Saturday, August 17, 2024

Calculating Port Dangers - 3

 Ports are Ports

I. Background

In previous posts of this series PSMSL coastal areas were considered for the purpose of showing, among other things, that the "bathtub model" (The Bathtub Model Doesn't Hold Water, 2, 3, 4, 5) of "The Warming Commentariat" (The Warming Science Commentariat, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) is a falsified hypothesis because sea level change is different from place to place instead of being like the surface of the water in a bathtub.

Appendices in the past two posts of this series show radical differences in sea level change occur even within the same coastal area (e.g. sea level fall and sea level rise in the same coastal area) and even in the same country (Calculating Seaport Dangers, 2).

II. USA Tide Gauge Stations Around Ports

Today's appendices detail sea level change graphs recorded by tide gauge stations in six coastal areas (APNDX 760, APNDX 820, APNDX 821, APNDX 823, APNDX 940, APNDX 960) of the USA.

Another appendix contains an HTML table of tide gauge stations by number and Coast id (USA Tide Gauge Stations).

This, when compared with other countries, shows that port sea level change is different even from port to port.

The environmental dangers they face is not like the Wendy's "Parts is Parts" situation.

The previous post in this series is here.

APNDX USA Stations

This is an appendix to: Calculating Seaport Dangers - 3


More PSMSL information can be viewed here.

USA PSMSL Tide Gauge Stations
by Coastal Area


Station number Station name Coast Id
10 SAN FRANCISCO 823
12 NEW YORK (THE BATTERY) 960
112 FERNANDINA BEACH 960
127 SEATTLE 823
135 PHILADELPHIA (PIER 9N) 960
148 BALTIMORE 960
155 HONOLULU 760
158 SAN DIEGO (QUARANTINE STATION) 823
161 GALVESTON II PIER 21 TX 940
180 ATLANTIC CITY 960
183 PORTLAND (MAINE) 960
188 KEY WEST 940
199 CEDAR KEY I 940
224 LEWES (BREAKWATER HARBOR) 960
225 KETCHIKAN 821
234 CHARLESTON I 960
235 BOSTON 960
245 LOS ANGELES 823
246 PENSACOLA 940
256 LA JOLLA (SCRIPPS PIER) 823
265 ASTORIA (TONGUE POINT) 823
266 SEWARD 821
270 DAYTONA BEACH 960
288 SEAVEY ISLAND 960
299 SEWELLS POINT HAMPTON ROADS 960
300 HILO HAWAII ISLAND 760
311 ANNAPOLIS (NAVAL ACADEMY) 960
316 MAYPORT 960
332 EASTPORT 960
351 NEWPORT 960
360 WASHINGTON DC 960
362 WILLETS POINT 960
363 MIAMI BEACH 960
366 SANDY HOOK 960
367 WOODS HOLE (OCEAN. INST.) 960
377 SANTA MONICA (MUNICIPAL PIER) 823
378 CRESCENT CITY 823
384 FRIDAY HARBOR (OCEAN. LABS.) 823
385 NEAH BAY 823
390 DUTCH HARBOR 820
395 FORT PULASKI 960
396 WILMINGTON 960
399 PORTSMOUTH (NORFOLK NAVY YARD) 960
405 JUNEAU 821
412 SOLOMON'S ISLAND (BIOL. LAB.) 960
426 SITKA 821
428 CEDAR KEY II 940
429 NEW LONDON 960
430 PROVIDENCE (STATE PIER) 960
437 ALAMEDA (NAVAL AIR STATION) 823
440 EUGENE ISLAND 940
445 YAKUTAT 821
462 RICHMOND 960
481 CAMBRIDGE 960
487 ADAK SWEEPER COVE 820
491 MASSACRE BAY 820
495 SKAGWAY 821
497 PORT ISABEL 940
508 PORT SAN LUIS 823
519 MONTAUK 960
520 ST. PETERSBURG 940
521 KAHULUI HARBOR MAUI ISLAND 760
525 BAR HARBOR FRENCHMAN BAY ME 960
526 GRAND ISLE 940
538 ROCKPORT 940
566 CORDOVA 821
567 KODIAK ISLAND WOMENS BAY 821
597 GLOUCESTER POINT 960
636 KIPTOPEKE BEACH 960
716 JACKSONVILLE 960
717 ALAMITOS BAY ENTRANCE 823
719 MOREHEAD CITY 960
725 FREEPORT 940
756 NAWILIWILI BAY KAUAI ISLAND 760
757 UNALASKA 820
766 NEWPORT BAY 823
775 SANDWICH MARINA CAPE COD CANAL ENTRANCE 960
776 BUZZARDS BAY 960
786 REEDY POINT 960
823 MOKUOLOE ISLAND 760
828 GALVESTON I PLEASURE PIER TX 940
848 PORT JEFFERSON 960
856 NEW ROCHELLE 960
862 MYRTLE BEACH 960
875 PLUM ISLAND 960
883 SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND 823
919 PADRE ISLAND 940
920 SABINE PASS 940
922 PORT ARANSAS H. CALDWELL PIER 940
945 VIRGINIA BEACH 960
971 PINEY POINT MARYLAND 960
1013 RINCON ISLAND 823
1038 PORT MANSFIELD 940
1067 ANCHORAGE 821
1068 BRIDGEPORT 960
1070 SELDOVIA 821
1081 CUTLER 960
1106 FORT MYERS 940
1107 NAPLES 940
1111 NANTUCKET ISLAND 960
1136 ST. MARKS 940
1153 CAPE MAY 960
1156 DAUPHIN ISLAND 940
1179 ST. PAUL'S HARBOR KODIAK 821
1182 DAYTONA BEACH SHORES 960
1187 MARATHON SHORES 940
1193 APALACHICOLA 940
1196 SOUTH BEACH 823
1203 GINGERVILLE CREEK 960
1269 CHARLESTON II 823
1279 ROCKLAND 960
1285 GARIBALDI 823
1295 CAMBRIDGE II 960
1325 PORT TOWNSEND 823
1337 INDIAN RIVER INLET 960
1350 NIKISKI ALASKA 821
1352 MONTEREY 823
1353 VALDEZ 821
1354 TOKE POINT WILLIPA BAY WA 823
1372 FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS 760
1394 POINT REYES 823
1424 KEY COLONY BEACH 940
1431 SOUTHPORT 960
1444 SPRINGMAID PIER 960
1511 SOUTH PASS 940
1524 CUTLER II 960
1537 BEAUFORT 960
1541 DEPOE BAY 823
1633 CHERRY POINT 823
1634 SAND POINT POPOF IS. AK 821
1635 CHESAPEAKE BAY BR. TUN. 960
1636 DUCK PIER OUTSIDE 960
1637 BERGEN POINT STATEN IS. 960
1638 CLEARWATER BEACH 940
1639 N. SPIT HUMBOLDT BAY 823
1640 PORT ORFORD 823
1641 PANAMA CITY ST.ANDREWS BAY FL 940
1651 SOUTH ISLAND PLANTATION WINYAH BAY 960
1654 TRENTON 960
1663 SAN MATEO 823
1669 PALM BEACH 960
1670 SHELL POINT WALKER CREEK 940
1696 LAKE WORTH PIER 960
1701 VACA KEY 940
1714 TURKEY POINT 940
1715 BAY WAVELAND YACHT CLUB 940
1717 HAULOVER PIER 960
1720 BUCKSPORT WACCAMAW R. 960
1721 GENERAL DYNAMICS PIER 960
1800 NOME ALASKA 821
1835 SABINE PASS NORTH 940
1857 PRUDHOE BAY ALASKA 821
1858 VIRGINIA KEY FL 960
1884 WAVELAND GULF OF MEX. MS 940
1903 CORPUS CHRISTI GULF MEXICO TX 940
2123 TRIDENT PIER PORT CANAVERAL 960
2125 ARENA COVE CALIFORNIA 823
2126 SANTA BARBARA CALIFORNIA 823
2127 PORT ANGELES WASHINGTON 823
2128 KAWAIHAE HAWAII ISLAND 760
2129 PORT ALLEN HANAPEPE BAY KAUAI ISLAND 760
2192 FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS B 760
2214 GARIBALDI II 823
2215 BAY WAVELAND YACHT CLUB II 940
2273 LANAI ISLAND KAUMALAPAU 760
2291 FORT POINT NEWCASTLE ISLAND 960
2292 OCEAN CITY INLET 960
2293 WACHAPREAGUE 960
2294 CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA 960
2295 BEAUFORT NORTH CAROLINA 960
2296 SHELL BEACH LOUISIANA 940
2297 USCG FREEPORT TEXAS 940
2298 LA PUSH 823
2299 PORT ALEXANDER 821
2300 ELFIN COVE PORT ALTHORP 821
2301 ALITAK LAZY BAY 821
2302 KING COVE DEER PASSAGE 821
2303 ATKA NAZAN BAY 820
2304 VILLAGE COVE ST. PAUL ISLAND 821
2321 FORT POINT NEW HAMPSHIRE 960
2322 KINGS POINT NEW YORK 960
2323 TOLCHESTER BEACH MARYLAND 960
2324 LEWISETTA VIRGINIA 960
2325 OREGON INLET MARINA NORTH CAROLINA 960
2326 MAYPORT (BAR PILOTS DOCK) FLORIDA 960
2327 MOBILE STATE DOCKS ALABAMA 940
2328 NEW CANAL STATION LOUISIANA 940
2329 REDWOOD CITY CALIFORNIA 823
2330 PORT CHICAGO CALIFORNIA 823

APNDX 960

This is an appendix to: Calculating Seaport Dangers - 3