The Tampa Bay Physical Oceanographic

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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
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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/PO
RTS
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Uses/Users

• Safe and Efficient Navigation/Tampa Bay Pilots,
  Tampa Port Authority, Shipping Agents, USCG
• Hazardous Material Spill Response/FDEP,
  NOAA-HAZMAT, USCG
• Environmental ProtectionManagement/FDEP, FWC,
  EPCHC, Dept. of Health
• Storm Surge PredictionMitigation/County
  Emergency Managers, FDEM
• Red Tide StudiesPrediction/FWC, FDEP
• Fisheries Management/FWC, NMFS
• Sediment Transport StudiesMitigation/USGS, FDEP,
  USACOE

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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
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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
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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
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Hillsborough River
TBC Palm River
McKay Bay
Big Bend
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Forecast Animation September 12, 2002
http//ompl.marine.usf.edu/TBmodel
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Piney Point Phosphate Plant
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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.
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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