06-01-2017, 05:54 AM
People can be anywhere.
Yeah, not really. The Honolulu office has people that know the local conditions which are quite unique due to the large ocean area, tall and wide land masses, island passages and equatorial currents. These are all things that require some local knowledge to get right and often are not in computer generated forecasts.
The article I posted on tsunami warnings using GPS signal shifts due to the ionosphere is experimental and won't replace the deep water buoys.
Yeah, not really. The Honolulu office has people that know the local conditions which are quite unique due to the large ocean area, tall and wide land masses, island passages and equatorial currents. These are all things that require some local knowledge to get right and often are not in computer generated forecasts.
The article I posted on tsunami warnings using GPS signal shifts due to the ionosphere is experimental and won't replace the deep water buoys.