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The Tampa Bay Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS)

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

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The Tampa Bay Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS)

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Uses/Users • Safe and Efficient Navigation/Tampa Bay Pilots, Tampa Port Authority, Shipping Agents, USCG • Hazardous Material Spill Response/FDEP, NOAA-HAZMAT, USCG • Environmental Protection&Management/FDEP, FWC, EPCHC, Dept. of Health • Storm Surge Prediction&Mitigation/County Emergency Managers, FDEM • Red Tide Studies&Prediction/FWC, FDEP • Fisheries Management/FWC, NMFS • Sediment Transport Studies&Mitigation/USGS, FDEP, USACOE

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Hillsborough River TBC Palm River McKay Bay Big Bend

  8. Forecast Animation September 12, 2002 http://ompl.marine.usf.edu/TBmodel

  9. + Piney Point Phosphate Plant

  10. 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.

  11. ACT Partnership Includes Cooperative Institute for Limnology & Ecosystems Research Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Coastal Services Center Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute www.actonline.ws

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