≈Marine Observation Discovery

MARINE OBSERVATION SOURCE · S006

NDBC DART / Tsunameter archive

Discover marine observations available through NDBC DART / Tsunameter archive, including parameters, platforms, spatial and temporal coverage, metadata, and access methods.

Operator
NOAA NDBC
Role
Specialized observation archive
Platforms
DART bottom-pressure recorder + surface buoy
Observed variables
Bottom pressure-derived water-column height; event-mode tsunami observations; station metadata
Spatial coverage
Tsunami-prone ocean basins
Period
2003-present at NDBC archive
Depth coverage
Seafloor/bottom pressure; station water depth
QC and data mode
Operational QC / archive handling
Access method
Dynamic URL query for station/start/end; historical DART directory
Indexed download targets
1

Canonical parameters

Discovery and access

Keep DART separate from normal surface buoy observations because its vertical reference is the seafloor.