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Dr Hemanaden RUNGHEN

Director

Ocean Mapping/Marine Information Unit

Department for Continental Shelf, Maritime Zones Administration and Exploration

Location

Belmont House 2nd Floor, Intendance Street, Port Louis
11328
Mauritius
Mauritius

Nationality

Mauritius

Email(s)

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Profile URL

https://oceanexpert.org/expert/hrunghen

Highest Degree

PhD

Job Type

Research
Data Management
Natural Resource Management
Decision Making & Policy

Subject Area

Marine and Coastal Engineering
Marine Geology, Geophysics
Physical Oceanography
Policy, Law, Economics, Management
Pollution

Activities


1.   Ocean Mapping

  • Carry out oceanographic and geophysical surveys 
  • Using remote sensing to derive products
  • Using numerical models for hydrodynamic modelling
  • Using GIS to process, compile, analyse and map coastal and marine resources
2.    Data Management
  • Data administration of the Mauritius Ocean Observatory E-platform
  • Using GeoNode and related applications
  • Data harvesting and processing
  • Metadata compilation
3.    Maritime Zones Administration
  • Maritime Zones Delimitation
  • Legislation framework
  • Marine Spatial Planning
4.    Mauritius-Seychelles - Joint Management Area
  • Data management and mapping
  • Marine Spatial Planning
5.   Underwater Cultural Heritage
  • Survey and mapping
  • Database
  • Legislative framework


Sea regions of study

Indian Ocean

Skills

GIS, Numerical modelling, maritime bounday delimitation, data management, remote sensing

Working language(s)

English

Citation(s)

Google Scholar
ResearchGate

Website(s)

https://csmzae.govmu.org/SitePages/Index.aspx

Created: 2019-01-09 by Hemanaden RUNGHEN | Last Updated: 2021-05-14 by Hemanaden RUNGHEN