Program Overview

Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources (CDT SuMMeR)

The Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources (CDT SuMMeR) is a research program that focuses on interdisciplinary research.

Postgraduate Researcher: Kirsty Forbes

Kirsty Forbes is a postgraduate researcher in the CDT SuMMeR program.

Project: CDTS303: Coastal Vigilance

• Project title: Coastal Vigilance: Harnessing AI, remote sensing and citizen science for enhanced observation and monitoring of land-to-coastal pollutant transport
• Hosting Institute: Bangor University
• Associate Partners: Dwr Cymry Welsh Water

Background

Kirsty Forbes completed her BSc and Masters in Environment at the University of Leeds, graduating in July 2024. Her master's thesis was focused on the impact of embankments on flood depth and extent in Nepal.

Research Interests

Kirsty is passionate about using remote sensing data to better understand the behaviour of lakes and rivers. She carried out a research internship with Sense CDT, which involved looking at different digital elevation models and comparing them to data from ICESat-2.

PhD Research

The project combines AI, remote sensing, and citizen science to create a monitoring system that can track the movement of pollution from the land to the sea. The project will begin by looking at water movement in Wales, using high temporal resolution satellite data from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission (SWOT).

Why CDT SuMMeR

Kirsty was drawn to CDT SuMMeR because of its focus on interdisciplinary research. She believes that this focus will help her produce richer outputs that are more applicable to the wider community of scientists and policymakers.