[nws-changes] 20090323: DART data

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20090323: DART data
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:08:28 -0600

NOXX10 KWBC 231929
DATA MGT MESSAGE 03-09.06

TO  AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS.. FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...
   EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS...
   GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS

FROM  RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT: NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER /NDBC/
        CHANGE TO DEEP-OCEAN ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING OF
        TSUNAMIS/DART/ MESSAGE IDENTIFIERS

EFFECTIVE APRIL 01, 2009, THE NWS NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER
/NDBC/ WILL BEGIN DISTRIBUTING SOME DART DATA EVENT MESSAGES
ORIGINATING FROM MANUALLY TRIGGERED EVENTS USING NEW MESSAGE
IDENTIFIERS.

PREVIOUSLY, DART II TECHNOLOGY TSUNAMETERS BOTTOM PRESSURE
RECORDER/BPR/ FIRMWARE VERSION 2.52 INDICATED A MANUALLY
TRIGGERED EVENT BY ADDING 100 MILLIMETERS/MM/ TO THE INTIIAL
WATER-COLUMN HEIGHTS.

NEW BOTTOM PRESSURE RECORDER (BPR) FIRMWARE VERSION 2.78 BEING
DEPLOYED IN 2009 WILL  NO LONGER ADD 100 MM TO THE WATER-COLUMN
HEIGHTS. TO DISTINGUISH MANUALLY TRIGGERED EVENTS FROM
AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGERED EVENTS, TWO NEW MESSAGE IDENTIFIERS HAVE

HTTP /COLON/ //WWW.NDBC.NOAA.GOV/DART/DART_II_DESCRIPTION_6_4_05.PDF.

FOR RANDOM EVENT MESSAGES ORIGINATING FROM MANUAL TRIGGERS..
FIRMWARE 2.78 WILL REPLACE THE D$2 MESSAGE IDENTIFIER WITH D$F
WHERE THE LETTER F IS LOWERCASE. D$2 WILL BE RESERVED FOR
AUTOMATIC TRIGGERS.

FOR HOURLY EVENT MESSAGES ORIGINATING FROM MANUAL TRIGGERS,
FIRMWARE 2.78 WILL REPLACE THE D$3 MESSAGE IDENTIFIER WITH D$F
WHERE THE LETTER F IS UPPERCASE. D$3 WILL BE RESERVED FOR
AUTOMATIC TRIGGERS.

FIRMWARE 2.52 WILL CONTINUE TO USE D$2 AND D$3 FOR BOTH MANUAL
AND AUTOMATIC TRIGGERS AND CONTINUE TO ADD 100 MM TO THE INITIAL
WATER-COLUMN HEIGHTS.

NDBC WILL ADD A BPR FIRMWARE VERSION COLUMN TO THE CURRENT
DEPLOYMENT METADATA SPREADSHEET AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/

HTTP /COLON/ //WWW.NDBC.NOAA.GOV/DART_METADATA.SHTML.

FURTHER DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/
HTTP /COLON/ //WWW.NDBC.NOAA.GOV/DART/DART_CHANGES_2009.SHTML. IF YOU
DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.. YOU CAN OBTAIN A COPY OF THE
DOCUMENT BY CALLING 228.688.2835.. USING THE USA COUNTRY CALLING
CODE.. AND PROVIDING FAX INFORMATION.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CHANGE...PLEASE CONTACT/

THE NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER/
BILL BURNETT
NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER
W/OPS51
1007 BALCH BLVD.
STENNIS SPACE CENTER MISSISSIPPI 39529-6000
PHONE/ 228-688-4766
E-MAIL/ BILL.BURNETT@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND OTHER NWS DATA MANAGEMENT NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/..

  HTTP /COLON/ //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU  HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS REGARDING ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE
PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT.

DATA MANAGEMENT

THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.

HTTP /COLON/ //WEATHER.GOV/DATAMGMT/INDEX.HTML

DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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