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SEAFLOOR MAPPING All images courtesy Curtin University Digital 3D model of WA Shipwreck he underwater remains of a ship built in Fremantle in reconstruction,” Professor Woods said. 1876 and which sunk off the coast several years later can “The new 3D model of the Star allows the wreck site to be now be
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Wave Overtopping System to Improve Coastal Hazard Forecasts The National Oceanography Center (NOC) devel- oped WireWall, a system designed to measure the speed and volume of overtopping water on a wave- by-wave basis in the ? eld. The aim is to reduce un- certainty in overtopping forecasts and improve
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