Maybe that's because it's still consider a "test" channel? Not sure when it
becomes the POLARSAT channel? Somewhat confused..
-Mike
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Subject: [noaaport] New 5th channel of NOAAPort coming, and...
I see that NOAAport now has an uptime guarantee of 95% now, instead of 99%.
Hmmmmm.
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 15:17:22 -0500 (CDT)
From: LDM Weather <ldm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, enelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: NWS NOAAport message
213
NOUS72 KNCF 042016
ADMNCF
.
FROM - NWSTG
TO - ALL CUSTOMERS
SUBJECT - ADDITION OF ALASKA REGION NPP VIIRS IMAGERY TO NOAAPORT TEST
CHANNEL .
ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 10, 2012, BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY
1500 UTC, HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY FROM THE NPP SATELLITE WILL BEGIN BEING
BROADCAST ACROSS THE NOAAPORT SBN. THIS ADDITION WILL CONSIST OF A LIMITED
SET OF NPP VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITE -VIIRS- IMAGERY
COVERING THE ALASKA REGION. THIS DATA STREAM WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE NOAA
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA, AND INFORMATION SERVICE -NESDIS- NPP
DATA EXPLOITATION -NDE- SYSTEM, BASED ON NPP VIIRS IMAGERY ENVIRONMENTAL
DATA RECORDS -EDRS-.
.
THE NEW NPP VIIRS IMAGERY PRODUCTS WILL BE SENT VIA A TEST CHANNEL OF THE
NOAAPORT SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK USING - 1. DVB PACKET IDENTIFIER - 105
2. MULTICAST ADDRESS - 224.01.1.5 3. PORT NUMBER - 1205 4. FRAME LEVEL
HEADER FIELD SETTING TAG - 7 .
IT IS ANTICIPATED THIS ADDITIONAL NOAAPORT CHANNEL WILL BE POPULATED WITH
ADDITIONAL POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITE IMAGERY IN THE FUTURE AND WILL
HENCEFORTH BE REFERRED TO AS THE POLARSAT CHANNEL.
.
THE IMAGERY PRODUCTS WILL BE SENT IN A NETCDF4 FORMAT, BUT COMPRESSED USING
GZIP. THE ASSIGNED HEADERS FOR THE PRODUCTS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS .
TIPB01 KNES - CHANNEL 1
TIPB04 KNES - CHANNEL 4
TIPB05 KNES - CHANNEL 5
.
THE NOAAPORT FEED OF NPP VIIRS IMAGERY WILL BE PROVIDED ACROSS A TEST
CHANNEL OF THE SBN. THIS NOAAPORT CHANNEL WILL BE UNDER TEST AND EVALUATION.
PRODUCT AVAILABILITY ACROSS THIS CHANNEL IS EXPECTED TO MEET OR EXCEED 95
PERCENT AVAILABILITY.
.
FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL CONTENT OF THE NOAAPORT
NPP VIIRS IMAGERY FEED, PLEASE CONTACT .
ESPC HELP DESK
PHONE - 301.817.3880
EMAIL - ESPCOPERATIONS -AT- NOAA.GOV
.
FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NOAAPORT ACTIVATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THESE
DATA SETS, PLEASE CONTACT THE NWS USING THE EMAIL ADDRESS SHOWN BELOW .
NWS.NOAAPORT -AT- NOAA.GOV
.
NWSTG
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