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-------- Original Message -------- NOXX10 KWBC 281407 DATA MGT MESSAGE 10-08.09 TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS.. FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS... EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS... GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICE NO 10774 EFFECTIVE DATE OCTOBER 23 2008 [10774] ON THE ABOVE EFFECTIVE DATE THE FOLLOWING HIGH DENSITY WINDS FROM THE MULTI-FUNCTIONAL TRANSPORT SATELLITE [MTSAT] WILL BE ADDED TO THE AWIPS/NCF DATASTREAM. JIM HEIL [301] 713-1792 EXTENSION 157 IS THE COGNIZANT TECHNICAL INDIVIDUAL. ANTHONY ROBINSON [301] 713-1373 EXTENSION 165 IS THE DRG FOCAL POINT FOR THIS ITEM. THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WILL BE ADDED TO THE AWIPS/NCF DATASTREAM: WMO HEADER ----------- JUTX2i KNES JUTX3i KNES JUTX4i KNES JUTX5i KNES NOTES: 1. IN COLUMN 5 [WMO HEADER]: A. THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF MTSAT WINDS PRODUCTS BEING ADDED. B. THE SATELLITE ID IS ENCODED IN THE THIRD FIELD OF THE WMO HEADER [I.E., THE YYGGg1g2 FIELD, WHICH IS NOT SHOWN ABOVE].C. IF NEEDED, I CAN BE USED TO SPLIT NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES. i = 1 – NORTHERN, i = 2 – SOUTHERN. IF FULL DISK
IS USED i = 1. 2. IN COLUMN 8 [CHARACTER PER MESSAGE]: A. THE DATA VOLUMES SHOWN ARE ESTIMATES BASED ON A PREVIOUS RC FOR GOES HIGH DENSITY WINDS. B. THE DATA VOLUMES CORRESPOND TO THE FULL DISTRIBUTION DURING THE CORRESPONDING TIME PERIOD SHOWN IN COLUMN 13. 3. IN COLUMN 13 [FREQUENCY]: THE VISIBLE IMAGER PRODUCTS ARE SUSPENDED AT NIGHT. THIS NOCTURNAL SUSPENSION IS IMPOSEDBECAUSE, IN THE ABSENCE OF SUNLIGHT, THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE’S ILLUMINATION IS INSUFFICIENT FOR THE ESTIMATION OF
HIGH-QUALITY VISIBLE-BASED WINDS. FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT. DATA MANAGEMENT EMAIL NWS.DM /AT SYMBOL/ NOAA.GOV THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW. HTTP /COLON/ //WEATHER.GOV/DATAMGMT/INDEX.HTML DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER RTH WASHINGTON SENDS NNNN
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