Monitoring and Modelling the Coastal Zone

A 3-day interactive training course and stakeholder workshop run by the National Oceanography Centre, UK and University of Liverpool, UK, funded by the Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme and the Global Challenges Research Fund as delivered from March 5th to 7th at the NIS Building, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Day 1: Observing the Ocean from Space

• Meric Srokosz: Satellite oceanography at NOC
• Giuseppe Foti: Introduction to Ocean Remote Sensing
• Meric Srokosz: The science of Satellite oceanography
• Giuseppe Foti: Satellite oceanography and winds
• Meric Srokosz: Satellite oceanography and waves

Day 2: Monitoring and Modelling for St Vincent

• Giuseppe Foti: Satellite Oceanography and sea-level
• Lucy Bricheno: Introduction to NOC coastal science
• Jenny Brown: Shoreline management and the role of monitoring and modelling
• Andy Plater: Liverpool Institute of Sustainable Coasts and Oceans
• Andy Plater: Energy resilience
• Lucy Bricheno: Global climate and wave model analysis

Day 3: Coastal Impacts for St Vincent

• Jenny Brown : Coastal impacts modelling, and monitoring
• Amani Becker: Interactive demonstration of decision support tool with GIS
• Andy Plater: Examples of decision support tailored for a specific industry
• Amani Becker: Marine data products & C-RISe
• Lucy Bricheno: CMEP Overview of plans for years 3-4