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CONRAD BLUCHER INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING TEXAS PORTS AND WATERWAYS OPERATIONS Two Inter-related Services to the Port Community: 1. The Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON) is a state-of–the-art water-level measurement system with over 50 stations along the Texas Coast. 2. Water level forecasting based on Neural Network techniques, that account for the influence of local wind conditions, for select locations along the Texas Coast. High Frequency (HF) Radar SolarPanels W ind Speed & Direction ElectronicsEnclosure A coustic CopplerC urrent Profiler(A D CP) W ith D irectionalW aveM easurm ents Platform Landing HelicopterPad W avesand C urrents Key Features Located 3- and 15-nmi. from Port Aransas in Gulf Of Mexico on NWS Platforms Communications by FreeWave Radio Dial-up Voice Report for Pilots Data Availability and Management Through CBI Website Wave Climate Monitoring System A comprehensive network of observation platforms and data collection activities designed to provide real-time information on key parameters associated with coastal water quality and ecological health. Components Making SenSE a Powerful Environmental Tool Real Time Spatial and Temporal Monitoring Very High Frequency Mobile, Roving and Stationary Observation Stations Biogeochemical Processes Ecosystem Integrity Now Casting and Forecasting N euralNetw ork Forecasts M easured w aterlevel Tidalforecastcharts Neural Net Forecasting as Compared to Observed and Tide Charts Data Available via Dial-up Voice Report and Online Wind Speed and Direction at 21 m and 10 m Air Temperature Barometric Pressure Wave Height, Period, and Direction Water Temperature Two observation platforms located in the Gulf of Mexico near Port Aransas measure wave characteristics and other key environmental parameters. The two multi-instrumented observation stations serve as prototypes for future platforms planned for the Texas Coast. WATER LEVEL WATER LEVEL WAVES and CURRENTS WAVES and CURRENTS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL “FlowCam” Total Suspended Solids Algal Blooms ADCP Waves and Currents “Flashlamp” Fluorometer Chlorophyll-a and Hydrocarbons LISST-100 Submersible Particle Distribution Hydrocarbon Detection Instrumentation and Key Parameters Corpus Christi Bay Current Vectors for Southeasterly Wind Conditions CBI’s Mobile HF Radar Technology is capable of determining water circulation patterns and wave height/direction/period within targeted water bodies along the Texas Coast. Vector Plot for Gulf of Mexico East of Galveston Island HF Radar Applications Navigation/ Port Management Oil Spill/Contaminant Response Dredge Analysis: Hydrodynamic Models Comparison of USF ADCP Buoy (EC4) vs. Nearest HF-Radar Gridpoint (0.3 nmi.) Mobile HF Radar Unit At Corpus Christi Beach Wind Speed/Direction Solar Panels Platform Landing HF Radar Data EC4 Data N N Proposed Future Extent of HF Radar Coverage Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico Geo Referenced Real Time Mobile Sampling Platform Location of TCOON Water Level Stations Along the Texas Coast as Viewed with Interactive Website In Situ Moveable Fixed Platform On Board Logic & Control Data Telemetry Real Time and In Situ Components of Multi-Parameter Sampling Platforms New Technology and Instrumentation Real time GIS “Visualization of Large Data Sets” TCOON Interactive Website Follows NOAA/NOS Standards Measurements: Precise Water Levels Wind Temperature Barometric Pressure Select Stations: Water Current, Salinity, pH, and Dissolved Oxygen Real Time, On Line Database A Fundamental Upgrade of Water Level Forecasting for the Texas Coast Reliable Short Term Predictions of Effects of Storm Events Effective for Regular Conditions and Frontal Passages Accounts for Influence of Wind Forcing More Accurate than Tide Charts Online Spring 2003 Proposed Center for Sensitive Nearshore Environments (SenSE) Neural Network Forecasts Measured Water Level Tidal Forecast Charts Seafloor Current Profiler Directional Wave Measurements Water Surface
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CONRAD BLUCHER INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING
TEXAS PORTS AND WATERWAYS OPERATIONS
Two Inter-related Services to the Port Community:
1. The Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON) is a state-of–the-art water-level measurement system with over 50 stations along the Texas Coast.
2. Water level forecasting based on Neural Network techniques, that account for the influence of local wind conditions, for select locations along the Texas Coast.
High Frequency (HF) Radar
Solar PanelsWind Speed & Direction
Electronics Enclosure
Acoustic Coppler Current Profiler (ADCP)With Directional Wave Measurments
Platform Landing
Helicopter Pad
Port of Corpus ChristiOffshore Generic PlatformWaves and Currents
Key Features
Located 3- and 15-nmi. from Port Aransas in Gulf Of Mexico on NWS Platforms
Communications by FreeWave Radio
Dial-up Voice Report for Pilots Data Availability and Management Through CBI Website
Wave Climate Monitoring System
A comprehensive network of observation platforms and data collection activities designed to provide real-time information on key parameters associated with coastal water quality and ecological health.
Components Making SenSE a Powerful Environmental Tool
Real Time Spatial and Temporal Monitoring
Very High Frequency
Mobile, Roving and Stationary Observation Stations
Biogeochemical Processes
Ecosystem Integrity
Now Casting and Forecasting
Comparison between measured water levels, tidal chart forecasts, and 24 hour neural network forecasts for Galveston Pleasure Pier. The accuracy of the 24 hour neural network forecast shows the ability to predict the timing and the intensity of frontal passages.
Neural Network ForecastsMeasured water levelTidal forecast charts
Neural Net Forecasting as Compared to Observed and Tide Charts
Data Available via Dial-up Voice Report and Online Wind Speed and Direction at 21 m and 10 m
Air Temperature
Barometric Pressure
Wave Height, Period, and Direction
Water Temperature
Two observation platforms located in the Gulf
of Mexico near Port Aransas measure wave
characteristics and other key environmental
parameters. The two multi-instrumented
observation stations serve as prototypes for
future platforms planned for the Texas Coast.
WATER LEVELWATER LEVEL WAVES and CURRENTSWAVES and CURRENTS ENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL
“FlowCam”Total Suspended Solids
Algal Blooms
ADCPWaves and Currents
“Flashlamp” FluorometerChlorophyll-a
andHydrocarbons
LISST-100Submersible Particle Distribution
Hydrocarbon Detection
Instrumentation and Key Parameters
Corpus Christi Bay Current Vectors for Southeasterly Wind Conditions
CBI’s Mobile HF Radar Technology is capable of determining
water circulation patterns and wave height/direction/period
within targeted water bodies along the Texas Coast.
Vector Plot for Gulf of Mexico
East of Galveston Island
HF Radar
Applications Navigation/ Port Management
Oil Spill/Contaminant Response
Dredge Analysis: Hydrodynamic Models
Ecological Models
Comparison of USF ADCP Buoy (EC4) vs. Nearest
HF-Radar Gridpoint (0.3 nmi.)
Mobile HF Radar UnitAt Corpus Christi
Beach
Wind Speed/DirectionSolar Panels
Platform Landing
HF Radar Data
EC4 Data
N
N
Proposed Future Extent ofHF Radar Coverage
Gulf ofMexico
Gulf ofMexico
Geo Referenced Real Time
Mobile Sampling Platform
Location of TCOON Water LevelStations Along the Texas Coastas Viewed with Interactive Website
In Situ Moveable Fixed Platform
On Board Logic &
Control
Data Telemetry
Real Time and In Situ
Minimize Human
Factors
Components of Multi-Parameter Sampling Platforms
New Technology and Instrumentation
Real time GIS “Visualization of Large Data Sets”
TCOON Interactive Website
Follows NOAA/NOS Standards Measurements:
Precise Water Levels Wind Temperature Barometric Pressure
Select Stations: Water Current, Salinity, pH, and Dissolved Oxygen
Real Time, On Line
Database
A Fundamental Upgrade of Water Level Forecasting for
the Texas Coast Reliable Short Term Predictions of Effects of Storm Events
Effective for Regular Conditions and Frontal Passages
Accounts for Influence of Wind Forcing
More Accurate than Tide Charts
Online Spring 2003
Proposed Center for Sensitive Nearshore Environments
(SenSE)
Neural Network ForecastsMeasured Water LevelTidal Forecast Charts
SeafloorCurrent Profiler Directional WaveMeasurements
Water
Surface
