GIS, Remote Sensing, Modelling and Internet Technologies

The CMRC is a leader in the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, Modelling and Internet Technologies to coastal and marine issues in Ireland and abroad. The team has extensive experience of coastal and environmental data collection, database design, modelling, GIS, and data analysis. The CMRC has developed several GIS for organisations involved in coastal management and routinely uses GIS for internal data management within research projects.

Current Projects
Completed Projects

Bioforest Biodiversity in a spectrum of Irish plantation forests and how this is affected by previous land cover, land use and current management methods.

Coastal Change, Remote sensing and GIS provide the visual information and tools needed to assist in the effective and sustainable management of the coastline and coastal resources.

Climate Risk: The Modelling and Assessment of Climate Change Impacts for the Coastal Zone (Flooding, Catchment Changes) and their Implication on Coastal Erosion; Incorporating GIS as a Flood Prediction Management Tool.

DISMAR: Data Integration System for Marine Pollution and Water Quality.

HIPOCAS: Hindcast of Dynamic Process of the Ocean and Coastal Areas of Europe.

Marine GIS and High-performance Computing Network Combines strenghts of GIS & HPC to provide vital infrastructural support to many diverse marine research projects.

MARSAIS: Marine SAR Analyses and Interpretation System.

MIDA: The Marine Irish Digital Atlas. A web-based atlas of the Irish coast.

Sustainable Environmental Management of coastal habitats and resources, documenting vulnerability of habitats to change by the development of a GIS database and a suite of sensitivity indices.

ACCESS A Database of water access points for the entire coast of Ireland

Bantry Bay Charter's Skateholders GIS Address the challenge of successful coastal zone management around Bantry Bay

BASIC: Building, Assessing, and Standardising Information on Atlantic Coasts.

COASTMON: Metocean and coastal zone monitoring in harbour regions using satellite radar.

Earth Observation: Information and its application to Coastal Management in Ireland.

Shannon Emergency Response Decision Support System: Integrating shoreline sensitivity information, Emergency Guidelines and the output of oil dispersion model in a GIS.

Landfill GIS: Development of a GIS Model for the location of landfill sites.

RACER: Risk Assessment and Collaboration Emergency Response in the Irish Sea.

STORMINESS identified trends, determined impacts, and developed models which reflect the coastal response to storminess.

Wave Atlas: Developing a GIS interface to the Hydraulic and Maritime Research Centre (HMRC) wave atlas.

Whiddy Oil Terminals GIS: An Intranet web-based GIS for oil spill response in Bantry Bay.