ACORN WORKSHOP 14-15 June 2012, JCU, Townsville

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Delegate Contact Details

Agenda

Date

Presenter

Title

Thurs 14 June

Paul Dirks, JCU

Lyndon Llewellyn, AIMS

Welcome

Lucy Wyatt, JCU/ACORN

Introduction/logistics

Radar and ACORN

Lucy Wyatt, JCU/ACORN

Introduction to oceanographic HF radar

Mal Heron, JCU/ACORN

The development and design of ACORN

Stuart Anderson, DSTO

On the fidelity of HFSWR physics and its relevance to radar performance

Arnstein Prytz, JCU/ACORN

WERA processing and quality control

Dan Atwater, JCU/ACORN

SeaSonde Quality Control: A First Approach

Potential users/uses and data requirements

Jo Haynes, DOM/Navy

Ocean observations and the Royal Australian Navy

David Griffin, CSIRO

How ACORN data is shown on the IMOS OceanCurrent website

Alex Babanin, Swinburne

Cyclone wave modelling

Bob You, Coastal Science, Office of Environment & Heritage, Dept of Premier and Cabinet, NSW

Wave Statistics and Storm Waves on NSW Coast

News from the NODES

Chari Pattiaratchi, UWA

WA radar experiences

Friday 15 June

Boris Kelly-Gerreyn

BOM data interests

News from the NODES

Paul Malthouse, SARDI

SAIMOS progress update

Jasmine Jaffrés, JCU

Wind climate in the southern GBR - local observations vs QuikSCAT and MesoLAPS

Ale Mantovanelli, JCU

Radar-based tracking of pollutants/larvae in the Coral Sea

Moninya Roughan, UNSW

2 months of radar data at Coffs Harbour

Iain Suthers, UNSW

Preliminary proposal for HF Radar at the EAC separation zone

How to access the data

Sebastien Mancini, EMII/IMOS

The data portal

Discussion

Requirements for software tools, radar wish lists