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Ocean Radar (ACORN) Workshop 14-15 June 2012

The Workshop was held over two days at James Cook University, Townsville.

The Workshop Review and Delegate Contact Details are available.

AGENDA – Ocean Radar Workshop 14-15 June 2012

DAY 1 – Thursday 14 June 2012
Theme	Title	Presenter
	Welcome	Paul Dirks, JCU & Lyndon Llewellyn, AIMS
	Introduction/logistics	Lucy Wyatt, JCU/ACORN
Radar and ACORN	Introduction to oceanographic HF radar	Lucy Wyatt, JCU/ACORN
	The development and design of ACORN	Mal Heron, JCU/ACORN
	On the fidelity of HFSWR physics and its relevance to radar performance	Stuart Anderson, DSTO
	WERA processing and quality control	Arnstein Prytz, JCU/ACORN
	SeaSonde Quality Control: A First Approach	Dan Atwater, JCU/ACORN
Potential users/uses and data requirements	Ocean observations and the Royal Australian Navy	Jo Haynes, DOM/Navy
	How ACORN data is shown on the IMOS OceanCurrent website	David Griffin, CSIRO
	Cyclone wave modelling	Alex Babanin, Swinburne
	Wave Statistics and Storm Waves on NSW Coast	Bob You, Coastal Science, Office of Environment & Heritage, Dept of Premier and Cabinet, NSW
News from the NODES	WA radar experiences	Chari Pattiaratchi, UWA
Day 2 – Friday 15 June 2012
	BOM data interests	Boris Kelly-Gerreyn
News from the NODES	SAIMOS progress update	Paul Malthouse, SARDI
	Wind climate in the southern GBR - local observations vs QuikSCAT and MesoLAPS	Jasmine Jaffrés, JCU
	Radar-based tracking of pollutants/larvae in the Coral Sea	Ale Mantovanelli, JCU
	2 months of radar data at Coffs Harbour	Moninya Roughan, UNSW
	Preliminary proposal for HF Radar at the EAC separation zone	Iain Suthers, UNSW
How to access the data	The data portal	Sebastien Mancini, EMII/IMOS
	Requirements for software tools, radar wish lists	Discussion

Contacts

Ocean Radar Facility Leader: Dr Simone Cosoli

T +61 8 6488 7314

M: (+614) 04978060

email: simone.cosoli(at)uwa.edu.au

Ocean Radar Facility Technical Staff:

Technical Officer: Stuart deVos
Data Officer : Dr. Yasha Hetzel

Email: acorn-ecm(at)uwa.edu.au

The Ocean Radar Facility Publication Report - If you have any questions regarding the data, or corrections, or would like to add a publication or presentation that uses IMOS data please contact the IMOS office via email: publication(at)emii.org.au.