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NOAA TIDES & WATER LEVEL TRAINING
NOAA training in tide; water levels; storm surge; sea level rise; NOAA products, services and applications. The training was held in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette, La., during the week of March 23, 2009. The following is a recording of the Baton Rouge session. Part 1 is an overview that covers sea level rise, storm surge, tidal and geodethic relationships, tidal theory, and tide gauge operation. Part 2 is more technical and geared toward surveyors and engineers. Safari and Firefox users will need to download a plug-in in order to view the presentations.

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Overview of Tides and Water Levels (3.26MB PDF)

Sea Level Rise (3.19MB PDF)

CO-OPS Storm Quicklook (6.05MB PDF)

Tidal Geodetic Relationships (1.32MB PDF)

COASTAL Applications (4.85MB PDF)

GULFNet RTN (1.15MB PDF)

Tidal Theory (1.85MB PDF)

Basic Operation of Tide Gauges – Benchmarks, etc. (1.37MB PDF)

Data to Datums (2.556MB PDF)

Datum Computations (1.65MB PDF)

Datum Support of Hydrographic and Photogrammetric Surveys (21.29MB PDF)

IPET/CEPD/PDT (2.80MB PDF)

Vertical Datums for USACE Civil Works Projects (2.14MB PDF)