Research Theme 4: Filling evidence gaps with new analysis, observations and field data

Wind farm installation

Lead: Astley Hastings – University of Aberdeen | Co-Lead: Rebecca von Hellfield – University of Aberdeen

4.1 AI pattern recognition technology for biodiversity and carbon

4.2 Biodiversity and seabed carbon fieldwork

4.3 Contaminant fluxes and acoustic monitoring

4.4 Simulator data mining from D4NZ

​The specific focus of VALMAS fieldwork will be informed by work conducted in the other Research Themes, particularly the gap analysis conducted in Research Theme 1.

Resources

VALMAS Research Theme 4 Intro Presentation (pptx file)

Figure from publication: Assessing, monitoring and mitigating the effects of offshore wind farms on biodiversity