Jul 15, 2024
This weekend, a recreational boat overturned on the Columbia River Bar. Out of the five people on board, two were rescued safely, one died, and two remained missing when the Coast Guard called off their search Saturday night. Today we’ll talk a bit about why the bar has been historically, and remains, one of the most dangerous river entrances in the world.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071524.pdf
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Jul 15, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
This weekend, a recreational boat overturned on the Columbia River Bar. Out of the five people on board, two were rescued safely, one died, and two remained missing when the Coast Guard called off their search Saturday night. Today we’ll talk a bit about why the bar has been historically, and remains, one of the most dangerous river entrances in the world.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071524.pdf
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Jul 12, 2024
Today we conclude this week’s interview with Craig Kohler, operations branch chieg for the National Data Buoy Center. We’ve learned a lot about this agency and its network of high tech data buoys in US and international waters. Today Kohler talks about how rewarding it is to work for an agency that does good teamwork at low cost, and provides valuable information to scientists and to the public.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071224.pdf
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Jul 12, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we conclude this week’s interview with Craig Kohler, operations branch chieg for the National Data Buoy Center. We’ve learned a lot about this agency and its network of high tech data buoys in US and international waters. Today Kohler talks about how rewarding it is to work for an agency that does good teamwork at low cost, and provides valuable information to scientists and to the public.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071224.pdf
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Jul 11, 2024
Today we’ll hear more from my interview with Craig Kohler; he’s an official with the National Data Buoy Center. We’ve been talking this week about the network of data-gathering buoys in US waters and around the world. Today we talk about how this data helps scientsits, and also how these hardy buoys stand up to the punishing conditions at sea where they are stationed.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/.pdf
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Jul 11, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll hear more from my interview with Craig Kohler; he’s an official with the National Data Buoy Center. We’ve been talking this week about the network of data-gathering buoys in US waters and around the world. Today we talk about how this data helps scientsits, and also how these hardy buoys stand up to the punishing conditions at sea where they are stationed.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/.pdf
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Jul 10, 2024
We continue this week’s interview with Craig Kohler from the National Data Buoy Center, a US agency under NOAA and the National Weather Service that operates a network of data buoys in US coastal waters and around the world.
Today we’ll talk about the NDBC tsunami buoys that are strategically placed in the ocean to warn officials when a tsunami wave is occurring.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071024.pdf
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Jul 10, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
We continue this week’s interview with Craig Kohler from the National Data Buoy Center, a US agency under NOAA and the National Weather Service that operates a network of data buoys in US coastal waters and around the world.
Today we’ll talk about the NDBC tsunami buoys that are strategically placed in the ocean to warn officials when a tsunami wave is occurring.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript071024.pdf
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Jul 09, 2024
Today we’ll talk about our local National Data Buoy Center buoy, 46029, which was returned to service in June, 20 miles off the mouth of the Columbia River in the Pacific.
This important data buoy had been out of service since last fall. Today we’ll talk with NDBC adminstrator Craig Kohler about the buoy’s journey back to being in working order, transmitting data to waiting satellites – all about sea state, weather and other info. Important info for mariners.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070924.pdf
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Jul 9, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll talk about our local National Data Buoy Center buoy, 46029, which was returned to service in June, 20 miles off the mouth of the Columbia River in the Pacific.
This important data buoy had been out of service since last fall. Today we’ll talk with NDBC adminstrator Craig Kohler about the buoy’s journey back to being in working order, transmitting data to waiting satellites – all about sea state, weather and other info. Important info for mariners.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070924.pdf
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Jul 08, 2024
Today we’ll begin hearing excerpts from my interview with Craig Kohler, operations branch chief for the National Data Buoy Center. NDBC maintains a network of buoys in US coastal waters and in other places in the world, that transmit weather and climate data to satelites. We have NDBC buoys in our coastal waters including one right off the Columbia River Bar in the ocean called 46029.
This week we’ll talk about that buoy system and why it is so valuable to mariners and scientists.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070824.pdf
Image: NDBC data buoy 46029, located off the mouth of the Columbia River in the Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy NOAA and NDBC.
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Jul 8, 2024 | Home Slider, Ship Report Podcasts
Today we’ll begin hearing excerpts from my interview with Craig Kohler, operations branch chief for the National Data Buoy Center. NDBC maintains a network of buoys in US coastal waters and in other places in the world, that transmit weather and climate data to satelites. We have NDBC buoys in our coastal waters including one right off the Columbia River Bar in the ocean called 46029.
This week we’ll talk about that buoy system and why it is so valuable to mariners and scientists.
Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript070824.pdf
Image: NDBC data buoy 46029, located off the mouth of the Columbia River in the Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy NOAA and NDBC.
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