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FROM: Allan DarlingDeputy Director, NCEP Central Operations (NCO) <snip> ---- OPERATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ----
1. The CCS Implementation Standards have been updated and are available athttp://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/. Please adhere to these standards when submitting changes for the CCS.
2. The following information is being shared to clarify questions regarding the NOMADS systems. NOAA operates four types of NOMADS Servers that host NCEP Model Products: * A near-real-time server supported by NCDC is available at http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/. This server provides: o access to a subset of NCEP's operational data set (as distributed on NOAAPort) shortly after distribution
o a long-term archive for all data sets
o many other data sets (see
http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data.php?name=inventory)
* A real-time server supported 24x7 by NCEP is available at http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/. This server provides:
o access to NCEP's operational data sets as they are being generated
o a short-term archive of up to a month for most data sets
o 24x7 operational monitoring by NCEP staff
o A geographically-diverse backup server to insure operational
availability
* Four non-operational research and development servers used for customer testing of new products and services prior to operational implementation
o These servers are not guaranteed to have current data
o These servers are not guaranteed to be available at all times
o These servers and their content are supported only during
business hours and on the basis of staff availability
o Three non-operational research and development servers managed by
NCEP are available at:
* http://nomad1.ncep.noaa.gov/ncep_data/index.html
* http://nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov/ncep_data/index.html
* http://nomad5.ncep.noaa.gov/ncep_data/index.html
o A non-operational research and development server managed by NCDC
is available at http://nomads6.ncdc.noaa.gov/ncep_data/index.html
* NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory has select Climate Model (CM.x) output for access at:
o http://nomads.gfdl.noaa.gov/CM2.X/
o http://nomads.gfdl.noaa.gov
3. Upcoming major changes to NCEP's production suite and details on any
product or timing changes associated with upcoming implementations can
be viewed at the following website:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/changes/Test data for each of these proposed changes should be available six weeks prior to implementation. Anyone wishing to receive formal notice of the final pre-implementation testing and the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed changes can subscribe to the Model Evaluation mailing list via:
https://lstsrv.ncep.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/ncep.list.modelevalinfo
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