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PNSWSHTECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-35 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 117 PM EDT WED MAY 9 2007 TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: PAUL HIRSCHBERG CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/ SUBJECT: NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE...DATA...AND INFORMATION SERVICE POLAR SATELLITE MICROWAVE PRODUCTS TO BE ADDED TO NOAAPORT: EFFECTIVE JULY 24 2007 EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JULY 24 2007...BEGINNING AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE...DATA...AND INFORMATION SERVICE /NESDIS/ AND NWS WILL BEGIN DISSEMINATION OF POLAR SATELLITE /MICROWAVE BASED/ PRODUCTS VIA NOAAPORT.
THIS ADDITION CONSISTS OF TWO PRODUCTS /I.E. TWO PARAMETERS/ ...TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER /TPW/ ESTIMATES AND RAINFALL RATE ESTIMATES. ONE VERSION OF THESE PRODUCTS IS GENERATED BASED ON THE ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT /AMSU/ FROM THE NESDIS POLAR ORBITING OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES /POES/ AND ON THE EUROPEAN METEOROLOGICAL OPERATIONAL SATELLITE PROGRAMME /METOP/...WHEN THE METOP SPACECRAFT BECOMES FULLY OPERATIONAL IN MAY 2007. A SECOND VERSION OF THESE PRODUCTS IS GENERATED BASED ON THE SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER /SSMI/ FROM THE DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM /DMSP/. BEGINNING WITH THE F-16 DMSP SPACECRAFT...THE SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER SOUNDER /SSMIS/ WILL REPLACE THE SSMI AS A BASIS FOR THESE PRODUCTS. INITIALLY MICROWAVE SENSOR DATA FROM THE FOLLOWING SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS WILL BE USED IN THE GENERATION OF THESE PRODUCTS AS FOLLOWS:
SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTPOES NOAA-15 AMSU
POES NOAA-17 AMSU POES NOAA-18 AMSU DMSP F-13 SSMI DMSP F-14 SSMIWHEN METOP-A BECOMES OPERATIONAL...ITS PRODUCTS WILL REPLACE NOAA-17 AMSU PRODUCTS. NOAA-16 AND F-15 PRODUCTS WILL ALSO BE RESTORED AND ADDED TO THE PRODUCT SUITE. THUS... IN THE FUTURE... IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE BASED ON SENSOR DATA FROM THE FOLLOWING SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS:
SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENT POES NOAA-15 AMSU POES NOAA-16 AMSU POES NOAA-18 AMSU METOP-A AMSU DMSP F-13 SSMI DMSP F-14 SSMI DMSP F-15 SSMIOVER TIME...AS OLDER SPACECRAFT ARE RETIRED...DATA FROM NEWER SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS MAY BE BROUGHT ON LINE.
THE NOAAPORT-PRODUCED MICROWAVE PRODUCTS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR FOUR GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS AS SHOWN BELOW IN TABLE 1. EACH TYPE OF PRODUCT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT A FREQUENCY OF APPROXIMATELY ONE PER HOUR. EACH PRODUCT WILL CONTAIN COMPOSITES OF MULTIPLE RECENT ORBITS. THE APPROXIMATE HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION OF THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE 8 KILOMETERS. TABLE 1. PARAMETERS...INSTRUMENT...GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS...WMO HEADINGS AND APPROXIMATE PER-PRODUCT DATA VOLUMES.
PARAMETER INSTRUMENT SECTOR WMO HEADING SIZE
TPW AMSU SUPERNATIONAL TITN17 KNES 1550 KB TPW AMSU ALASKA NATIONAL TITB17 KNES 886 KB TPW AMSU HAWAII NATIONAL TITI17 KNES 2990 KB TPW AMSU PUERTO RICO NAT. TITQ17 KNES 886 KB TPW SSMI SUPERNATIONAL TIDN17 KNES 1550 KB TPW SSMI ALASKA NATIONAL TIDB17 KNES 886 KB TPW SSMI HAWAII NATIONAL TIDI17 KNES 2990 KB TPW SSMI PUERTO RICO NAT. TIDQ17 KNES 886 KB RAINFALL RATE AMSU SUPERNATIONAL TITN29 KNES 1550 KB RAINFALL RATE AMSU ALASKA NATIONAL TITB29 KNES 886 KB RAINFALL RATE AMSU HAWAII NATIONAL TITI29 KNES 2990 KB RAINFALL RATE AMSU PUERTO RICO NAT. TITQ29 KNES 886 KB RAINFALL RATE SSMI SUPERNATIONAL TIDN29 KNES 1550 KB RAINFALL RATE SSMI ALASKA NATIONAL TIDB29 KNES 886 KB RAINFALL RATE SSMI HAWAII NATIONAL TIDI29 KNES 2990 KB RAINFALL RATE SSMI PUERTO RICO NAT. TIDQ29 KNES 886 KBTHE SUPERNATIONAL SECTORS COVER THE CONUS AREA AND THEY WILL BE DISSEMINATED VIA THE NOAAPORT GOES DVB CHANNEL /JOINING EXISTING NESDIS IMAGERY/. THE OFF CONUS SECTORS /I.E. ALASKA...HAWAII AND PUERTO RICO/ WILL BE DISSEMINATED VIA THE OCONUS DVB CHANNEL /ALSO CALLED THE FOURTH DVB CHANNEL/. THE FORMAT OF THESE PRODUCTS IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF EXISTING NOAAPORT SATELLITE IMAGERY ON THOSE DVB CHANNELS...AND IS DESCRIBED IN THE INTERFACE CONTROL DOCUMENT FOR AWIPS AND NESDIS /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS EXCEPT FOR ICD AND CH/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NOAAPORT/DOCUMENT/ICD%20CH5-2005-1.PDFPRECIPITABLE WATER PRODUCT EXAMPLES CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS EXCEPT FOR PS...TROP...DATA AND RT/:
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/NWATL-AMPW-LOOP.HTMLTHE RAINFALL RATE PRODUCTS WILL PROVIDE COVERAGE OVER THE LAND AND MARINE AREAS...EXCEPT WHERE THERE IS SNOW ON THE GROUND OR SEA ICE. INITIALLY THE TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER PRODUCTS WILL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR MARINE AREAS ONLY...THOUGH THIS COVERAGE WILL LATER BE AUGMENTED TO INCLUDE LAND COVERAGE AS WELL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOAAPORT ACTIVATION OF THESE PRODUCTS...PLEASE CONTACT: BRIAN GOCKEL NWS...OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SILVER SPRING MARYLAND PHONE: 301 713 0304 EXT 158 EMAIL: BRIAN.GOCKEL@xxxxxxxx IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE TECHNICAL DETAILS OF THESE PRODUCTS OR THEIR GENERATION...PLEASE CONTACT:
SHELDON KUSSELSON
NESDIS...SSD...SAB
CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND
PHONE: 301 763 8444
SHELDON.KUSSELSON@xxxxxxxx
OR
LIMIN ZHAO
NESDIS...SSD...PIB
CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND
PHONE: 301 763 8142 EXT 125
LIMIN.ZHAO@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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