NOAA upgrades tsunami detection stations
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday that it has upgraded 33 tide stations in an effort to detect tsunamis quicker as part of the National Water Level Observation Network.
Network tide stations normally equipped to record tidal data once every hour can now collect tidal data every six minutes, and can transmit that data through NOAA's geostationary operational environmental satellites.
The upgraded tide gauges also collect one-minute average tide data that are available to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center. This enhances the tsunami detection and confirmation capability of the centers, allowing forecasters to view real-time data of any station in the network, NOAA said in a statement.
NOAA upgrades tsunami detection stations
