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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1205 MARCH 27... 1998
PART 1 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE
SUBJECT TERMINATION OF GOES-TAP/GOES-FAX SERVICE - CORRECTION
IN 1996 NOAA NOTIFIED GOES-TAP /PRIMARY/ AND GOES-FAX
/SECONDARY/ USERS OF PLANNED CHANGES IN DISTRIBUTION OF
SATELLITE DATA TO GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND THE PRIVATE
SECTOR. GOES-TAP CUSTOMERS ARE DEFINED AS USERS WITH DIRECT
CONNECTION FROM THEIR SITE TO A SATELLITE FIELD DISTRIBUTION
FACILITY GOES-FAX CUSTOMERS ARE DEFINED AS EXTERNAL USERS
HAVING A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ AGREEMENT THAT
ALLOWS CONNECTION TO NWS FIELD OFFICES VIA GOES-FAX CIRCUITS.
DURING OCTOBER 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INITIALLY
NOTIFIED ALL KNOWN GOES-FAX USERS OF PLANS TO PHASE-OUT THE
GOES-FAX NETWORK SOMETIME IN LATE 1997/EARLY 1998. IN JUNE 1996
NESDIS RELAYED PARALLEL INFORMATION TO ITS GOES-TAP CUSTOMERS.
SCHEDULING UPDATES ON THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE GOES-TAP AND
THE GOES-FAX PROGRAMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AND THIS MESSAGE
SERVES AS COMPLEMENTARY NOTIFICATION APPLICABLE TO BOTH
GOES-TAP AND GOES-FAX CUSTOMERS.
IN A LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 25 1998 THE NWS PROVIDED FINAL
NOTIFICATION TO GOES-FAX USERS OF THE SCHEDULED DISCONTINUANCE
OF GOES-FAX SERVICE. ALSO BY LETTER NESDIS WILL SEND FINAL
NOTIFICATION OF GOES-TAP SERVICE TERMINATION TO PRIMARY
GOES-TAP CUSTOMERS DURING THE WEEK OF MARCH 16 1998. FOR
SPECIFIC CUT-OFF DATES PLEASE REFER TO THE PARAGRAPH BELOW.
EVOLVING NOAA MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES FOR SATELLITE DATA IN
DIGITAL FORMATS AT FASTER RATES AND HIGHER RESOLUTION REQUIRE
A CHANGE FROM GOES-TAP ANALOG PRODUCTS TO HIGH SPEED DIGITAL
DATA SATELLITE BROADCAST. TO MEET THESE NEW REQUIREMENTS
GOES-TAP AND THE GOES-FAX PROGRAMS WILL BE DISCONTINUED.
UNFORTUNATELY NOAA DOES NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES
TO SIMULTANEOUSLY SUPPORT ALL PROGRAMS AND THUS THE NEED TO
DISCONTINUE GOES-TAP AND GOES-FAX NETWORKS IN 1998.
SPCIFICALLY THE DATES OF RESPECTIVE TERMINATION ARE AS FOLLOWS
GOES-FAX PROGRAM -- JUNE 1 1998
GOES-TAP PROGRAM -- SEPTEMBER 30 1998.
ALTHOUGH TERMED AS GOES-TAP SITES PLEASE NOTE THIS
CUT-OFF DATE ALSO APPLIES TO NWS WSFOS AND WFOS.
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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1205 MARCH 27... 1998
PART 2 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE
SUBJECT TERMINATION OF GOES-TAP/GOES-FAX SERVICE - CORRECTION
IN PREPARATION OF THE TERMINATION OF THE SERVICE GOES-TAP AND
GOES-FAX CUSTOMERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO SEEK OTHER
AVENUES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR SATELLITE DATA ACCESS. AS
GUIDANCE YOU CAN ACCESS GOES DIGITAL OR ANALOG SATELLITE
DATA BY PURSUING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS
1. DIRECT READOUT FROM OPERATIONAL GOES-EAST /75 DEGREES
WEST/ AND/OR GOES-WEST /135 DEGREES WEST/ USING A GROUND
STATION.
2. DIRECT READOUT FROM NOAAPORT USING A GROUND STATION.
NOAAPORT WILL PROVIDE ALL USERS WITHIN THE U.S. INCLUDING
ALASKA AND HAWAII REAL TIME ACCESS TO HIGH RESOLUTION
DIGITAL DATA FROM GOES AND INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE
PLATFORMS.
3. CONNECTION TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT
USERS WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN NOAAPORT DATA AND ANCILLARY
PRODUCTS FROM PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES ACTING AS
DISTRIBUTION/VALUE-ADDED SITES.
4. CONNECTION TO NESDIS SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION /SSD/ GOES
BROWSER AT HTTP //WWW.GOES.NOAA.GOV VIA THE INTERNET.
SATELLITE IMAGES ARE PROVIDED IN GIF.
FOR IDENTIFICATION OF DISTRIBUTION/VALUE ADDED COMPANIES
PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING HOMEPAGE ON THE WORLDWIDE
WEB AT HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/IM. PLEASE BE ADVISED THE LIST
IS PROVIDED SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND DOES NOT
IMPLY ENDORSEMENT FROM NOAA.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON NOAAPORT PLEASE REFER TO THE
NOAAPORT USERS GUIDE HOMEPAGE AT
HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NOAAPORT/HTML/NOAAPORT.HTML.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARD TO TERMINATION OF THE
GOES-TAP AND GOES-FAX SERVICE IN PARALLEL WITH NOAA S FUTURE
DIGITAL DATA MISSION PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING POINTS OF
CONTACT
JOHN PAQUETTE
NESDIS/SSD/SP23
5200 AUTH ROAD ROOM 607
CAMP SPRINGS MD 20746
301-763-8051 EXT. 110 OR
JOHN.PAQUETTE NOAA.GOV
RON GIRD
NWS/OM22
1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
301-713-1867 EXT. 110 OR
RON.GIRD NOAA.GOV
LAURENCE DAVIS
NWS/OSO152
1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND 20910
301-713-0887 EXT. 197 OR
LAURENCE.DAVIS NOAA.GOV
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS IMPORTANT CHANGE IN
SATELLITE DATA SERVICE TO THE USER COMMUNITY.
JOHN PAQUETTE
NESDIS/SSD/SAB
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