Nortek User Story Featuring CZMU Wave Monitoring Programme

Diver tends ADCP current profiler mounted on sea floor

The oceanographic equipment company Nortek has featured the work done by the CZMU on its website as a user story. You can read the story via the link below:

Nortek CZMU User Story

Tags:

oceanography

wave

risk

monitoring

engineering

Glossary of Terms

Bench Mark

A permanently fixed point of known elevation. A primary bench mark is one close to a tide station to which the tide staff and tidal datum originally are referenced.

Upland

Dry land area above and landward of the ordinary high water mark (ohwm).

Often used as a general term to mean high land far from the coast and in the interior of the country.

Algal Bloom

A sudden increase in the amount of marine algae (seaweed) often caused by high levels of phosphates, nitrates, and other nutrients in the nearshore area.

Nutrient Loading

The input of fertilising chemicals to the nearshore environment, usually via non-point source runoff and sewage effluent. Nutrient loading often leads to algal booms.

Survey, control

A survey that provides coordinates (horizontal or vertical) of points to which supplementary surveys are adjusted.

Perched Beach

A beach or fillet of sand retained above the otherwise normal profile level by a submerged dike.

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Nortek User Story Featuring CZMU Wave Monitoring Programme