• Bathymetric Surveys
Environment Agency
• Aerial Photography
• LiDAR Surveys
• Ecological Surveys
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
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
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
Control Network
• 115 points• 3 Hour occupation• Surveyed and Processed• Tied into OS and EA
networks• Data to be placed on
website
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
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
Aerial Photography
• Simmons Aerofilm• 20% Flown• To be completed Summer 2007
Aerial Photography
LiDAR
• Awarded in-house (Twerton)• 10% Flown• Currently being used to ortho-rectify aerial
photos• To be completed by May 2007
LiDAR
Image courtesy of Environment Agency
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
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
Any Questions?