Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network

inReview

March 17, 2005

James Rizzo

Active Stations

1. South Padre Island2. Arroyo Colorado3. Port Mansfield4. Rincon Del San Jose5. Baffin Bay6. Bird Island7. Packery Channel8. Texas State Aquarium 9. Ingleside10. Port Aransas11. Copano Bay Causeway12. Seadrift13. Port O’Connor14. Port Lavaca

15. East Matagorda16. Galveston North Jetty17. Eagle Point 18. Morgan’s Point19. Manchester, Houston20. Clear Lake21. Battleship Texas22. Round Point23. Rollover Pass24. Rainbow Bridge 25. Port Arthur26. Mesquite Point27. Texas Point

NOAA NWLON Stations

Port Isabel

Bob Hall Pier

Rockport

Freeport

Galveston Pleasure Pier (PORTS)

Galveston Pier 21 (PORTS)

Sabine Pass (PARTS)

TCOON

Rincon Del San Jose877 7812

Station priority:• TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 1• GLO-OS 3

Packery Channel877 5792

Station priority:• TGLO 2• TWDB 1• COE 1• GLO-OS 3• New structure

FY 06

Ingleside877 5283

Station priority• TGLO 2• COE 1• TWDB 3• GLO-O 3• CCRTNS 1• DCP problems

Texas State Aquarium877 5296

Station priority• TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 1• GLO-OS 1• CCRTNS 1

Port Aransas877 5237

Station priority

• TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 2• GLO-OS 2• CCRTNS 1• New structure

FY 06

White Point877 5188

Station priority• City of CC 1• GLO 3• COE 3• TWDB 2• GLO-OS 3

Bird Island Basin877 6139

Station Priority• TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 3• GLO-OS 1

Bob Hall Pier – NOAA877 5870

Control station(NOAA/NWLON)• NOAA 1• TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 1 • GLO-OS 1

Rockport – NOAA877 4770

Control station

(NOAA/NWLON)

• NOAA1

• TGLO 1

• COE 1

• TWDB1

• GLO-OS 1

• New met pack

FY 05

Sabine Pass – NOAA877 0570

Control station

(NOAA/NWLON)

• NOAA1

• TGLO 1

• COE 1

• TWDB1

• GLO-OS 1

• New met pack

• Added to PARTS

Port Mansfield877 8490

Station priority

TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 1• GLO-OS 2• New structure

April 05

Port Isabel – NOAA877 9770

Control station

(NOAA/NWLON)• NOAA 1• TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 1 • GLO-OS 1

Galveston Pleasure Pier - NOAA877 1501

Control station

(NOAA/NWLON)• NOAA 1• PORTS 1• TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 1 • GLO-OS 1

Galveston Pier 21 – NOAA877 1450

Control station

(NOAA/NWLON)• NOAA 1• PORTS 1• TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 1 • GLO-OS 1

Seadrift877 3037

Station priority• TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 1• GLO-OS 2• DCP problems• New structure

March 05

Port Lavaca877 3259

Station Priority• TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 1• GLO-OS 2

Copano Bay Causeway877 4513

Station priority• TGLO 1• COE 2• TWDB 1• GLO-OS 3• DCP problems

Arroyo Colorado877 9038

Station priority• TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 2• GLO-OS 3• Needs new platform

South Padre Island877 9748

Station priority• TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 1• GLO-OS 3• New structure

April/May 05

(courtesy of USCG)

Freeport – NOAA877 2440

Control station(NOAA/NWLON)• NOAA 1• TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 1 • GLO-OS 1• To be relocated to the

U. S. Coast Guard Station Surfside.

Port O’Connor877 3701

Station priority• TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 2• GLO-OS 1• DCP problems• New structure

March 05

East Matagorda Old Gulf Cut877 3118

Station priority• TGLO 1• COE 3• TWDB 1• GLO-OS 3

Baffin Bay877 6604

Station priority• TGLO 2 • COE 1• TWDB 2• GLO-OS 3• New structure

April 05

Clear Lake877 0933

Station priority• TGLO 1• COE 2• TWDB 3• GLO-OS 3

Morgans Point –TCOON/PORTS877 0613

Station priority• NOAA/PORTS 1• TGLO 2• COE 1• TWDB 1• GLO-OS 1

Rainbow Bridge877 0520

Station priority• TGLO 2• COE 1• TWDB 1• GLO-OS 1• Added to PARTS• Station relocated

To new dock

Round Point877 0559

Station priority• TGLO 2• COE 1• TWDB 2• GLO-OS 2• NOAA 2

Mesquite Point877 0539

Station priority• TGLO 2• COE 1• TWDB 2• GLO-OS 3• Added to PARTS

Eagle Point – TCOON/PORTS

Station priority• NOAA/PORTS 1• TGLO 2• COE 1• TWDB 2• GLO-OS 3

Manchester Houston877 0777

Station priority• TGLO 3• COE 1• TWDB 3• GLO-OS 3• PORTS? 1

Rollover Pass877 0971

Station priority• TGLO 1• COE 1• TWDB 2• GLO-OS 3• DCP problems• New structure

April 05

Galveston Entrance ChannelSouth Jetty 877 1416

Station priority• TGLO 3• COE 1• TWDB 3• GLO-OS 3• To be reinstalled

when DCP is

available

Port Arthur877 0475

Station priority• TGLO 2• COE 1• TWDB 3• GLO-OS 3• Added to PARTS• Rebuild Structure

FY 06

Galveston Entrance ChannelNorth Jetty 877 1341

Station priority• NOAA/PORTS 1• TGLO 3• COE 1• TWDB 3• GLO-OS 3

Battleship Texas State Park877 0743

Station priority• TGLO 2• COE 1• TWDB 2• TGLO-OS2• PORTS? 1• DCP problems

DCP problems

• Ingleside, Copano Bay, Seadrift, Port O’Connor, Rollover Pass

(Lack of replacement DCP parts)

Aquarium - Silting

White Point - Silting

Manchester - Silting

New Stations

Colorado River

Galveston South Jetty

Beaumont

Port of Orange

Sabine Offshore

CMP 2003

• Construction proposalSubmitted October 2003 (G Jeffress)

• DNR received funding in December 2004• Replacement platforms:

– Seadrift – March 05– Port O’Connor – March 05– Rollover Pass – April 05– Port Mansfield – May 05– Baffin Bay – May 05– Development of rapid deployment water

level monitoring platform

CMP 2004

• Construction proposalSubmitted October 2004 (J Rizzo)

• Selected for funding• Replacement plarforms

– Packery Channel– Texas Point– Port Aransas– Port Arthur– Data collection site in Rio Grande

Valley

CMP 2005

• To be submitted in October 2005 (J Rizzo)

• Data and Information ProposalTo upgrade TCOON with the latest technology available as approved by NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS. Proposed the collection of data in near real-time to be provided to Emergency Management, Coastal Resource Management, local, state, and Federal agencies. The replacement DCP’s have been approved by NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS.

To purchase 15 new DCP and assorted replacement parts/pieces for TCOON.

Total CMP 2005 budget should be around $150K.

Collaboration with NOAA

NOAA to replace 50 DCP’s with new Sutron X-PERT systems in FY 2005, 35 DCP’s in the Great Lakes and 15 NWLON DCP’s.

January 05 J Rizzo proposed that DNR would replace all 7 NOAA/NWLON DCP’s at no cost to NOAA and noContract modification would be required.

In return, NOAA would relinquish the 7 Sutron 9000removed to be added to the TCOON inventory.

Relocation of Houston/Galveston Data Acquisition System

• DNR will be relocating the data collection system at the COE in Galveston to the NWS/Emergency Management Center in Dickinson, Texas.

• Antenna is installed and DNR is awaiting the go ahead to install the radio and DAS.

• NWS will be providing network access to the DAS

TCOON Real-Time Network

• DNR is in the process of making “All” TCOON data available via the internet in near Real-Time. Data collection sites in Port Arthur, Galveston, Port O’Connor, and Los Fresnos will relay the data collected at their respective locations back to the database at TAMUCC as soon as the data are collected.

• DNR will process and post the data on the DNR - TCOON web pages as soon as it’s processed.

• This will make the TCOON the first state coastal real-time data collection network in the country.

• Data will be available and invaluable to private, local, state, and federal agencies as well as promote public safety.