Houston/Galveston Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) from NOAA/NOS Oceanographic Products and Services Division

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

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Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Houston/Galveston Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) from NOAA/NOS Oceanographic Products and Services Division

Description:

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 actual conditions because the predictions do not include such important forcing functions as winds and river flow. The Houston/Galveston PORTS data include water level (predicted and observed), surface wind (speed and direction), wind gust, air temperature, water temperature, salinity, conductivity, and water current vectors for 5 measurment stations located throughout the bay. Both ASCII files and GIF images are available from the PORTS website. The data are updated every 6 minutes. In addition to web access, telephone voice access to the accurate real-time water level information is available. For access to the voice data response system: (713) 673-1860 (713) 673-5371 (409) 766-1031 [This information was obtained from the NOAA/NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) PORTS webpages.]

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19951001

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -96.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -94.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS > AIR PRESSURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND GUST

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > ESTUARIES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > TIDAL HEIGHT > WATER LEVEL

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING > MARINE OBSTRUCTIONS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND GUST

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL CURRENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL HEIGHT > WATER LEVEL

Theme_Keyword: ANEMOMETERS

Theme_Keyword: CURRENT METERS

Theme_Keyword: THERMOMETERS

Theme_Keyword: WATER LEVEL GAUGES

Theme_Keyword: Real Time

Theme_Keyword: Real-time

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ELEVATION

Theme_Keyword: INLAND WATERS

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Theme_Keyword: TRANSPORTATION

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > TEXAS > GALVESTON

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > TEXAS > GALVESTON BAY

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > TEXAS > HOUSTON

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Temporal_Keyword: 6 Minutes

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

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Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: JAMES C. DIXON

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: National PORTS Outreach

Address: NOAA at NAUTICUS

Address: One Waterside Drive

City: Norfolk

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 23510

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 757-627-7072

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 757-627-7076

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jcdixon@fob.noaa.gov

Data_Quality_Information:

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Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

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Logical_Consistency_Report:

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Lineage:

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Process_Date: Unknown

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Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: DOC/NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS > Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Contact_Person: STEVE LYLES

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 1305 East-West Highway N/OPS3

City: Silver Spring

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20910

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-2981

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Stephen.Lyles@noaa.gov

Resource_Description: NOAA_NOS_OPSD_PORTS_GALVESTON

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII, GIF

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/ports.html

Access_Instructions:

Physical Oceanography Real-Time System (PORTS) webpage

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/ports/index.shtml?p...

Access_Instructions:

Houston/Galveston PORTS webpage at NOAA/OPSD

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 19990421

Metadata_Review_Date: 20120306

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: MELANIE F. MEAUX

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time