Figure 4.2: USGS tide gauge at Cape May, NJ. <br /><p>The white pipe contains the water level detection equipment. The apparatus on the dock provides solar power, data storage capability, and telemetry instrumentation which sends the data in real time to the GOES Satellite which then sends the data via Wallops Island Virginia (Command and Data Acquisition Center) to USGS data systems where it is made available to scientists worldwide.</p><div class="img-credit">Credit: <a href="http://nj.usgs.gov/publications/FS/fs-048-03/">http://nj.usgs.gov/pub... uploaded in Integrate:Teaching for Sustainability:InTeGrate Modules:Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society:Student Materials.
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