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Service Change Notice 13-15
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1122 AM EST Tue Feb 26 2013
TO: Subscribers
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
-NOAAPORT
Other NWS partners and NWS Employees
FROM: Richard J. Vogt
Director, WSR-88D Radar Operations Center
SUBJECT: Initiation of Additional DOD WSR-88D Level II Data
Streams Beginning March 2013
This notice provides an update of NWS plans to initiate
electronic collection, distribution and archive of Weather
Surveillance Radar-1988, Doppler (WSR-88D) Level II data at
eight additional DOD WSR-88Ds listed below.
ICAO SITE NAME STATE
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KPOE Fort Polk Louisiana
KVBX Vandenberg AFB California
KEYX Edwards AFB California
KMXX Maxwell AFB Alabama
KHPX Fort Campbell Kentucky
KMBX Minot AFB North Dakota
KVAX Moody AFB Georgia
KEOX Fort Rucker Alabama
The Level II Data transmitted from these sites will be Super
Resolution and include dual polarization Level II data.
Activation of Level II data collection is expected to begin at
some of these sites in March 2013, but definitive activation
dates cannot be given at this time. The activation at each site
will depend on installation of the WSR-88D dual polarization
modification, Radar Product Generator software Build 13.1, and
OPSnet communication hardware at the associated NWS Weather
Forecast Offices.
To determine the availability of Level 2 data from these 8 DOD
WSR-88Ds, check the NWS Level 2 Status Website:
http://weather.noaa.gov/monitor/radar2/
For comments or questions regarding these changes contact:
Mike Istok
NWS Headquarters, Office of Science and Technology
Michael.Istok@xxxxxxxx
or
Christina Horvat
WSR-88D Radar Operations Center
Christina.A.Horvat@xxxxxxxx
National Service Change Notices are online at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notif.htm
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