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New NOAA System Improves Ship Safety, Efficiency, on Lower Mississippi River and Port of New Orleans

Submitted on October 19, 2009 - 10:13am
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Ship captains and pleasure boaters can now get free real-time information on water and weather conditions for the lower Mississippi River from a new NOAA ocean observing system that makes piloting a ship safer and more efficient. The NOAA Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS®) on the lower Mississippi River provides observations of tides, currents, water and air temperature, barometric pressure, winds and bridge clearance. (More [6])

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