Study Shows Big Economic Benefits of NOAA PORTS® Ocean Observing System in Portland, Ore.

The lower Columbia River area receives an estimated annual economic benefit of $6.4 million in savings and direct income from the operation of NOAA’s Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System, also known as PORTS®, according to a new study by NOAA and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

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