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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1196 MARCH 16... 1998
REF FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1191
SUBJECT SCHEDULING CHANGE
GOES-10 IMAGER CONUS SCANS WILL NOW BE GENERALLY
AVAILABLE TEN TIMES PER HOUR IN LIEU OF TWELVE TIMES PER
HOUR. FOR FURTHER SCHEDULING DETAILS PLEASE REFER TO THE
NESDIS SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION WEB SITE
HTTP //WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV.
ADDITIONAL NOAAPORT/AWIPS TESTING
NOAA REQUIRES A SECOND TEST OF GOES-10 CONUS DISTRIBUTION
ON NOAAPORT/AWIPS TO FULLY EVALUATE ITS DATA PROCESSING
DISTRIBUTION AND DISPLAY SYSTEMS. THE SECOND TEST OF
GOES-10 RAPID SCAN IMAGER DATA VIA NOAAPORT WILL BE CONDUCTED
ON MARCH 17 1998 FROM 1400 UTC TO 2000 UTC. PLEASE NOTE THAT
THIS NEED FOR A SECOND TEST WILL DELAY ROUTINE GOES-10 CONUS
IMAGER PRODUCTS VIA NOAAPORT UNTIL TEST RESULTS /FROM THE
MARCH 12 AND MARCH 17 TESTS/ ARE FULLY EVALUATED BY NOAA
PERSONNEL. DIRECT READOUT GOES-TAP AND RAMSDIS DISTRIBUTION
OF GOES-10 CONUS PRODUCTS ARE NOT AFFECTED AND WILL BE
AVAILABLE SHORTLY AFTER 1900UTC MARCH 16 AS ORIGINALLY
SCHEDULED.
NOAA WILL ANNOUNCE THE OFFICIAL START OF ROUTINE GOES-10 CONUS
PRODUCTS VIA NOAAPORT AFTER THE TEST DATA ARE EVALUATED.
PLEASE REFER SATELLITE SCHEDULE QUESTIONS TO JOHN PAQUETTE
NESDIS/SSD AT /301/ 763-8051 EXT. 110.
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