The Council collects weather data, including ocean current, wind direction and speed, wave direction and heights, and other information through a series of weather stations in Prince William Sound. This information aids in the safe transportation of oil, and would be an important asset in the event of an oil spill.
| Title | Author | Date | Description | View Document |
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| Port Valdez Weather Buoy Analysis 2019 – 2022 | Dr Robert W. Campbell | September 1, 2023 | This report summarizes three years of meteorological and oceanographic measurements made by two buoys deployed in Port Valdez, one adjacent to the Valdez Marine Terminal (VMT) and one near the … | |
| Port Valdez Weather Buoy Analysis 2019 – 2021 | Dr Robert W. Campbell | December 7, 2022 | This report by Dr. Robert Campbell of the Prince William Sound Science Center. Dr Campbell has been analyzing data collected by the Council’s two weather buoys in Port Valdez, looking … | |
| Port Valdez Weather Buoy Data Analysis | Dr Robert W. Campbell | September 27, 2021 | The Council sponsors two weather buoys in Prince William Sound. These two buoys, one near the Valdez Marine Terminal and the other near a sensitive bird habitat called the Valdez … | |
| New weather buoys establish PORTS(R) information for Valdez Alaska | October 15, 2020 | Press release on weather monitoring buoys in Prince William Sound. | ||
| Weather Buoy Demonstration Project | Dr Robert W. Campbell | August 15, 2018 | The Council has long had an interest in the successful operation and maintenance of weather buoys installed in Prince William Sound (PWS). There have been multiple instances where weather buoys … | |
| Comparison of Wind Measurements at Nuchek Heights, Hinchinbrook Island, and at Seal Rocks NOAA Data Buoy in Hinchinbrook Entrance, Alaska. | Micro Specialties Inc., Orson P. Smith, Richard M. Brown | December 7, 2006 | Concurrent hourly average wind speeds and directions from data collection stations on shore at Nuchek Heights and at sea by the NOAA Seal Rocks data buoy were compared during the … |