Knowtra has strong skills in

• Oceanography and weather
• Understanding the needs of industry for ocean and weather information
• Climate change and its impact on industry
• Web delivery of environmental information

More about the skills of the people within Knowtra can be found here.

Knowtra also has a wide network of associates and contacts who supplement these skills. For example this wider portfolio includes: coastal engineering; offshore surveying; and, the climate impact of business operations.

Knowtra aims to offer the guidance your business needs to overcome its problems, delivered in a timely and tailored way, and employing the right mix of interdisciplinary skills.

Contact us to discuss how we can employ our skills to help solve your business issues, and in a way that fits your budget.

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An example of wave statistics for a location in the Atlantic

A business at any time may find it needs to know more about the environmental conditions it will likely experience during some endeavour. For example this could be wave information for a short term coastal construction project, right through to weather conditions in coming decades when planning a tourism development.

Knowtra appreciates that when a business needs to know more about the environmental conditions it will encounter, information must

• Be delivered in a timely way to inform decision making
• Be of sufficient accuracy for the job in hand
• Be presented in a way that can be understood by a diverse project team
• Take in to account likely climate change where appropriate
• Balance the above factors to deliver to the clients budget

Knowtra sources appropriate data, manipulates that data and tailors graphical output to deliver bespoke climatological products to its clients. To provide this bespoke service while recognising the constraints on clients budgets, Knowtra is employing the latest web delivery techniques and balances cost against fidelity when sourcing data for the client.

Contact Knowtra to discuss a cost effective solution when you next need to assess the environmental conditions you will experience on a project.

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Screen shot from a trial distance learning course

Knowtra has strong in-house skills in oceans, weather & climate, supplemented by a wide network of contacts and associates in the maritime field. If you are seeking to train your staff in any area related to the marine environment, contact Knowtra to discuss how - with our partners - we can tailor a course for your needs. We can also offer conference facilities for your training.

Knowtra is developing electronic training materials to supplement its clients face-to-face training programmes. These materials add an extra dimension to training, for example with video content, interactive graphics and quizzes.

These electronic materials can be a powerful addition to face-to-face training, for example ...

• They can be employed before face-to-face training to enhance its effectiveness, and assess delegates initial competence
• They can be used to add a more interactive element to classroom training, enhancing the delegates training experience
• Delegates can refer to them after they return from face-to-face training, to refresh their learning
• They can be used to market training to potential delegates
• In some cases they can shorten or replace face-to-face training, reducing training costs and reducing the time delegates spend away from their day job

Contact Knowtra to discuss your training needs and to get a demonstration of electronic training materials.

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An example of output from a near-shore wave model simulation

Knowtra staff having a long track record in developing, running and exploiting simulations of the ocean, weather and climate.

Do you need ...

• Detailed oceanographic simulations for your area of interest
• To know where you can get hold of relevant oceanographic or weather information
• To build you companies ability to access or generate the marine environmental information you need

Knowtra offers bespoke simulations of the ocean, but also the consulting & training to help your business build its own capability.

Contact Knowtra to find out more about what we can offer.

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Example output from a web portal under development at Knowtra

Knowtra understands that for environmental information to be of value to your business, it needs to be delivered in a timely way and be presented in a way tailored to your needs.

Modern web delivery mechanisms offer a way to get environmental information to where it is needed and present it in an infinite variety of ways.

Knowtra is employing its IT and web skills to build a web portal, which can deliver environmental data tailored to the end users needs but also be cost effective for your business.

If you are interested in engaging with Knowtra to ...

• be a trial user of the Knowtra web portal
• access Knowtra expertise to help in your web delivery of information

... please contact us.

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