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Victor Abbott Dr Victor Abbott
Role Lecturing MSc and PhD dissertation supervision KTP Associate Academic Advisor Qualifications & background Diploma in Land Surveying (North East London Polytechnic) Eleven years in land and hydrographic surveying Finals examinations of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FIG/IHO Category A) MSc in Coastal Management (University of East London) PhD in Coastal Management (University of Plymouth) Professional membership Fellow, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology Chartered Marine Scientist Roles on external bodies External Assessor, Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee, China Former Chairman, Devon and Cornwall Joint Branch of IMarEST and RINA Honorary Treasurer, The International Federation of Hydrographic Societies Teaching interests Hydrography Geographical Information Systems Integrated coastal management Professional activities Staff serving as external examiners Undergraduate Hydrographic Surveying, Latvian Maritime Academy, Riga, 1998 MPhil, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1997Research interests The capture, manipulation and visualisation of land and marine data in the coastal zone: hydrography, integrated coastal management, GIS UoP Research group membership Centre for Marine and Coastal Policy Research (MarCoPol)Geomatics Other research Rimmer L, Eccleston A, Abbott V, Crichton T, Hooper J, 2010, Safe Navigation: the professional mariners’ response to the wave hub, University of Plymouth, PRIMaRE Abdel Hamid I, Abbott V, Lavender S, Kingston K, 2010, Visualising hydrographic data in chromo-stereoscopy, SoC Bulletin, volume 43, pp7-12
Abdel Hamid I, Abbott V, Lavender S, Kingston K, 2009, Second generation chromo-stereoscopy in marine data (Poster), 45th Summer School of Cartographers, Southampton, 6-9/09/09 MBeau Ache C, Abbott VJ, 2009, The Cost-Benefit of Charting Cameroon Waters, 7th FIG Regional Conference, Hanoi Abbott V, Compton R, 2008, “KTP, MMO, PhD”, proceedings of the biennial conference of the Hydrographic Society, Hydro8, Liverpool, ISBN 0-9548844-4-2 Abbott V, Seube N, 2008, “Hydrography at MSc and Category A Level: a European perspective”, proceedings of the biennial conference of the Hydrographic Society, Hydro8, Liverpool, ISBN 0-9548844-4-2 Lavender, S, Robinson, M-C, Batts, A, Abbott, V, Cross, N, Downey, I, Barber, P, Thomas, I and Wooding, M, 2004, “Operational mapping of low water channels using satellite imagery”, proceedings of the 14th biennial Conference of the Hydrographic Society, Hydro4, Galway, ISBN 0-9548844-1-8 “Information for the Coastal Zone”, a presentation given at The Cornish Coast 99, a one day seminar at Camborne, 3rd November, 1999 “Marine GIS”, a presentation at an RICS one day workshop and seminar, Devon County Council, Exeter, 20th January, 1999 Abbott V J, 1998, “Introducing GIS into the Curriculum”, RICS workshop, Reading "Coastal management and the hydrographic surveyor", paper presented at Hydro 92, Copenhagen Ingham A E, 1992, "Hydrography for the Surveyor and Engineer", Revised by Abbott V J, BSP, Oxford Morgan N, 1989, "Marine Technology Reference Book", Abbott V J - contributor, Butterworths Research degrees awarded to supervised students Grants & contracts 2008 completion: Westland GeoProjects. Research into the real-time monitoring of marine mammals. New start, April 2005. Integration of historical records and new acoustic sensing. Output to the exploration industry (seismic research). RAE equivalent funds, £103,000. 2004 completion: CoastChart - the development of a coastline from satellite-based remote sensing integrated with published marine datasets, £18,480. 2003 completion: Research into the ability of remote sensing to identify low water channels in extensive mudflats (Morecambe Bay) as ground-truthed by swathe sounding, £20,596.
Publications Popoola O, Abbott V, Glegg G, 2011, Impact of Sea Level Rise on the Nigerian Coast, IAIA, Abdel Hamid I, Abbott V, Lavender S, Kingston K, 2011, Chromo-stereoscopy for Enhanced Viewing in Opaque Environment, Proceedings of the Conference of the FIG Working Week 'Bridging the Gap Between Cultures' Morocco, FIG, Denmark http://www.fig.net/pub/fig2011/papers/ts05j/ts05j_abdel_hamid_abbott_et_al_4895.pdf, Abdel Hamid I, Abbott V, Lavender S, Kingston K, 2010, Chromo-stereoscopy for Enhanced Viewing in Opaque Environment, Proceedings of the Biennial Conference of the Hydrographic Society, Roscoff, Germany Ostnes R, Abbott V and Lavender S, 2006, “Visualisation Techniques: results, The Hydrographic Journal, The Hydrographic Society, ISSN 0309-7846
Ostnes R, Abbott V and Lavender S, 2004, “Visualisation Techniques: an overview, Part 1”, The Hydrographic Journal, The Hydrographic Society , ISSN 0309-7846
Miller KM and Abbott VJ, 2002, "The Role of Core Mathematics and Computing Modules in Surveying Degrees", 2do Simposio Internacional de Agrimensura, Education and Professionalism in Surveying, FIG, Puerto Rico
Osborne A and Abbott V J, 2002, "GIS in optimal routeing of submarine cables", The Hydrographic Journal, The Hydrographic Society , ISSN 0309-7846
Abbott V J, 2001, “The Surveyor and the Coastal Zone”, The Hydrographic Journal, The Hydrographic Society , ISSN 0309-7846
Burroughes J E, George K J, Abbott V J, 2001, “Interpolation of Hydrographic Survey Data”, The Hydrographic Journal, The Hydrographic Society , ISSN 0309-7846
Miller K M, Abbott V J & Capelin K, 1997, “The Reliability of Quality Measures in Differential GPS”, The Hydrographic Journal, The Hydrographic Society , ISSN 0309-7846 Reports & invited lectures
Keynote speaker, IECO, London, 2010 Lavender S et al including Abbott V, 2004, “Operational mapping of low water channels using satellite imagery”, Hydro4, Galway
Abbott VJ and Lavender SJ, 2004, “Coastal Surveying”, GeoInformatics Magazine Conferences organised Hydro4, November 2nd-4th, 2004, The Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the Hydrographic Society, Galway Sensing and Mapping the Marine Environment: joint symposium of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetric Society and Challenger Society for Marine Science, 2003 Hydro 99, The Eleventh Biennial Conference of the Hydrographic Society, Plymouth Society 25, the 25th Anniversary Conference of the Hydrographic Society, SS Great Britain, Bristol, 1997 Hydro 90, 7th Biennial Conference of the Hydrographic Society, Southampton Other academic activities |
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