Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network in Review March 17, 2005 James Rizzo

Active Stations 1. South Padre Island 2. Arroyo Colorado 3. Port Mansfield 4. Rincon Del San Jose 5. Baffin Bay 6. Bird Island 7. Packery Channel 8. Texas State Aquarium 9. Ingleside 10. Port Aransas 11. Copano Bay Causeway 12. Seadrift 13. Port O’Connor 14. Port Lavaca 15. East Matagorda 16. Galveston North Jetty 17. Eagle Point 18. Morgan’s Point 19. Manchester, Houston 20. Clear Lake 21. Battleship Texas 22. Round Point 23. Rollover Pass 24. Rainbow Bridge 25. Port Arthur 26. Mesquite Point 27. 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 Jose Station priority: TGLO 1 COE 1 TWDB 1 GLO-OS3

Packery Channel Station priority: TGLO2 TWDB1 COE1 GLO-OS3 New structure FY 06

Ingleside Station priority TGLO2 COE1 TWDB3 GLO-O3 CCRTNS1 DCP problems

Texas State Aquarium Station priority TGLO1 COE1 TWDB1 GLO-OS1 CCRTNS1

Port Aransas Station priority TGLO1 COE1 TWDB2 GLO-OS2 CCRTNS1 New structure FY 06

White Point Station priority City of CC 1 GLO3 COE3 TWDB2 GLO-OS3

Bird Island Basin Station Priority TGLO1 COE1 TWDB3 GLO-OS1

Bob Hall Pier – NOAA Control station (NOAA/NWLON) NOAA1 TGLO1 COE1 TWDB1 GLO-OS1

Rockport – NOAA Control station (NOAA/NWLON) NOAA1 TGLO1 COE1 TWDB1 GLO-OS1 New met pack FY 05

Sabine Pass – NOAA Control station (NOAA/NWLON) NOAA1 TGLO1 COE1 TWDB1 GLO-OS1 New met pack Added to PARTS

Port Mansfield Station priority TGLO1 COE1 TWDB1 GLO-OS2 New structure April 05

Port Isabel – NOAA Control station (NOAA/NWLON) NOAA1 TGLO1 COE1 TWDB1 GLO-OS1

Galveston Pleasure Pier - NOAA Control station (NOAA/NWLON) NOAA1 PORTS1 TGLO1 COE1 TWDB1 GLO-OS1

Galveston Pier 21 – NOAA Control station (NOAA/NWLON) NOAA1 PORTS1 TGLO1 COE1 TWDB1 GLO-OS1

Seadrift Station priority TGLO1 COE1 TWDB1 GLO-OS2 DCP problems New structure March 05

Port Lavaca Station Priority TGLO1 COE1 TWDB1 GLO-OS2

Copano Bay Causeway Station priority TGLO1 COE2 TWDB1 GLO-OS3 DCP problems

Arroyo Colorado Station priority TGLO1 COE1 TWDB2 GLO-OS3 Needs new platform

South Padre Island Station priority TGLO1 COE1 TWDB1 GLO-OS3 New structure April/May 05 (courtesy of USCG)

Freeport – NOAA Control station (NOAA/NWLON) NOAA1 TGLO1 COE1 TWDB1 GLO-OS1 To be relocated to the U. S. Coast Guard Station Surfside.

Port O’Connor Station priority TGLO1 COE1 TWDB2 GLO-OS1 DCP problems New structure March 05

East Matagorda Old Gulf Cut Station priority TGLO1 COE3 TWDB1 GLO-OS3

Baffin Bay Station priority TGLO2 COE1 TWDB2 GLO-OS3 New structure April 05

Clear Lake Station priority TGLO1 COE2 TWDB3 GLO-OS3

Morgans Point –TCOON/PORTS Station priority NOAA/PORTS1 TGLO2 COE1 TWDB1 GLO-OS1

Rainbow Bridge Station priority TGLO2 COE1 TWDB1 GLO-OS1 Added to PARTS Station relocated To new dock

Round Point Station priority TGLO2 COE 1 TWDB2 GLO-OS2 NOAA2

Mesquite Point Station priority TGLO2 COE1 TWDB2 GLO-OS3 Added to PARTS

Eagle Point – TCOON/PORTS Station priority NOAA/PORTS 1 TGLO2 COE1 TWDB2 GLO-OS3

Manchester Houston Station priority TGLO3 COE1 TWDB3 GLO-OS3 PORTS?1

Rollover Pass Station priority TGLO1 COE 1 TWDB2 GLO-OS3 DCP problems New structure April 05

Galveston Entrance Channel South Jetty Station priority TGLO3 COE1 TWDB3 GLO-OS3 To be reinstalled when DCP is available

Port Arthur Station priority TGLO2 COE1 TWDB3 GLO-OS3 Added to PARTS Rebuild Structure FY 06

Galveston Entrance Channel North Jetty Station priority NOAA/PORTS 1 TGLO3 COE1 TWDB3 GLO-OS3

Battleship Texas State Park Station priority TGLO 2 COE1 TWDB2 TGLO-OS2 PORTS?1 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 proposal Submitted 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 proposal Submitted 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 Proposal To 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 no Contract modification would be required. In return, NOAA would relinquish the 7 Sutron 9000 removed 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.