In an interview with Global News and Kylie Stanton, MarineLabs Director of Software Engineering, Michael Fischer, discusses wind and wave data measured by MarineLabs buoys from Hurricane Fiona passing the Atlantic Ocean, and how it can help plan for coastal resilience. Extreme wind and wave data measured at their buoys in the Atlantic Ocean over the weekend showed winds at 135 km/hour and a maximum wave height of 10 metres.
Watch the interview at Global News.
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Dr. Beatty is a Canadian ocean deep-tech entrepreneur with over 18yrs experience in Marine industrial and R&D sectors. Under his leadership, MarineLabs has grown into a thriving company operating a North America wide fleet of MarineLabs sensors that provide coastal data at the world’s highest resolution. He has internationally recognized expertise and leadership in marine technology; with patents and highly cited publications on wave energy conversion technologies, test programs, and field campaigns. He served as convener of IEC standards technical committees and as a technical judge and reviewer for US Dept. of Energy, Wave Energy Scotland, and Canadian Federal Agencies allocating over 75M in funds.
