[nws-changes] 20100804Fwd: DM08-10.01 NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER/NDBC/DISTRIBUTION OF TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE OCEAN /TAO/ REFRESH BUOY DATA UNDER SXPA01 KWNB.

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20100804Fwd: DM08-10.01 NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER/NDBC/DISTRIBUTION OF TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE OCEAN /TAO/ REFRESH BUOY DATA UNDER SXPA01 KWNB.
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:24:27 -0600

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NOXX10 KWBC 031640
DATA MGT MESSAGE 08-10.01

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC

TO GTS USERS...FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...
    NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
    EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK/EMWIN/
    SUBSCRIBERS NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL
    WEATHER SERVICE/NWS/PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS...
    NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER/NDBC/DISTRIBUTION OF
         TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE OCEAN /TAO/ REFRESH BUOY DATA
         UNDER SXPA01 KWNB

EFFECTIVE AUGUST 16, 2010

THIS MESSAGE PROVIDES NOTICE THAT THE NWS NATIONAL DATA
BUOY CENTER/NDBC/ WILL DISSEMINATE TAO REFRESH BUOY DATA
UNDER THE NEW WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION/WMO/
HEADINGS COLLECTIVE OF SXPA01 KWNB.  THE LEGACY TAO
BUOYS WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSMITT UNDER THE SSVX08 KARS
HEADER.  THE CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF SSVX08 KARS WILL
AUTOMATICALLY BE ADDED TO THE SXPA01 KWNB HEADER ON THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF AUGUST 16, 2010. THE MESSAGE FORMAT
WILL CONTINUE TO BE FM18 BUOY, HOWEVER THE FREQUENCY OF
THE REPORTS WILL BE HOURLY.  THE DAILY AVERAGE MESSAGE
WILL NOT BE DISTRIBUTED FOR THE TAO REFRESH BUOYS.

THE REFRESH BUOYS THAT WILL BE RELEASED ARE DETAILED
BELOW:

        WMO ID                   LOCATION
        ------                   --------
        51350                     0N140W
        52112                     2S165E
        51365                     2S170W
        51348                     5N140W
        51352                     5S140W
        51366                     5S170W
        51353                     8N155W
        52114                     8S165E

NOTE: THESE BUOYS ARE CO-LOCATED WITH EXISTING TAO BUOYS.
INSITU TESTING OF THE REFRESH AND LEGACY BUOYS HAS BEEN
ONGOING FOR 18 MONTHS.

NDBC PLANS TO START REPLACING LEGACY TAO BUOYS WITH
REFRESH TAO BUOYS IN THE FALL OF 2011.

USERS WITH AUTOMATIC DECODERS SHOULD REPROGRAM THEIR
SYSTEMS NOW TO RECOGNIZE THE NEW BULLETIN HEADINGS FOR
THESE OBSERVATIONS.

FULL DETAILS OF THE TAO REFRESH PROJECT ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

HTTP://TAO.NOAA.GOV/PROJ_OVERVIEW/MOORING_NDBC.SHTML
HTTP://TAO.NOAA.GOV/PROJ_OVERVIEW/SENSORS_NDBC.SHTML
HTTP://TAO.NOAA.GOV/PROJ_OVERVIEW/SAMPLING_NDBC.SHTML
HTTP://TAO.NOAA.GOV/PROJ_OVERVIEW/GTS_NDBC.SHTML
HTTP://TAO.NOAA.GOV/PROJ_OVERVIEW/WMO_NDBC.SHTML

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES...PLEASE
CONTACT

  BILL BURNETT
  NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER
  W/OPS51
  BUILDING 1007
  STENNIS SPACE CENTER MISSISSIPPI  39529
  PHONE: 228-688-4766
  E-MAIL: BILL.BURNETT@xxxxxxxx

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES
ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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
The URL address for our CRM System is listed below.

http://help.nws.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/doit.cgi?201~-533,,,,1:521:1:CIO


THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.

http://www.weather.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml

DATA MANAGEMENT
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