UK Environment Minister Elliot Morley launched WaveNet at the Oceanology International exhibition in London last month.<\/p>\n
The six high-tech SmartBuoys will aid flood forecasters by feeding real-time data on wave height and direction to the new WaveNet website database at www. cefas. co. uk\/wavenet. Large scale continuous monitoring of wave characteristics will also help improve understanding of coastal erosion risk and the design of coastal erosion defence works.<\/p>\n
WaveNet integrates data from the new buoys with existing data from the Met Office, Ireland’s Marine Institute, and Shell and Marathon Oil to provide a live, single source of over 20 marine monitoring stations which is publicly accessible and free.<\/p>\n
WaveNet has been funded by the UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and is implemented by its executive agency CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science).<\/p>\n
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