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The full name of DART buoy is Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis buoy, which is an enhanced tsunami warning system. The DART buoys are used to confirm the existence of tsunami waves generated by undersea earthquakes. These buoys observe and record changes in sea level out in the deep ocean. This enhances the capability for early detection and real-time reporting of tsunamis before they reach land.
To ensure early detection of tsunamis and to acquire data critical to real-time forecasts, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has placed Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) stations at sites in regions with a history of generating destructive tsunamis. NOAA completed the original 6-buoy operational array (map of original six stations) in 2001 and expanded to a full network of 39 stations in March, 2008 (Zhao et al. 2013).
Originally developed by NOAA, as part of the...
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Li, H. (2021). Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) BUOY. In: Cui, W., Fu, S., Hu, Z. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_79-1
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