A high-resolution two-way nested model of Boston Bay, South Australia
Dr Charles James1
1SARDI, West Beach, Australia
The SARDI oceanography group have developed a 300m resolution two-way nested hydrodynamic model to investigate biological and physical processes in the bays around Port Lincoln in South Australia. The model makes use of enhanced bathymetry from electronic navigation charts and has been validated against observations taken within Boston Bay. Results from multiyear runs with applications for aquaculture industry and government projects will be presented.
Biography:
Dr. Charles James is a Physical Oceanographer with 25 years of experience working in environmental physics and earth sciences. Charles specialises in programming and running coupled hydrodynamic/biogeochemical models and particle tracking. He oversees the SARDI component of the joint Bureau of Meteorology/SARDI eSA-Marine forecasting model which provides regional and local forecasts of ocean conditions for the South Australian fishing industry. Charles graduated from the University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography in 1996 and has been a part of SARDI Oceanography and the Southern Australian node of the Integrated Marine Observing System (SA-IMOS) since its inception in 2007.
