NDBC Add-on

Splunk add-on for National Data Buoy Center observations

Installation

Install this add-on the same way you would install any Splunk app:
- automatically from SplunkBase through Browse more apps
- manually: download the ndbc.spl file and install it in your instance

Configuration

Configure NDBC Data Inputs: Settings > Data Inputs > NDBC
Enable the zones that would you like to receive buoy data from
Alternatively, create a new data input with your own search area (latitude, longitude, radius)

Marine Data

The NDBC add-on fetches data from NOAA stations. It uses data available from the NDBC RSS feeds and produces JSON documents with sourcetype ndbc:observations.

Example of data returned by NDBC station 46025:

        <strong>April 4, 2016 11:50 pm PDT</strong><br />
        <strong>Location:</strong> 33.749N 119.053W<br />
        <strong>Wind Direction:</strong> ENE (60&#176;)<br />
        <strong>Wind Speed:</strong> 1.9 knots<br />
        <strong>Wind Gust:</strong> 3.9 knots<br />
        <strong>Significant Wave Height:</strong> 3.3 ft<br />
        <strong>Dominant Wave Period:</strong> 13 sec<br />
        <strong>Average Period:</strong> 6.2 sec<br />
        <strong>Mean Wave Direction:</strong> WSW (244&#176;) <br />
        <strong>Atmospheric Pressure:</strong> 30.06 in (1017.8 mb)<br />
        <strong>Pressure Tendency:</strong> +0.00 in (+0.0 mb)<br />
        <strong>Air Temperature:</strong> 60.1&#176;F (15.6&#176;C)<br />
        <strong>Dew Point:</strong> 55.8&#176;F (13.2&#176;C)<br />
        <strong>Water Temperature:</strong> 60.4&#176;F (15.8&#176;C)<br />

Example of data produced by the NDBC add-on:

{"dew_point_unit": "F", "dominant_wave_period": 13.0, "wave_height_unit": "ft", "time": "April 4, 2016 11:50 pm PDT", "pressure_tendency": 0.0, "dew_point": 56.0, "atmospheric_pressure": 30.06, "wind_angle": 60.0, "air_temperature_unit": "F", "pressure_tendency_unit": "in", "wave_dir": "WSW", "lon": -119.053, "atmospheric_pressure_unit": "in", "average_period_unit": "sec", "lat": 33.749, "average_period": 6.2, "air_temperature": 60.0, "wind_speed_unit": "knots", "guid": "NDBC-46025-20160405065000", "wind_dir": "ENE", "water_temperature_unit": "F", "dominant_wave_period_unit": "sec", "location": "33.749N 119.053W or 143 nautical miles SSE of search location of 36N 120W.", "title": "Station 46025 - SANTA MONICA BASIN - 33NM WSW OF SANTA MONICA, CA", "wind_gust": 4.0, "wind_gust_unit": "knots", "wave_height": 3.0, "wind_speed": 2.0, "station": "46025", "wave_angle": 244.0, "link": "http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46025", "water_temperature": 60.0}

Developers

To build the NDBC add-on input from source, clone the github repository and run this command from the top-level folder:

python setup.py dist

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