POL scientists awarded prestigious Denny Medal

Four POL scientists has been awarded the prestigious Denny Medal by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMAREST). The Institute's Denny Medal and a certificate ia awarded annually to the most worthy paper published by the Institute in the Journal of Operational Oceanography.

POL scientist's Simon Holgate, Peter Foden, Jeff Pugh and Philip Woodworth have been awarded the Institute's 2007/2008 Denny Medal for their paper entitled 'Real time sea level data transmission from tide gauges for tsunami monitoring and long term sea leval rise observations' published in the Journal of Operational Oceanography Volume 1 Number 1. They will be presented with the award at the Institutes Annual General Meeting in March.

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Map showing some of the area covered and tide gauge installations.

Example of the type of tide gauge used in the area

The Proudman Oceanographic (POL) scientific research focuses on oceanography encompassing global sea-levels and geodesy, numerical modelling of continental shelf seas and coastal sediment processes. This research alongside activities of surveying, monitoring, data management and forecasting provides strategic support for the wider mission of the Natural Environment Research Council.

As a public funded body it is part of our remit to inform the public of the science and research undertaken at the laboratory. Attending events like the 'Ocean Awareness Weekend' at the Blue Planet Aquarium offers the opportunity for our scientists to meet members of the public and present the laboratory's work.

The Natural Environment Research Council is one of the UK's eight Research Councils. It uses a budget of about £ 350m a year to fund and carry out impartial scientific research in the sciences of the environment. NERC trains the next generation of independent environmental scientists. It is addressing some of the key questions facing mankind, such as global warming, renewable energy and sustainable economic development.