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International Resources
- Acción Internacional por los Recursos Genéticos GRAIN
- Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration
- Association for Progressive Communications APC
- Biodiversidad Sustento y Culturas
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- Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment CSERGE, UK
- Centre International de Recherche Scientifique CIRS
- Conservation International
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- ENDA Environnement et développement du tiers-monde, Senegal
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- USAID: Latin America and the Caribbean Environment
- Environmental News Network ENN
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- Greenpeace International
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- INFOTERRA/USA International environmental referral and research network
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Gulf of Mexico Links
Research
The State of the Gulf
Images
Data
- Offshore Marine Forecasts
(see a clickable map)
- Gulf of Mexico
- Caribbean Sea and the SW North Atlantic
- High Seas Forecasts
Surf Zone Forcasts
- Western Florida Panhandle and Points West to Mississippi
- Florida's Big Bend and Eastern Panhandle
- Northeast Florida Coast & Georgia's Southeast Coast
- East Central Florida Coast
- Southeast & Southwest Florida Coasts
Marine Observations and Analyses
- Interactive Marine Observations from the NDBC
- Recent conditions at Mouth of St. John's River & at Fernandina Beach
- Morning conditions at Bradenton Beach
- OCS NowCOAST Internet Mapping Portal of real-time coastal observations & forecasts
- Tampa Bay PORTS Data (interactive map or a tabluar summary)
- Marine Prediction Center analysis products
- Coastal Ocean Monitoring & Prediction System (COMPS)
- Satellite-Derived Winds & Other Products
Tide Information
Graphs of Observed Tides vs. Astronomical Predictions
- Panama City Beach, FL
- Panama City, FL
- Apalachicola, FL
- Cedar Key, FL
- Elsewhere in Florida
- Locations in Alabama
- Locations in Georgia
- Elsewhere in the U.S.
Text products listing the next several high and low tides for
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Key West & Vaca Cut
- Savannah River Entrance, GA
Tables of Astronomical Tide Predictions for 2008
- Cedar Key
- Suwannee River Entrance
- Steinhatchee River Entrance - Deadman Bay
- Aucilla River Entrance
- St. Mark's River Entrance
- Bald Point - Ochlockonnee Bay
- Turkey Point - St. James Island
- Carrabelle
- St. George Island, East End
- St. George Island, 12th St. W. (Bayside)
- St. George Island, Sikes Cut
- Apalachicola
- Port Saint Joe, St. Joseph Bay
- St. Andrew Bay, Panama City
- Panama City Beach
- East Bay - Allanton
- North Bay - Lynn Haven
- West Bay Creek
- East Pass (Destin)
- Pensacola
- Elsewhere along the Apalachee Bay and Panhandle Coasts
- Other locations in Florida
- Locations in Alabama
- Locations in Georgia
- Other locations in the U.S.
Mean Sea Level Trends (Rises) for
- Cedar Key
- Apalachicola
- Panama City
- Pensacola
- Elsewhere in Florida
- Elsewhere in the U.S.
Sea Surface Temperatures
- Panama City Beach & Turkey Point Marine Lab (appended to Surf Zone Forecast)
- NEW: Naval Oceanographic Office
- NODC Coastal Water Temperature Guide
- Coastal Ocean Observation Lab (high resolution imagery from Rutgers University)
- Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab (high resolution imagery for the Gulf of Mexico and other regions)
- NESDIS analyses for the Gulf of Mexico or Other Regions Worldwide
- National Hurricane Center analyses for the North Atlantic Basin or Eastern Pacific Basin
Numerical Model Data
- Interactive NOAA Wavewatch III - 5-day Wind & Wave Forecasts
(JavaScript required; also available in tabular or text formats)
- Navy NOGAPS Model - 6-day Wind & Wave Forecasts
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