NOUS40KWBC 231550
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1778 AUGUST 23... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE
ON AUGUST 17... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
REACHED ITS FINAL MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF
AWIPS AT
ANCHORAGE RIVER FORECAST CENTER /PACR/... ANCHORAGE...
ALASKA
THIS COMPLETES AWIPS COMMISSIONING WITH A TOTAL OF 139
COMMISSIONED...
COMMISSIONING OF THIS SITE MEANS AWIPS NOW TRANSMITS ALL
NWS PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF ARONET... TRANSMISSION OVER
ARONET CEASES UPON THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS...
THE NWS OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH SITE... AS WELL AS THE
NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY IN SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND... WILL
MONITOR AWIPS PRODUCTS AND COORDINATE MAINTENANCE
ACTIONS AS NEEDED.
FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FUTURE AWIPS COMMISSIONINGS...
REFER TO THE AWIPS COMMISSIONING HOME PAGE...
WWW.AWIPS/UNDERSCORE/COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV
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NOUS40KWBC 231827
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1779 AUGUST 23... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS
GOES SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS... MADE NECESSARY BY LUNAR
AND SOLAR INTRUSIONS AT THE EDGE OF THE EARTH DISK... IMPACT
NAVIGATION AND REGISTRATION FOR SHORT PERIODS. USERS OF
GOES GVAR DATA WILL SEE VARIABLE ERRORS DURING PERIODS OF
SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS AS NOTEDBELOW.
SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS FOR THE BEVEL EFFECT ARE LISTED WHEN
APPLICABLE. BEVEL EFFECT OPERATION IS INTENDED TO AVOID A
SEASONAL SPACECRAFT POINTING PROBLEM WITH ALL GOES
SPACECRAFT CAUSED BY THE SUN S LIGHT REFLECTING INTO THE
EARTH SENSOR.
FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF GOES-8 SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS FOR THE
PERIOD AUGUST 21... 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 19... 2000.
LUNAR INTRUSIONS
09/13 1518 TO 1809 UTC
09/16 1735 TO 2026 UTC
BEVEL
08/21 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/30 0237 TO 0707 UTC
SOLAR INTRUSIONS
08/22 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/23 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/24 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/25 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/26 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/27 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/28 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/29 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/30 0237 TO 0707 UTC
08/31 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/01 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/02 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/03 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/04 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/05 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/06 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/07 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/08 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/09 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/10 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/11 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/12 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/13 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/14 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/15 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/16 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/17 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/18 0237 TO 0707 UTC
09/19 0237 TO 0707 UTC
FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF GOES-10 SINGLE CHORD OPERATIONS FOR THE
PERIOD AUGUST 21... 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 19... 2000.
LUNAR INTRUSIONS
09/13 1929 TO 2219 UTC
09/16 2146 TO 0037 UTC
BEVEL
08/21 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/30 0713 TO 1153 UTC
SOLAR INTRUSIONS
08/22 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/23 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/24 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/25 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/26 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/27 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/28 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/29 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/30 0713 TO 1153 UTC
08/31 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/01 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/02 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/03 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/04 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/05 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/06 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/07 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/08 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/09 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/10 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/11 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/12 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/13 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/14 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/15 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/16 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/17 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/18 0713 TO 1153 UTC
09/19 0713 TO 1153 UTC
TOM RENKEVENS
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH /SAB/
SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION /SSD/
NOAA/NESDIS
THOMAS.RENKEVENS/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
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NOUS40KWBC 231829
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1780 AUGUST 23... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT ADDITIONAL DATA AND PRODUCTS
ON FOS AND NOAAPORT
SPECIAL NOTE
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 30... 1998... ADDITIONAL DATA AND PRODUCTS
WERE ADDED TO FOS AND NOAAPORT. IN ORDER TO ASSURE THE
CONTINUED EXCHANGE OF WEATHER INFORMATION BETWEEN
NATIONS FOS/NOAAPORT DATA DISTRIBUTORS NEED TO BE COGNIZANT
OF THE FOLLOWING AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE
AWARE OF THESE CONDITIONS
- THE NWS ADHERES TO WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
RESOLUTION 40 ON THE POLICY AND PRACTICE FOR THE EXCHANGE
OF METEOROLOGICAL AND RELATED DATA AND PRODUCTS IN ALL
MATTERS RELATED TO FOREIGN METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION.
AS PARTY TO RESOLUTION 40 COUNTRIES ARE ALLOWED TO
IDENTIFY CERTAIN ADDITIONAL DATA AND PRODUCTS THAT MAY
NOT BE RE-EXPORTED FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
- A LIST OF ALL PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED AS ADDITIONAL DATA AND
PRODUCTS BY THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS
INTERNET HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/ADDATA.SHTML
-THE ISSUANCE OF OPERATIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IN
OTHER COUNTRIES IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY AND
SHOULD BE RESPECTED.
-IN DOING BUSINESS IN OTHER COUNTRIES IT IS IMPORTANT
TO AVOID CONFLICTS WITH FOREIGN LAWS AND
REGULATIONS AND TO GIVE DUE CONSIDERATION TO
REASONABLE COMMERCIAL PRACTICES IN DECIDING UPON
THE REINTRODUCTION OF WEATHER RELATED INFORMATION
TO THE ORIGINATING COUNTRY.
- GOOD RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES WILL BE FOSTERED
AND ENHANCED BY PROVIDING ATTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AS THE
SOURCE OF THE WEATHER DATA AND PRODUCTS USED.
NOTE THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO POSTED TO THE SOC CHANGE NOTICES
WEB PAGE AT THE FOLLOWING URL
HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML.
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