013118 Conrad Blucher Institute - PORTSCC Installation

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science (CBI) recently entered into an interlocal cooperation contract with the Port of Corpus Christi Authority (POCCA) to install a Physical Oceanographic Real-time System, or PORTS®, that is now operational and live on the NOAA PORTS website.

Hugo Mahlke, research engineer for Texas A&M Corpus Christi - University; prepares the trailer hitch to the boat as the Conrad Blucher Institute group departs to install their PORT system off of the shore of Port Aransas, Tx.
Conrad Blucher Institute researchers from Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, load equipment on to their boat at the Port Aransas, Tx marina.
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi's Conrad Blucher Institute research engineers Alistair Lord (left), Zachary Hasdorff, and Hugo Mahlke make their way out of the Aransas Pass channel, and into the Gulf of Mexico to install a CCPORTS system on a buoy.
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi's Conrad Blucher Institute research engineers Alistair Lord (left), Zachary Hasdorff, and Hugo Mahlke arrive at a buoy located a few miles off the coast of Port Aransas, Tx.