Chesapeake Bay Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) from NOAA/NOS Oceanographic Products and Services Division
Entry ID: NOAA_NOS_OPSD_PORTS_CHESBAY

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Summary
Abstract: The Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) is a program of
the National Ocean Service (NOS) that supports safe and cost-efficient
navigation by providing ship masters and pilots with accurate
real-time information required to avoid groundings and collisions.

PORTS is in response to mariner's observations that NOAA's published
water level and current predictions often do not reflect ... View entire text
Related URL
Description: Physical Oceanography Real-Time System (PORTS) webpage

Description: Chesapeake Bay PORTS webpage at NOAA/OPSD
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 40.0   S: 36.0   E: -75.0   W: -77.0

Platform
LANDSAT-7 Ancillary Description
Data Center
Scientific Visualization Studio, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
Dataset ID: SVS-CSB_JakobshavnGlacier1851-2009

Data Center Personnel
Name: HORACE MITCHELL
Email: horace.g.mitchell at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 610.3
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Personnel
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 301-614-5707
Fax: 301-614-5666
Email: Robert.A.Bindschadler at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
Mailstop 614.0
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Weidick, A. and Bennike, O.: Quaternary glaciation history and glaciology of Jakobshavn Isbrae and the Disko Bugt region, West Greenland: a review.

Ian Joughin, Waleed Abdalati and Mark Fahnestock, 2004, Large fluctuations in speed on Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbræ glacier. Nature 432, 608-610, doi:10.1038/nature03130
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2010-01-14
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-01-22

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