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Technical Implementation Notice 11-22, Amended
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
910 AM EDT Fri Sep 2 2011
To: Subscribers
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
-Other NWS Partners and Employees
From: Richard J. Vogt
Director, WSR-88D Radar Operations Center
Subject: Amended: WSR-88D Dual Polarization Modification
beginning September 12, 2011
References: Technical Implementation Notices 10-22 and 10-23
(Corrected) dated Nov 2, 2010
Public Information Statement, Jun 18, 2010
The Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) agencies have approved
the network-wide deployment of the WSR-88D (Weather Surveillance
Radar-1988, Doppler) Dual Polarization modification. The full
deployment phase of the project is scheduled to begin Sep 12,
2011. Please note the following information concerning the
installations:
The deployment schedule is posted at the following link under
the title Deploy Schedule
http://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/DualPol/Default.aspx.
The status of the sites completed to date and installations
planned for the next month is posted under the title
Deployment Status at:
http://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/DualPol/Default.aspx
Each WSR-88D will be inoperable for approximately 12 days during
the modification. Sites will issue a Public Information
Statement and a Free Text Message before turning off the legacy
system. Another Free Text Message will be issued when the Dual
Polarization modification is complete and the radar is placed
back in operation.
Transmission of Level II Dual Polarization data will begin when
the modfication is completed. Initially, Level III Dual
Polarization products will not be transmitted. The Dual
Polarization products will generally be added to Level III
product transmission during the first Tuesday through Thursday
work day after the modification completion.
Information on the Dual Polarization Level II data formats is
under the title Documentation at:
http://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/DualPol/Default.aspx
Information on the Dual Polarization Level II data and products
to be collected, archived, and distributed is in NWS Technical
Implementation Notice 10-23, issued May 19, 2010.
Dual Polarization training materials are available at:
http://www.wdtb.noaa.gov/
If you have questions or comments, please contact:
Tim Crum
WSR-88D Radar Operations Center
Tim.D.Crum@xxxxxxxx
or
Mike Istok
NWS Office of Science and Technology
Michael.Istok@xxxxxxxx
National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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