1. 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

2. 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/PORTS

3. Uses/Users Safe and Efficient Navigation/Tampa Bay Pilots, Tampa Port Authority, Shipping Agents, USCG Hazardous Material Spill Response/FDEP, NOAA-HAZMAT, USCG Environmental Protection&Management/FDEP, FWC, EPCHC, Dept. of Health Storm Surge Prediction&Mitigation/County Emergency Managers, FDEM Red Tide Studies&Prediction/FWC, FDEP Fisheries Management/FWC, NMFS Sediment Transport Studies&Mitigation/USGS, FDEP, USACOE

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

12. Hillsborough River TBC Palm River McKay Bay Big Bend

14. Forecast Animation September 12, 2002 http://ompl.marine.usf.edu/TBmodel

15. + Piney Point Phosphate Plant

17. 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.

18. ACT Partnership Includes Coastal Services Center Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Cooperative Institute for Limnology & Ecosystems Research www.actonline.ws