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Dr Charles MAGORI

Research Officer I

Research

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Headquarter & Mombasa Station

Location

Mombasa
80100
Kenya

Email(s)

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Telephone

+254-041-475151/4

Fax

+254 20 235 3226

Profile URL

https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/cmagori

Highest Degree

PhD. (Physical Oceanography)

Job Type

Research

Subject Area

Physical Oceanography

Activities

1. To conduct research on hydrodynamics of estuarine systems along the Kenyan Coast. 2. To monitor two GLOSS tide guages installed at the ports of Mombasa and Lamu, use the data collected to produce tide predictions for our ports. 3. Cruise Coordinator for Kenya in the Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ASCLME) Project 4. GLOSS Regional Coordinator for the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region. 5. One of the Lead Scientists in the WIOMSA-MASMA funded regional project on Mangroves and Climate Change. 6. Programme Coordinator of Marine Environment & Ecology Programme (MEEP) at KMFRI.

Sea regions of study

Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean

Skills

1.Numerical modeling of water circulation. 2. Generation of tide tables 3. EIA Consultant on Marine Environment 4. Climate Change and Associated Impacts on Marine & Coastal Environment 5. Tsunami propagation and inundation modeling

Working language(s)

English

Comment(s)

Capacity in the area of Physical Oceanography in the WIO region has been fairly enhanced through postgraduate training and regional workshops. There should be deliberate efforts to provide researchers in the region with oceanographic equipments including research vessels to enhance oceanograhic research in the WIO region.

Created: 1994-10-06 | Last Updated: 2014-10-09 by Ward APPELTANS


Group(s): AFRIDIR , AFRIDIR , AFRIDIR2 , IOC