Publications:
Prince William Sound Meteorological and Tide Monitoring Network 2002-2003 Status Report, M. Lilly, R. Busey, July 2003

Deliverables:
Data network will be maintained and one maintenance trip will be made to each site to check sensor functions and perform maintenance.

Project Summary

This project provides for the installation and for the ongoing operation and maintenance of telemetered and automated tide gauges and meteorological data collection stations within Prince William Sound. During the summer and early fall of 2002, tide stations were installed at Grass Island on the Copper River Delta, Pigot Point, Tatitlek and Chenega Bay. Meteorological stations were installed at Grass Island, Tripod Hill (Cordova), Pigot Point, Tatitlek, Chenega Bay, and Nuchek. This information is used for multiple purposes; as part of the OSRI Nowcast Forecast effort, the meteorological data will be utilized in forcing and validating models (atmospheric and oceanographic) and as data sets for use in ecological research efforts, to provide information on environmental conditions to increase safety of navigation, for operational support the event of a spill, and as a resource for improving local climatological predictions. This project is part of a larger effort to expand the comprehensive physical dataset available to researchers, the general public and oil spill responders. Numerous cooperators and partners are contributing in-kind services to this project including the Chugach School District, G.W. Scientific, Chenega Bay, Tatitlek and Nuchek, and the U.S. Coast Guard.