VICKSBURG, Miss. - A new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Construction Bulletin (ECB) titled, “Use of Non-NOAA Tide Gauge Records for Computing Relative Sea Level Change” has been released, http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/ARMYCOE/COEECB/ecb_2013_27.pdf.
The ECB was co-written by Patrick O’Brien, EL; Dr. Kate White, Institute for Water Resources; Heidi Moritz, Portland District; and Will Veatch, New Orleans District; along with Mark Huber and Jim Garster, Army Geospatial Center.
The ECB outlines concepts and goals, provides guidance, and introduces a web-based tool for estimating relative sea level change using long-term hydrologic records other than National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Water Level Observation Network tide gauges (http://www.corpsclimate.us/ccaceslcurves_nn.cfm).
The tool serves as a database of all current data reviewed and available for use in USACE studies. Examples of long-term non-NOAA tide gauges are those operated by USACE or the U.S. Geological Survey within the coastal zone. An extensive database of coastal Louisiana gage data is now available in the web tool and new data will be added in future.
More information is available, click on New Guidance Avail for Use of Non-NOAA Tide Gauge Records to Computer Relative Sea Level Change.