Topic: Move of the Operational Daily Northern Hemisphere Snow/Ice Analysis
Charts
Message Issued: February 6, 2008, 1900 UTC
Satellites Impacted: n/a
Products Impacted: Daily Northern Hemisphere Snow/Ice Analysis Charts
Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 3, 2008
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Details:
The Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB) will discontinue production and
distribution of the daily Northern Hemisphere snow/ice charts located at
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SNOW/ beginning on or about March 3, 2008. After
this date, this function will be assumed by the National Ice Center (NIC), a
multi-agency operational center operated by the United States Navy, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the United States Coast
Guard. A NIC link containing the near real-time and historical record of
Northern Hemisphere snow/ice charts will be provided at
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SNOW/ the week of Jan 28. NIC will generate snow/ice
charts (both the ASCII and image products) in the same formats, spatial
resolution and temporal frequency currently generated by SAB. Please check this
site f
or further updates, and address any questions to SSDWebmaster@xxxxxxxx
<mailto:SSDWebmaster@xxxxxxxx>.
On or about March 3, 3008, users pulling the snow/ice product from
gp12.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov will need to switch and pull from
satepsdist4e.nesdis.noaa.gov. Users pulling the product via anonymous FTP will
need to switch from gp16.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov to satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov.
Access information for the new servers can be obtained from the contacts below.
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Contact Information:
Thomas Baldwin, Snow/Ice Focal Point
Satellite Analysis Branch
Satellite Services Division
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD/SSD/SAB
301-763-8444
Thomas.Baldwin@xxxxxxxx
Sean Helfrich
National Ice Center
Sean.Helfrich@xxxxxxxx
Brian Hughes
Operations Manager
Satellite Services Division
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD
301-763-8051 x106
Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other
satellite related messages.
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov for full GOES scanning schedules.