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DATA MGT MESSAGE 04-04.03
TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS.. FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS...
GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT NOAAPORT EVOLUTION
REFERENCE NOTICE DM04-03.01
REFERENCE NOTICE DM07-03.01
NOAAPORT EVOLUTION UPDATE
AS THE INVESTIGATION OF THE NEW DVB-S TECHNOLOGY HAS
PROGRESSED... IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT SOME OF THE
DATES AND PHASES FROM THE ORIGINAL NOTICE NEED TO BE
CHANGED. THE ORIGINAL NOTICES /DM04-03.01/DM07-03.01/ CAN
BE OBTAINED FROM THE DATA MANAGEMENT NOTICES PAGE AT
THE FOLLOWING LOCATION LISTED BELOW.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml
THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE ORIGINAL
NOAAPORT EVOLUTION NOTICE
PHASE 6
BEGIN TRANSMISSION OF ADDITIONAL GRIDDED DATA ON THE NEW
NWSTG2 CHANNEL /FORMER GOES WEST CHANNEL/. THIS CHANNEL WILL
USE THE NEW DVB-S TECHNOLOGY. A TECHNICAL NOTE DESCRIBING
HOW TO USE THIS TECHNOLOGY WITH THE PRECISE OPERATING
PARAMETERS CAN BE FOUND AT
www.nws.noaa.gov/noaaport/html/whats_nw.shtml
THE NEW NWSTG2 GRIDDED DATA WILL ALSO BE COMPRESSED USING
THE OPEN STANDARD JPEG2000. THE SPECIFIC GRIDDED DATA TO BE
PLACED ON NWSTG2 IS TBD.
PHASE 7
ELIMINATED. OVERTAKEN BY EVENTS.
PHASE 8
TRANSMISSION OF NOAAPORT WILL BEGIN ON A SINGLE CHANNEL
OCCUPYING THE SAME BANDWIDTH AS THE 3 1 /2 T1S THAT ARE
CURRENTLY USED... USING THE DVB-S TECHNOLOGY. SPECIFIC
TRANSPONDER/SATELLITE TO BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE. 2/1/05
PHASE 9
CEASE TRANSMISSION OF THE EXISTING NOAAPORT CHANNELS. 4/1/05
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE /BASED ON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF EACH
EARLIER PHASE/
PHASE 2 COMPLETE
PHASE 3 COMPLETE
PHASE 4 COMPLETE
PHASE 5 COMPLETE
PHASE 6 6/1/04
PHASE 7 ELIMINATED
PHASE 8 2/1/05
PHASE 9 4/1/05
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE... PLEASE
CONTACT
PHIL CRAGG
E-MAIL Phil.Cragg@xxxxxxxx
PHONE NUMBER /301/ 713-1570 X134
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS