About

The Australian Beach Erosion and Coastal Flooding Early Warning System was funded by the Australian Research Council (LP170100161) with collaboration and additional support from Project Partners: Australian Bureau of Meteorology; NSW Department of Planning and Environment; WA Department of Transport; Northern Beaches Council, City of Mandurah, and the United States Geological Survey.

Disclaimer

This pilot project is an experimental product and should not be relied on for operational decision making.

Technical details

Front end

This dashboard uses many open-source packages to map and display our forecasts. Key projects include:

• Django: A fully featured server-side web framework, written in Python.
• Leaflet.js: An open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps
• WeatherLayers: High-performance interactive weather visualization layers and controls
• HighCharts: JavaScript charting library based on SVG rendering

Back end

Details coming soon.