Toward the Production Phase of NOAA's Next Generation Water Level Measurement System

Abstract

The National Ocean Service (NOS), w i t h i n t h e National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrat i o n (NOAA), operates and maintains a National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON) t o a c c o m p l i s h i t s s t a t u t o r y r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r measuring, collecting, analyzing, and dissemin a t i n g w a t e r l e v e l d a t a . Because the equipment used t o s u p p o r t t h e NWLON i s aging and