Dr Hamish Biggs

Biography

Hamish is an Ecohydraulics and Remote Sensing Scientist at NIWA. His research focuses on the development of novel experimental methods and measurement systems. His areas of expertise include: river remote sensing, sediment transport, turbulence, flow vegetation interactions, flood measurements, bank erosion, instream habitat assessments, programming and data analysis. He leads a range of projects within these areas of research. Previously completed projects include: (1) The ‘drone flow project’ which developed new systems for remote sensing of flow in rivers and assessment of physical habitat; (2) The ‘rolling stones project’ which investigated bedload transport in rivers during floods using in-situ ‘smart-stone’ sensors; (3) The ‘cyanobacteria aerial monitoring project’ which developed methods for remote sensing toxic cyanobacteria in rivers with multispectral and hyperspectral camera systems; (4) The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Pacific Innovation project which developed and deployed prototype stereoscopic camera stations for flood measurement in remote areas in Fiji.