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Puget Sound Current Survey 2015-2017, Including the United States’ Portions of the Greater Salish Sea
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2021
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Description:The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) works to promote safe navigation throughout the U.S. waterways. As part of this effort, the CO-OPS National Current Observation Program (NCOP) acquires, archives, and disseminates information on tidal currents in the coastal U.S., which is used to update the NOAA tidal current predictions. NCOP conducts internal assessments of locations in need of new tidal current predictions. Puget Sound and the greater Salish Sea were identified through this process. Tidal current data are collected at new locations to help increase spatial coverage in tidal current observations and predictions and also through revisits to historical stations to update the observations and predictions with increased quality and accuracy. The data products generated are utilized by NOAA and the user community to help ensure safe navigation, make informed coastal zone management decisions, and support the protection of life and property. Furthermore, data collected can be used to inform the development of new hydrodynamic models, or provide validation to existing ones. This report summarizes the data collection and analysis completed by NCOP in the 2015–2017 Puget Sound Current Survey in Washington State.
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