Technical Reports & Publications

NOAA Technical Reports, Memorandums, and CSDL Informal Technical Notes are listed below. Download digital copies (where available) by linking to the titles.

NOAA Technical Reports

NOS CS 31	2011	Lyon W. J. Lanerolle and Richard C. Patchen	The Design, Calibration and Validation of a Coupled Numerical Ocean Modeling System for the West Florida Shelf
NOS CS 30	2011	Eugene Wei and Aijun Zhang	The Tampa Bay Operational Forecast System (TBOFS): Model Development and Skill Assessment
NOS CS 29	2011	Lyon W. J. Lanerolle, Richard C. Patchen and Frank Aikman III	The Second Generation Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System (CBOFS2): Model Development and Skill Assessment
NOS CS 28	2011	Richard A. Schmalz, Jr.	Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model Developments for a Delaware River and Bay Nowcast/Forecast System
NOS CS 27	2010	Yuji Funakoshi, Jesse C. Feyen, and Frank Aikman III, Carlos Lozano and Hendrik Tolman	Coupling a Finite Element Storm Surge Model of the North Carolina Sounds with Operational Ocean and Weather Prediction Models
NOS CS 26	2006	John L. Schattel, Jr.	Implementing a Live Access Server to Enhance Access to Coast Survey Development Laboratory Data – Gulf of Mexico Experimental Nowcast/Forecast System
NOS CS 25	2006	Emily Spargo, Kurt Hess, Stephen White	VDatum for the San Juan Islands and the Strait of Juan De Fuca with Updates for Puget Sound: Tidal Datum Modeling and Population of the Grids
NOS CS 24	2006	Aijun Zhang, Kurt Hess, Eugene Wei, Edward Myers	Implementation of Model Skill Assessment Software for Water Level and Current in Tidal Regions
NOS CS 23	2006	Aijun Zhang, Edward Myers, Frank Aikman III	The St. Johns River Operational Forecast System (SJROFS) and its Skill Assessment
NOS CS 22	2006	Tom Gross, Hong Lin, OCS; Zachary Bronder, Mary Vincent, COOPS	Coastal Ocean Modeling Framework: COMF
NOS CS 21	2005	Kurt Hess, Emily A. Spargo, Adeline Wong, OCS, Stephen White, NGS, Stephen Gill, COOPS	VDatum for Central Coastal North Carolina: Tidal Datums, Marine Grids, and Sea Surface Topography
NOS CS 20	2005	Frank Aikman Lyon W.J. Lanerolle	Report on the NOS Workshop on Residence/Flushing Times in Bays and Estuaries
NOS CS 19	2005	Emily Spargo, Jason Woolard (NGS)	VDatum for the Calcasieu River from Lake Charles to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana: Tidal Datum Modeling and Population of the Grid
NOS CS 18	2004	Eugene Wei, Theodore Caplow, Peter Schlosser	Solute Dispersion Modeling in New York Harbor
NOS CS 17	2003	Kurt W. Hess, Thomas F. Gross, Richard A. Schmalz, Jr., John G.W. Kelley, Frank Aikman III, Eugene Wei, OCS; Mark S. Vincent, COOPS	NOS Standards for Evaluating Operational Nowcast and Forecast Hydrodynamic Model Systems
NOS CS 16	2003	Meredith Westington, John G. W. Kelley	ODAAS’ Real-time River Information Acquisition for NOS Estuarine Forecast Systems in the Middle-Atlantic Region
NOS CS 15	2002	Eugene Wei, Manchun Chen	NOS Experimental Nowcast/Forecast System for the Port of New York/New Jersey (NYEFS): Requirements, Overview, and Skill Assessment
NOS CS 14	2002	Richard A. Schmalz, Jr., Philip H. Richardson	Evaluation of the NOS Experimental Nowcast/Forecast System for Galveston Bay
NOS CS 13	2002	Aijun Zhang, Bruce Parker, Eugene Wei	Development of an East coast Water Level Data Assimilation Model
NOS CS 12	2001	Eugene Wei, Manchun Chen	Hydrodynamic Model Development for the Port of New York/New Jersey Water Level and Current Nowcast/Forecast Model System
NOS CS 11	2001	Kurt W. Hess	Generation of Tidal Datum Fields for Tampa Bay and the New York Bight
NOS CS 10	2001	John G.W. Kelley, Meredith Westington, Eugene Wei, Sarah Maxwell, Allison Thomson	Description of the Operational Data Acquisition and Archive System (ODAAS) to Support the NOS Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System (CBOFS)
NOS CS 9	2000	Richard A. Schmalz, Jr.	Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model Developments for a Galveston Bay Nowcast/Forecast System
NOS CS 8	2000	Allison M. Thomson	Status of Acquisition of Real-Time River Observations and Forecast Guidance for NOS Estuarine Nowcast/Forecast System Development
NOS CS 7	2000	Thomas F. Gross	Skill Assessment of the Chesapeake Area Forecast Experiment (CAFÉ) System
NOS CS 6	2000	Richard A. Schmalz, Jr.	High Resolution Houston Ship Channel ADCP and CTD Survey: Model-Data Intercomparisons
NOS CS 5	2000	Kurt Hess	MECCA2 Program Documentation
NOS CS 4	2004	Kurt Hess, Richard A. Schmalz, Jr., Chris Zervas, Wayne Collier	Tidal Constituent and Residual Interpolation (TCARI): A New Method for the Tidal Correction of Bathymetric Data (Revised)
NOS CS 4	1999	Kurt Hess, Richard A. Schmalz, Jr., Chris Zervas, Wayne Collier	Tidal Constituent and Residual Interpolation (TCARI): A New Method for the Tidal Correction of Bathymetric Data (Original)
NOS CS 3	1998	Oren Stembel, Lloyd Huff, Capt. Christopher Lawrence	Raster Chart Navigation Systems Results of Questionnaires Soliciting Observations of Professional Mariners and In-House Experts
NOS CS 2			Not Issued
NOS CS 1	1997	Chris Zervas	The Accuracy of Great Lakes Mean Water Level Computations Using Reduced Network Configurations

NOAA Technical Memorandums

NOS CS 25	2011	Richard A. Schmalz, Jr., Philip H. Richardson	Automated Evaluation of Water Level Forecast Guidance From NWS and Extramural Real Time Ocean Forecast Systems
NOS CS 24	2011	Richard A. Schmalz, Jr.	Skill Assessment of the Delaware River and Bay Operational Forecast System (DBOFS)
NOS CS 23	2010	John G.W. Kelley, Ai-Jun Zhang, Philip Chu, Gregory A. Lang	Skill Assessment of NOS Lake Huron Operational Forecast System (LHOFS)
NOS CS 22	2010	Jiangtao Xu, Edward P. Myers, Stephen A. White	VDatum for the Coastal Waters Of North/Central California, Oregon and Western Washington: Tidal Datums and Sea Surface Topography
NOS CS 21	2010	Zizang Yang, Edward P. Myers, Adeline M. Wong, Stephen A. White	VDatum for Great South Bay, New York Bight and New York Harbor: Tidal Datums, Marine Grids, and Sea Surface Topography
NOS CS 20	2010	Philip H. Richardson, Richard A. Schmalz, Jr.	Evaluation of National Weather Service and Extramural Water Level Forecast Guidance from Real Time Ocean Forecast Systems
NOS CS 19	2010	Zizang Yang, Edward P. Myers, Adeline M. Wong, Stephen A. White	VDatum for Eastern Louisiana and Mississippi Coastal Waters: Tidal Datums, Marine Grids, and Sea Surface Topography
NOS CS 18			Not Issued
NOS CS 17	2009	Zizang Yang, Edward P. Myers, Emily Dhingra, Adeline Wong, Stephen A. White	VDatum for the Coastal Waters of Southern California: Tidal Datums and Sea Surface Topography
NOS CS 16	2008	Zizang Yang, Emily. A. Spargo, Edward P. Myers, Adeline M. Wong, Stephen A. White	VDatum for the Long Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, and New York Bight: Tidal Datums, Marine Grids, and Sea Surface Topography
NOS CS 15	2008	Zhizhang Yang, Edward P. Myers, Adeline M. Wong, Stephen A. White	VDatum for Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay, and Adjacent Coastal Water Areas: Tidal Datums and Sea Surface Topography
NOS CS 14	2008	Emily A. Dhingra, Kurt W. Hess, Stephen A. White	VDatum for the Northeast Gulf of Mexico from Mobile Bay, Alabama, to Cape San Blas, Florida: Tidal Datum Modeling and Population of The Marine Grids
NOS CS 13	2008	John G.W. Kelley, Ai-Jun Zhang, Philip Chu, Gregory A. Lang	Skill Assessment of NOS Lake Ontario Operational Forecast System (LOOFS)
NOS CS 12	2007	Philip Chu, John G.W. Kelley, Ai-Jun Zhang, Gregory A. Lang, Keith Bedford	Skill Assessment of NOS Lake Erie Operational Forecast System (LEOFS)
NOS CS 11	2007	Richard A. Schmalz, Jr.	NOS Experimental Galveston Bay Nowcast/Forecast System: SF6 Tracer Studies
NOS CS 10	2007	Richard A. Schmalz, Jr.	NOS Experimental Galveston Bay Nowcast/Forecast System: Storm Surge Studies
NOS CS 9	2007	John G.W. Kelley, Philip Chu, Ai-Jun Zhang, Gregory A. Lang	Skill Assessment of NOS Lake Superior Operational Forecast System (LSOFS)
NOS CS 8	2007	John G.W. Kelley, Philip Chu, Ai-Jun Zhang, Gregory A. Lang, David J. Schwab	Skill Assessment of NOS Lake Michigan Operational Forecast System (LMOFS)
NOS CS 7	2007	Micah Wengren, Michael Allard, Matt Kennedy, John G.W. Kelley, Meredith Westington	Description of nowCOAST Version 2, a GIS Web Mapping Portal to Real-Time Coastal Observations and NOAA Forecasts
NOS CS 6	2006	Edward Myers, Kurt Hess	Modeling of Tidal Datum Fields in Support of VDatum for the North and Central Coasts of California
NOS CS 5	2004	Kurt Hess, Emily Spargo, Adeline Wong, OCS; Stephen White, Jon Sellars, NGS; Stephen Gill, Chris Zerva, COOPS	North Carolina Sea Level Rise Project: Interim Technical Report
NOS CS 4	2004	Kurt W. Hess, Stephen A. White	VDatum for Puget Sound: Generation of the Grid and Population with Tidal Datums and Sea Surface Topography
NOS CS 3	2003	LDCR Jeff Brown, LDCR Guy Noll	Multibeam Sonar Data Acquisition Systems: A Simplified Conceptual Model
NOS CS 2	2003	Richard A. Schmalz, Jr. Michael Devine	The Residual Circulation in Long Island Sound: Gyral Structure in the Central and Western Basins
NOS CS 1	2002	Thomas Gross	Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System: Skill Assessment for 2001 and Improvements

CSDL Informal Technical Notes

CSDL 10	2011	John G.W. Kelley, Yi Chen, Jay D. Benedetti, Eugene Wei, Ai-Jun Zhang	Description of the River Climatology Developed for NOS ROMS-based Operational Oceanographic Forecast Systems for Chesapeake, Delaware, and Tampa Bays
CSDL 9	2008	Philip H. Richardson, Richard A. Schmalz, Jr.	NOS Historical Circulation Survey Data Restoration: Chesapeake Bay (1981-1983), Columbia River (1981), San Francisco Bay (1979-1980), And New York Harbor (1980-1981)
CSDL 8	2007	Philip H. Richardson, Richard A. Schmalz, Jr.	Comparison of NOAA Water Level Forecast Guidance from the Real Time Ocean Forecast System, Extratropical Storm Surge System, and the National Ocean Service Gulf of Mexico System: January-April 2006 Monthly Analysis
CSDL 7			Not Issued
CSDL 6	2006	Thomas Loeper	Restoration of CTD Data From the 1984-1985 Delaware River and Bay Circulation Survey
CSDL 5	2006	Philip H. Richardson, Richard A. Schmalz, Jr.	Restoration of Delaware River and Bay circulation Survey, Current Meter and CTD Observations 1984-1985: Computer Programs and Documentation
CSDL 4	2005	Philip H. Richardson, Richard A. Schmalz, Jr.	GFS Vs. ETA12 Forecast Model Wind Comparisons: Monthly Analysis and Program Documentation
CSDL 3	2004	Philip H. Richardson, Richard A. Schmalz, Jr.	ETTS vs DGOM Model Water Level Comparisons: Program Documentation and Monthly Analysis
CSDL 2	2002	Philip H. Richardson, Richard A. Schmalz, Jr.	Principal Component Direction Current Event Analysis: Program Documentation
CSDL 1	2002	Philip H. Richardson, Richard A. Schmalz, Jr.	Water Level Event Analysis: Program Documentation