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?

coastal.observatory@plymouth.ac.uk