>From: Unidata User Support <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Organization: Unidata Program Center/UCAR
>Keywords: Unidata-Wisconsin IDD floaters
Unidata-Wisconsin imagery users:
Two items:
1) The contents of the Unidata-Wisconsin datastream have been changed as
per the announcement of January 5.
The full set of changes included:
* the addition of Northern and Southern hemisphere Wildfire ABBA products
from SSEC/CIMSS
* an increase in the resolution of GOES-East Water Vapor images from 8 km
to 4 km
* the addition of short wavelength IR (3.9 um) images from GOES-East and
GOES-West
* the addition of long wavelength IR images from GOES-East (13.3 um) and
GOES-West (12.0 um)
* an increase in broadcast frequency from once-per-hour to twice-per-hour
for the GOES-East and West IR (3.9 um, 6.5/6.8 um, 10.7 um, and
13.3/12.0 um) and VIS (0.65 um) images
* the expansion in geographical coverage of the GOES-East images to
increase South America coverage whenever southern GOES-East scans are
available
If you are not currently ingesting/decoding all of the imagery listed
above, but you would like to be, please contact Unidata User Support
for assistance.
2) The Unidata Users Committee is seeking your input on cessation
of floater product inclusion in the UNIWISC (aka MCIDAS) and
FNEXRAD IDD datastreams.
The UNIWISC floaters were intended to provide either full resolution
GOES-East/West VIS imagery or for the short (3.9 um) or long (13.3
um for GOES-East and 12.0 um for GOES-West) IR imagery.
The FNEXRAD floaters are a set of Level III products from three
NEXRADs. Which NEXRADs are included in the datastream is based on a
determination of where interesting weather will be found.
Given the availability of all GOES imagery channels in the UNIWISC
feed; availability of full resolution NOAAPORT GOES imagery through
the IDD NIMAGE feed; and ability to remotely access all GOES
imagery using THREDDS protocols (e.g., McIDAS ADDE), we feel
that the UNIWISC floater products should no longer needed.
Given the ability to configure the LDM to request any set of NEXRAD
Level III products desired, we feel that FNEXRAD floater products
should no longer needed.
Our impressions on the value of the floater products are based in
large part on the extremely low number of floater-positioning
requests made during the past year. We are, however, seeking your
input before retiring these products.
The constitution of the floater products has been faithfully
determined by the good folks at Millersville University of
Pennsylvania acting on behalf of the community at-large for many
years. Many thanks to Millersville in general and Eric Horst in
particular for providing this superb community service!
Please send any comments/questions to Unidata User Support at the
address listed at the end of this message.
Tom Yoksas
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