[nws-changes] 20080307: NDBC headers changes-Important!

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20080307: NDBC headers changes-Important!
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:59:11 -0700

NOXX10 KWBC 071317
DATA MANAGEMENT NOTICE 03-08.01

TO:      GTS USERS...FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
      WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
      WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
      NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
      /NWS/ PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:  RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT:  NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER /NDBC/
       COMMUNICATIONS BULLETIN HEADER CHANGE
       FROM SXXX46 KWBC TO SZ??01 KWNB:
       TESTS BEGIN MARCH 12, 2008 1500 UTC

THIS MESSAGE GIVES NOTICE OF TESTS OF DISTRIBUTION USING NEW
COLLECTIVES FOR DEEP-OCEAN TSUNAMETER /DART/ MESSAGES.  AS IDENTIFIED
IN A PRIOR NOTICE, THE NWS NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER /NDBC/ WILL
DISSEMINATE DART PRODUCT BULLETINS USING NEW ROUTING IDENTIFICATION
CODES FOR TSUNAMETER OBSERVATIONS. NDBC WILL ALSO CHANGE THE
FORMAT OF THE BCH ADDRESS, AS IDENTIFIED IN ANOTHER PRIOR NOTICE.

ON MARCH 12, 2008, 1500 UTC, TEST DATA FROM BCH ADDRESSES DD46499P AND
DD46499S WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
/WMO/ COLLECTIVE SZPN01 KWNB PERIODICALLY UNTIL THE APRIL 30, 2008 FULL
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW WMO COLLECTIVES.

WHEN IMPLEMENTED, AFFECTED TSUNAMETER OBSERVATIONS WILL BE
DISSEMINATED UNDER NEW WMO HEADINGS/COLLECTIVES AND WILL NO
LONGER BE AVAILABLE UNDER FORMER WMO HEADINGS/ COLLECTIVES. THE
WMO BULLETIN HEADINGS/COLLECTIVES CHANGES FOR NDBC
TSUNAMETER DATA ARE REPEATED BELOW:

WMO COLLECTIVE      WMO COLLECTIVE            AREA
 OLD                 NEW

SXXX46 KWBC         SZPN01 KWNB       NORTH PACIFIC
SXXX46 KWBC         SZPS01 KWNB        SOUTH PACIFIC
SXXX46 KWBC         SZNT01 KWNB       NORTH ATLANTIC
SXXX46 KWBC         SZIO01 KWNB        INDIAN OCEAN

USERS WITH AUTOMATIC DECODERS SHOULD REPROGRAM THEIR SYSTEMS NOW TO
RECOGNIZE THE NEW BULLETIN HEADINGS FOR THESE OBSERVATIONS AND USE THE
SZPN01 KWNB TEST MESSAGES TO VERIFY PROPER LOCAL RECEIPT AND PROCESSING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEST OR THESE CHANGES...PLEASE CONTACT:

BILL BURNETT
NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER
W/OPS51
BUILDING 1007
STENNIS SPACE CENTER MISSISSIPPI  39529
PHONE: 228-688-4766
E-MAIL: BILL.BURNETT@xxxxxxxx

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 HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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