West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

Operations Manual

NOAA/NWS/WCATWC

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Palmer, Alaska 99645

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov

Section 4.1.4 – dumptide

Last Updated: 9/2010

Date Written: 3/2000
Development Language: MicroSoft C/C++ v7.0

Necessary Rings:
Input Ring - WAVE_RING; reads TYPE_TRACEBUF format messages

Necessary Data Files:
DataPath - specifies primary path for output data file
DataPath2 - specifies secondary path for output data file

TideGageFile – tide gage station information

TideGageDataBase – Control information for MySQL tide gage meta-database

Initialization File:
dumptide.d - read on module start-up

Module Description:
This module takes specified channels from the WAVE_RING and outputs the data in a standard format to disk. It is intended for writing tide gage data to disk to interface with the /ATWC tide gage display and tsunami forecasting software. Channels to output are specified in the initialization file in the same way as export_scn. Data are written in a common sea level data format to a primary and backup disk file.

Graphical Interface:
This module has no graphical interface. Some errors are logged to the Windows console, if created.