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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 09-35
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
123 PM EST WED SEP 30 2009
TO: SUBSCRIBERS:
- FAMILY OF SERVICES
- NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
- EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
- NOAAPORT
- OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES
FROM: RICHARD J. VOGT
DIRECTOR...WSR-88D RADAR OPERATIONS CENTER
SUBJECT: CHANGE WSR-88D CLUTTER FILTER CONTROL PRODUCT AWIPS
CATEGORY NAME: EFFECTIVE OCT 27 2009
REFERENCE: DATA MGT MESSAGE 08-09.01 / CENTRAL COLLECTION AND
DISTRIBUTION OF WSR-88D CFC PRODUCTS
STARTING OCTOBER 27 2009...THE AWIPS CATEGORY NAME OF THE WEATHER
SURVEILLANCE RADAR 1988 DOPPLER /WSR-88D/ CLUTTER FILTER CONTROL
PRODUCT /CFC/ / PRODUCT NUMBER 34/ WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE FROM NCF
TO NC1 NC2 NC3 NC4 NC5. THE NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 5 WILL REFLECT
SEGMENT 1 THROUGH 5. ON THE CENTRAL SERVER FTP SITE... INSTEAD OF
DS.34CFC... THE PRODUCTS WILL BE STORED IN FTP DIRECTORY NAMES:
DS.34CF1... DS.34CF2... DS.34CF3... DS34CF4 AND DS.34CF5.
THE CHANGE IS NECESSARY BECAUSE THE USE OF NCF AS A NAME FOR ALL
5 SEGMENTS CAUSES THE PRODUCTS FROM SEGMENTS 1 - 4 TO BE OVER
WRITTEN IN THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER ARCHIVES. THIS
CHANGE WILL NOT IMPACT THE BANDWIDTH FOR REAL TIME USERS AND WILL
IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF WSR-88D DATA USERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
THE CLUTTER SUPPRESSION APPLIED TO THE DATA.
EXAMPLE OF NEW DATA PRODUCT APPEARANCE FOR THE KTLX WSR-88D:
AWIPS ID WMO HEADER
NC1TLX SDUS64KOUN
NC2TLX SDUS64KOUN
NC3TLX SDUS64KOUN
NC4TLX SDUS64KOUN
NC5TLX SDUS64KOUN
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
TIM CRUM
TIM.D.CRUM@xxxxxxxx
OR
MIKE ISTOK
MICHAEL.ISTOK@xxxxxxxx
NWS NATIONAL TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
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