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NOXX10 KWBC 031640
DATA MGT MESSAGE 08-10.01
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
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/DISTRIBUTION OF
TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE OCEAN /TAO/ REFRESH BUOY DATA
UNDER SXPA01 KWNB
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 16, 2010
THIS MESSAGE PROVIDES NOTICE THAT THE NWS NATIONAL DATA
BUOY CENTER/NDBC/ WILL DISSEMINATE TAO REFRESH BUOY DATA
UNDER THE NEW WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION/WMO/
HEADINGS COLLECTIVE OF SXPA01 KWNB. THE LEGACY TAO
BUOYS WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSMITT UNDER THE SSVX08 KARS
HEADER. THE CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF SSVX08 KARS WILL
AUTOMATICALLY BE ADDED TO THE SXPA01 KWNB HEADER ON THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF AUGUST 16, 2010. THE MESSAGE FORMAT
WILL CONTINUE TO BE FM18 BUOY, HOWEVER THE FREQUENCY OF
THE REPORTS WILL BE HOURLY. THE DAILY AVERAGE MESSAGE
WILL NOT BE DISTRIBUTED FOR THE TAO REFRESH BUOYS.
THE REFRESH BUOYS THAT WILL BE RELEASED ARE DETAILED
BELOW:
WMO ID LOCATION
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51350 0N140W
52112 2S165E
51365 2S170W
51348 5N140W
51352 5S140W
51366 5S170W
51353 8N155W
52114 8S165E
NOTE: THESE BUOYS ARE CO-LOCATED WITH EXISTING TAO BUOYS.
INSITU TESTING OF THE REFRESH AND LEGACY BUOYS HAS BEEN
ONGOING FOR 18 MONTHS.
NDBC PLANS TO START REPLACING LEGACY TAO BUOYS WITH
REFRESH TAO BUOYS IN THE FALL OF 2011.
USERS WITH AUTOMATIC DECODERS SHOULD REPROGRAM THEIR
SYSTEMS NOW TO RECOGNIZE THE NEW BULLETIN HEADINGS FOR
THESE OBSERVATIONS.
FULL DETAILS OF THE TAO REFRESH PROJECT ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://TAO.NOAA.GOV/PROJ_OVERVIEW/MOORING_NDBC.SHTML
HTTP://TAO.NOAA.GOV/PROJ_OVERVIEW/SENSORS_NDBC.SHTML
HTTP://TAO.NOAA.GOV/PROJ_OVERVIEW/SAMPLING_NDBC.SHTML
HTTP://TAO.NOAA.GOV/PROJ_OVERVIEW/GTS_NDBC.SHTML
HTTP://TAO.NOAA.GOV/PROJ_OVERVIEW/WMO_NDBC.SHTML
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT 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 TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES
ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
FOR FOS/NOAAPORT AND NON-AWIPS CUSTOMERS - IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS REGARDING ROUTING OR WOULD LIKE TO ADD THESE
PRODUCTS TO YOUR DATASTREAM PLEASE CONTACT.
Data Management
The URL address for our CRM System is listed below.
http://help.nws.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/doit.cgi?201~-533,,,,1:521:1:CIO
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
http://www.weather.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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