UMERC2026 Marine Energy Resource Characterization Workshop Survey

1.How would you describe yourself?
2.Which marine energy resources are most relevant to your work? (select all applicable)
3.How would you rate the workshop?
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----- Data Dissemination -----
4.Is the Atlas understandable enough to answer your question without help?
5.Is the way that the Atlas presents data suitable for marine energy technology development?​
6.What refinements to the Atlas would benefit all marine energy technology development?​
7.Is relevant data accessible to you in a format you can actually work with?​
8.Does the data we publish match what your analysis needs?​
9.Which dataset do you use instead of ours, and what makes it more accessible?​
10.What is missing between the data we publish and the analysis you need to do?​
11.What matters most to you:?
12.What should we be doing that we are not doing at all?​
----- Wave Energy -----
13.What are the top-priority gaps in wave resource characterization​?
14.Are you able to confidently access and use the wave data?​
15.What are we missing in data analysis tool development?
16.Where should we focus on model improvement (e.g. resolution?)​
17.What other wave resource metrics should we add?​
18.How can AWS tools better support your research?​
----- Tidal Energy -----
19.What are remaining knowledge/data gaps in tidal resource characterization? ​
20.Are there any regions missing from the current high-resolution tidal models? ​
21.Where should we focus on model improvement (e.g. forcing, resolution, bathymetry)?​
22.Are you able to confidently access and use the tidal data?
23.What should be our top priorities for new tidal data analysis tool development, curated datasets?​
24.What new metrics and capabilities would you like to see on Marine Energy Atlas?
25.How can AWS better support your research and project development?
26.Is there anything else you would like to say?