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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1641 APRIL 5... 2000
PART 1 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT UPDATE OF FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1527
SENT ON SEPTEMBER 1... 1999... TITLED
EXTENSION OF NEXRAD INFORMATION
DISSEMINATION SERVICE /NIDS/ AGREEMENT
THE NWS HAS DISTRIBUTED A DISSEMINATION OF WSR-88D
CONCEPT PAPER. A MARCH 27... 2000... REVISION IS
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD IN PDF FILE FORMAT FROM THE
NOAAPORT HOME PAGE... WEB ADDRESS
HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NOAAPORT/HTML/NOAAPORT.SHTML
THIS PAPER DEFINES THE RADAR PRODUCT SERVICE OPTIONS
TO BE OFFERED FROM NWS RADAR COLLECTION SERVERS AND
OVER NOAAPORT. IT ALSO STATES THE REQUIREMENT FOR
COMMERCIAL USERS THAT ACCESS THE SERVERS THROUGH
THEIR DEDICATED LINES TO ENTER INTO AN FOS-LIKE
AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO REIMBURSE THE NWS FOR ITS
INCREMENTAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MAINTAINING EACH
USER S ACCESS. NON-COMMERCIAL USERS THAT ACCESS THE
SERVERS THROUGH THEIR DEDICATED LINES MUST ALSO
COMPLETE AN AGREEMENT... BUT THE ASSOCIATED FEES
WILL BE WAIVED. NO AGREEMENT OR FEES APPLY TO
RECEIPT OF PRODUCTS OVER THE NOAAPORT BROADCAST.
THE NWS DEVELOPMENT OF A SET OF SERVERS FOR THE
CENTRAL COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF RADAR
PRODUCTS HAS PROGRESSED TO THE POINT THAT THE NWS
IS READY TO BEGIN TESTING WITH EXTERNAL USERS AS
EARLY AS THE WEEK OF MAY 10. INTERESTED USERS MUST
PROVIDE A DEDICATED /MINIMUM T1 BANDWIDTH/
COMMUNICATIONS CIRCUIT TO THE NWS TELECOMMUNICATION
GATEWAY /NWSTG/ FACILITY IN SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND.
A DETAILED TECHNICAL INFORMATION PACKAGE HAS BEEN
PREPARED FOR EXTERNAL USERS IN SUPPORT OF THIS
TESTING. IT IS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING WEB
ADDRESS
HTTP//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAPROD.HTML
UPON ACCESSING THIS NWS GLOBAL DATA AND PRODUCTS WEB
PAGE... CLICKING ON THE HYPERTEXT FILE STRUCTURES
DESCRIPTION AND SCROLLING DOWN UNDER DESCRIPTION OF
FILES USING NEW OSO FILE NAMING STANDARDS TO
RADAR DATA FILES YIELDS 3 OPTIONS
CLICKING ON RADAR DATA FILES BRINGS UP THE HEADING OF
CENTRAL WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR SERVER WSR-88D
PRODUCT FILES WHICH LISTS UNDER DIRECTORY AND FILE
DESCRIPTIONS THE DIRECTORY NAMES FOR THE 33 PRODUCTS...
THEIR CONTENT DESCRIPTIONS... AND DELIVERY DETAILS
FOR ANONYMOUS FTP ACCESS. CLICKING ON MULTICAST
CONFIGURATION GUIDE BRINGS UP THE WSR-88D NEXRAD
PRODUCT MULTICAST RECEIVER CONFIGURATION GUIDE THAT
PROVIDES THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNICATIONS...
HARDWARE... AND SOFTWARE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE
MULTICAST OPEN GROUP RADAR SERVER ACCESS AND AN
IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE. CLICKING ON SOFTWARE BRINGS UP
THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE FROM THE NWS.
SCROLLING DOWN TO WSR-88D MULTICAST CLIENT SOFTWARE
PROVIDES THE NWS POINT OF CONTACT FOR ACQUIRING THE
I.D. AND PASSWORD FOR THE DOWNLOAD OF THE MULTICAST
CLIENT SOFTWARE FOR YOUR HARDWARE/SOFTWARE
CONFIGURATION.
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