The Tampa Bay Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS)
Mark Luther, Robert Weisberg, Cliff Merz, Steve Meyers, Ruoying He, Vembu Subramanian,
Sherryl Gilbert, Lauren Wetzel, Rick Cole, Jeff Donovan, and Jeff Scudder
University of South Florida College of Marine Science
Mark S. Vincent and David C. Burwell, NOAA/NOS
Tampa Bay PORTS
Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System
Operated in collaboration with NOAA/NOS/Center for Operational Ocean Products and Services (CO-OPS) and local maritime interests
www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/
or
ompl.marine.usf.edu/PORTS
Uses/UsersSafe and Efficient Navigation/Tampa Bay Pilots,
Tampa Port Authority, Shipping Agents, USCGHazardous Material Spill Response/FDEP,
NOAA-HAZMAT, USCGEnvironmental Protection&Management/FDEP,
FWC, EPCHC, Dept. of HealthStorm Surge Prediction&Mitigation/County
Emergency Managers, FDEMRed Tide Studies&Prediction/FWC, FDEPFisheries Management/FWC, NMFSSediment Transport Studies&Mitigation/USGS,
FDEP, USACOE
Pilot Carry-on Units Display Real-Time PORTS Data as part of an operational VTIS/AIS
Ship groundings have decreased by 60% since PORTS became operational
August 1993 Oil Spill
Goal of PORTS and VTIS is to prevent this
PORTS data and early version of model successfully used to predict spill trajectory
West Florida Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System (COMPS)
A component of the Southeast Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System (SEA-COOS)
and the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS)
http://comps.marine.usf.edu
HillsboroughRiver
TBCPalm River
McKayBay
Big Bend
Forecast Animation September 12, 2002
http://ompl.marine.usf.edu/TBmodel
+ Piney Point Phosphate Plant
A NOAA funded partnership of research institutions, state and regional resource managers, and private sector companies interested in developing and applying sensor technologies for monitoring coastal environments.
ACT Partnership Includes
Coastal Services Center
Gulf of MaineOcean Observing System
Monterey Bay AquariumResearch Institute
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Cooperative Institute forLimnology & Ecosystems Research
www.actonline.ws
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