NDBC DART Deployment Metadata

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WMO ID 42499 (GTS Bulletin ID SZNT01 KWNB) is a test station at an NDBC facility.

Explanation of terms:

• DART
  Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis technology.
• BPR:
  Bottom Pressure Recorder
• TX:
  Transmission
• Deployment IDs:
  Station and Date when BPR was deployed.
• Start current Deployment:
  The date when the BPR was deployed.
• Start of current real-time data:
  First release of data during current deployment.
• Transmission Status:
  Description of the state of the real-time data transmissions.
• Ocean Designator:
  The basin (Atlantic (A), Pacific (P)) and initial establishment priority number of the site.
• GTS IDs:
  The bulletin headers used to send out the station messages on the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) and NOAAPORT.
• Transmitter IDs:
  The 8-character identifier that contains the WMO Station Index Number and the transmitter designator - primary (P), secondary (S). The transmitter id is included in the GTS messages.
• Service date:
  The date the last service of the buoy of BPR occurred.
• Establishment date:
  Date at which this Station (not site) was first operational.
• Trigger threshold:
  The difference between the predicted water-column height and the measured height that will cause the system to go into rapid reporting or Event Mode. Adjustable to a value between 30 - 89 mm. based on conditions at each station. Click for additional info.
• Generation:
  DART II generation. Click for additional info.
  DART II* generation with newer version of firmware. Click for additional info.

SIFT (Short-term Inundation Forecasting for Tsunamis) Support page: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dart_stations.php

SIFT Support Page Information: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dart_data_access.shtml