Oceanography symposium at UWA

A showcase symposium of the latest oceanographic research will be held at The University of Western Australia on 25 August.

Speakers from around Australia will present the latest information showing how oceans are being monitored and what is happening in the wake of climate change and increased industry, aquaculture and tourism.

To register email hornk@sese.uwa.edu.au

Marine science for offshore and coastal engineering

1 pm-6 pm Tuesday 25 August 2009. Drinks 6 pm-7 pm.

University Club of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia, Entrance number 1 off Hackett Drive, Crawley

Hear about Western Australia's latest expert oceanographic research covering the effect of climate change on large ocean-based industries.

The symposium, Marine science for offshore and coastal engineering, is  a series of presentations covering offshore and coastal engineering.

Professor Greg Ivey from UWA's School of Environmental and Systems Engineering leads WAMSI's oceanographic research projects.

He said the symposium would provide an overview of the progress made by participants and their partners on quantifying the physical oceanographic processes operating in the WA marine environment.

"The objective is to enhance engineering design and operations by predicting the ocean processes," he said.

"The geographic focus of the symposium is the North West Shelf, the main area of activity for the oil and gas industry. The work is also of direct relevance to coastal engineering, the fisheries industry, environmental development and impacts and national strategic issues."

He said the symposium would cover topics ranging from the impacts of climate change in the area, the occurrence of tropical cyclones and prediction of their impacts, observation and modeling of tidally-driven large amplitude solitary waves, benthic mixing processes, ocean dynamics of the Browse Basin, and the use of new ocean observing systems.

The symposium is being hosted by the Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI) and UWA.

Program

1. Winthrop Professor Greg Ivey, Leader WAMSI Node 6, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, UWA Introduction and overview of WAMSI Node 6 research program

2. Winthrop Professor Chari Pattiaratchi, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, UWA. Introduction to WAMSI Project 6.1 + Sea level variability

3. Mr Matt Eliot, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, UWA. Coastal flooding and storminess of south-west Australia

4. Dr Ivan Haig, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, UWA. Numerical modeling of storm surges in south-west Australia

5. Mr Stan Stroud, Woodside Energy Ltd. Climate change modeling and future tropical cyclones off NW Australia

6. Mr Michael Garvey, RPS MetOcean. Animation of non-linear internal wave manifestations from current meter measurements.

7. Assist. Professor Mike Meuleners, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, UWA and DHI. Modeling internal wave dynamics on the Australian North West Shelf

AFTERNOON TEA BREAK

8. Ms Cynthia Bluteau, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, UWA. Field observations in the turbulent bottom boundary layer on the Australian North West Shelf

9. Mr Matt Rayson, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, UWA. Dynamics of the Browse Basin

10. Assist. Professor Mike Meuleners, School of Environmental Systems
Engineering, UWA and DHI. Cyclone modeling on the Australian North West
Shelf

11. Dr Kenji Shimizu, RPS MetOcean. Preliminary results of internal tide
modeling

12. Dr Geoff Wake, Woodside Energy Ltd. Small scale eddies off the NW Cape as affecting offshore drilling and construction operations

13. Winthrop Professor Chari Pattiaratchi, School of Environmental Systems Engineering. Slocum ocean glider deployments along the Two Rocks transect

14. Winthrop Professor Greg Ivey, Leader WAMSI Node 6, School of Environmental Systems Engineering, UWA. Closing comments.