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NOXX10 KWBC 212237
DATA MANAGEMENT NOTICE 04-08.05
TO: GTS USERS...FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...
NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
/NWS/ PARTNERS AND OTHER USERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT: NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER /NDBC/
COMMUNICATIONS BULLETIN HEADER CHANGE
FROM SXXX46 KWBC TO SZ??01 KWNB:
DUPLICATE TEST ON APRIL 23, 2008 1500 UTC
THIS MESSAGE GIVES NOTICE OF TESTS OF THE NEW COLLECTIVES FOR
DEEP-OCEAN TSUNAMETER /DART/ MESSAGES. AS IDENTIFIED
IN A PRIOR NOTICE, THE NWS NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER /NDBC/ WILL
DISSEMINATE DART PRODUCT BULLETINS USING NEW ROUTING IDENTIFICATION
CODES FOR TSUNAMETER OBSERVATIONS. NDBC WILL ALSO CHANGE THE
FORMAT OF THE TRANSMITTER IDENTIFIER, AS IDENTIFIED IN ANOTHER PRIOR
NOTICE.
ON APRIL 23, 2008, 1500 UTC, MANUALLY TRIGGERED 30 MINUTE DATA FROM
STATION 46402'S SECONDARY TRANSMITTER, ADDRESS DD46402S, WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED ON WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION /WMO/ COLLECTIVE
SZPN01 KWNB. OTHER TEST MESSAGES MAY BE TRANSMITTED PERIODICALLY
UNTIL THE APRIL 30, 2008 FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW WMO COLLECTIVES.
WHEN IMPLEMENTED, AFFECTED TSUNAMETER OBSERVATIONS WILL BE
DISSEMINATED UNDER NEW WMO HEADINGS/COLLECTIVES AND WILL NO
LONGER BE AVAILABLE UNDER FORMER WMO HEADINGS/ COLLECTIVES.
THE WMO BULLETIN HEADINGS/COLLECTIVES CHANGES FOR NDBC
TSUNAMETER DATA ARE REPEATED BELOW:
WMO COLLECTIVE WMO COLLECTIVE AREA
OLD NEW
SXXX46 KWBC SZPN01 KWNB NORTH PACIFIC
SXXX46 KWBC SZPS01 KWNB SOUTH PACIFIC
SXXX46 KWBC SZNT01 KWNB NORTH ATLANTIC
SXXX46 KWBC SZIO01 KWNB INDIAN OCEAN
USERS WITH AUTOMATIC DECODERS SHOULD REPROGRAM THEIR SYSTEMS NOW TO
RECOGNIZE THE NEW BULLETIN HEADINGS FOR THESE OBSERVATIONS AND USE THE
SZPN01 KWNB TEST MESSAGES TO VERIFY PROPER LOCAL RECEIPT AND PROCESSING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEST OR THESE CHANGES...PLEASE CONTACT:
BILL BURNETT
NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER
W/OPS51
BUILDING 1007
STENNIS SPACE CENTER MISSISSIPPI 39529
PHONE: 228-688-4766
E-MAIL: BILL.BURNETT@xxxxxxxx
THIS AND OTHER NWS DATA MANAGEMENT NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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