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PNSWSHTECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 08-29 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 445 PM EDT TUE APR 1 2008
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS
OTHER NWS USERS... PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: JASON TUELL
CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/
SUBJECT: NESDIS HIGH DENSITY SCATTEROMETER OCEAN SURFACE
WINDS TO BE ADDED TO SBN/NOAAPORT: EFFECTIVE JUNE
24 2008
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JUNE 24 2008...BEGINNING AT APPROXIMATELY 1500
COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
SATELLITE...DATA...AND INFORMATION SERVICE /NESDIS/ AND NWS WILL
BEGIN DISSEMINATION OF HIGH DENSITY SCATTEROMETER OCEAN SURFACE
WIND PRODUCTS VIA SBN/NOAAPORT.
ONE VERSION OF THESE PRODUCTS IS THE CURRENT SET OF NASA QUIKSCAT WINDS FROM THE SEAWINDS SCATTEROMETER SENSOR...BUT WITH THE WIND VECTOR RETRIEVAL HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION INCREASING FROM 25 KM TO 12.5 KM.
THE OTHER VERSION OF THESE PRODUCTS IS ADDITIONAL SCATTEROMETER WINDS FROM THE METOP ASCAT SENSOR HAVING A SENSOR RESOLUTION OF 25 KM.
BOTH QUIKSCAT AND METOP ARE POLAR ORBITING SATELLITES...EACH PROVIDING APPROXIMATELY TWO FLYOVERS PER DAY...MORE IN THE HIGH LATITUDE REGIONS. METOP HAS TAKEN OVER THE MID MORNING POLAR ORBIT PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BY A NOAA TIROS...N SATELLITE.
EACH ORBIT HAS A DURATION OF APPROXIMATELY 101 MINUTES. THE RAW DATA ARE PROCESSED BY NESDIS INTO POINT VALUES OF WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...THEN ENCODED INTO BUFR.
THE WMO HEADERS /T1T2A1A2II CCCC/ FOR THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE OF THE FORM:
T1: I FOR QUIKSCAT...J FOR ASCAT
T2: S
A1: X
A2: X
II: REGION /SEE TABLE BELOW/
CCCC: KNES
THE SCATTEROMETER WIND PRODUCTS WILL BE PROVIDED OVER THE
FOLLOWING NINE GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS...WHICH HAVE AN AGGREGATE
AREA OF COVERAGE FROM 75N TO 35S AND FROM 35W TO 130E /CROSSING
THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE/:
REGION II COVERAGE
AREA1 01 35S TO 37N...35W TO 90W
AREA2 02 37N TO 75N...35W TO 90W
AREA3 03 35S TO 37N...90W TO 109W
AREA4 04 37N TO 75N...90W TO 109W
AREA5 05 35S TO 42N...109W TO 140W
AREA6 06 42N TO 75N...109W TO 128W
4N TO 42N...128W TO 140W
AREA7 07 35S TO 50N...140W TO 180
AREA8 08 35S TO 50N...180 TO 130E
AREA9 09 52N TO 75N...128W TO 140W
50N TO 75N...140W TO 130E
FOR QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE TECHNICAL DETAILS OF THESE PRODUCTS
OR THEIR GENERATION...PLEASE CONTACT:
GENE LEGG
NESDIS...OSDPD...IPD
CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND
PHONE: 301 763 8051 EXT 107
EMAIL: GENE.LEGG@xxxxxxxx
OR
PAUL CHANG
NESDIS...ORA...ORAD
CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND
PHONE: 301 763 8231 EXT 167
EMAIL: PAUL.S.CHANG@xxxxxxxx
FOR QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE SBN/NOAAPORT ACTIVATION OF THESE
PRODUCTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
DAVE NIVER
NWS OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE: 301 713 0211 EXT 180
EMAIL: DAVE.NIVER@xxxxxxxx
NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/: HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM $$
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