Now showing items 26-42 of 42

    • Sensor Specifications and Measurement Algorithms. 

      NOAA NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2015)
      Environmental Measurement Systems.
    • Technical Considerations for Use of Geospatial Data in Sea Level Change Mapping and Assessment. 

      Allen, Allison; Gill, Stephen; Marcy, Doug; Honeycutt, Maria; Mills, Jerry; Erickson, Mary; Myers, Edward; White, Stephen; Graham, Doug; Evjen, Joe; Olson, Jeff; Riley, Jack; Lindley, Carolyn; Zervas, Chris; Sweet, William; Fenstermacher, Lori; Smith, Dru (NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2010)
      This document is intended to provide technical guidance to agencies, practitioners, and coastal decision - makers seeking to use and/or collect geospatial data to assist with sea level change assessments and mapping ...
    • Test and Evaluation Report For the Greenspan EC3000 Conductivity/Temperature Sensor. 

      Gray, G.; Heitsenrether, R. (NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2013)
      The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) maintains a suite of conductivity/temperature (CT) sensors on a ...
    • Test and Evaluation Report for WaterLog® H-3612 Radar Sensor in CO-OPS Air Gap Applications. 

      Heitsenrether, R.; Hensley, W. (NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2013)
      In 2005, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) completed the development, testing, and transition to ...
    • Test and Evaluation Report Limited Acceptance of the Design Analysis WaterLog® H-3611i Microwave Radar Water Level Sensor. 

      Heitsenrether, R.; Davis, E. (NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2011)
      The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) is responsible for developing and maintaining the National Water ...
    • Test, Evaluation, and Implementation of Current Measurement Systems on Aids-To-Navigation. 

      Bosley, K.T.; McGrath, C.; Dussault, J.P.; Bushnell, M.; Evans, M.J.; French, G.W.; Earwaker, K. (NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2005)
      The Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS®) is a program of the National Ocean Service’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (NOS/CO-OPS). PORTS® provides real-time marine environmental ...
    • Tidal analysis and prediction. 

      Parker, Bruce B. (NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2007)
      The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with the knowledge required to carry out the most accurate tidal analysis and tidal prediction possible using any set of water level or current data that he or she may ...
    • Tidal current analysis procedures and associated computer programs. 

      Zervas, Chris (NOAA NOS Center For Operational Oceanographic Products and Services Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 1999)
      The National Ocean Service (NOS) has been charged with producing tidal current tables for the coastal areas of the United States. Tidal currents are almost always the strongest current experienced by vessels operating ...
    • Tidal datums and their applications. 

      Gill, Stephen K.; Schultz, John R. (NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2001)
      The United Nations declared 1998 to be the International Year of the Ocean. This declaration provides an opportunity to rais e public awareness of a fundamental boundary defined by the intersection of the ocean with ...
    • Tide and Current Glossary. [1999 edition] 

      Zervas, Chris (NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2000)
      The publication is a revision of the1989 edition. This edition has been a group effort by Steacy D.Hicks, Richard L. Sillcox, C.Reid Nichols, Brenda Via, and Evette C. McCray. It was subsequently revised by Chris Zervas. ...
    • Towing Basin Speed Verification of Acoustic Doppler Current Profiling Instruments. 

      Shih, H.H.; Sprenke, J.; Payton, C.; Mero, T. (NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2001)
      With new development in technologies, proliferation of manufacturers, and expanded applications of acoustic Doppler current profiling instruments, the need for proper sensor test procedures becomes increasingly important. ...
    • Understanding tides. 

      Hicks, Steacy Dopp (NOAA, National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, 2006)
      This book presents an elementary explanation of tides and tidal datums. It is written to explain the natural phenomenon of tides in terms and concepts readily understandable by students as ...
    • User’s Guide to Vertical Control and Geodetic Leveling for CO-OPS Observing Systems. 

      Hailegeberel, Minilek; Glassmire, Kirk; Johnson, Artara; Samant, Manoj; Dusek, Gregory (NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2018)
      The National Ocean Service (NOS) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) is responsible for the management of a national water level measurement program. The foundation of this program is the ...
    • Variability of Tidal Datums and Accuracy in Determining Datums from Short Series of Observations. 

      Swanson, R.L. (NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 1974)
      Tidal datum planes are used to determine the positions of boundaries, as planes of reference for maps and charts, in the design of coastal structures, and to delineate the extent of land uses in coastal areas. Even ...
    • Visibility Sensors Implementation Plan. 

      Roggenstein, E.; Bushnell, M.; Krug, W. (NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2009)
      The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has used visibility sensors at major airports for many years, but the requirement within the maritime industry came in 1980, when the MV Summit Venture hit the Sunshine Skyway ...
    • Water Level and Wave Height Estimates at NOAA Tide Stations from Acoustic and Microwave Sensors. 

      Park, J.; Heitsenrether, R.; Sweet, W.V. (NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2014)
      The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) is transitioning the primary water level sensor at the majority of tide stations in the ...
    • Wave Measurements from Radar Tide Gauges. 

      Fiorentino, Laura A.; Heitsenrether, Robert; Krug, Warren (2019)
      Currently the NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) is transitioning the primary water level sensor at most NWLON stations, from an acoustic ranging system, to microwave radars. With ...