20070509: : Polar saatellite microwave products-NOAAPORT-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC]
Linda Miller
lmiller at unidata.ucar.edu
Wed May 9 11:42:04 MDT 2007
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NOUS41 KWBC 091717
PNSWSH
TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 07-35
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
117 PM EDT WED MAY 9 2007
TO: FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT
SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...NWS EMPLOYEES
FROM: PAUL HIRSCHBERG
CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /OST/
SUBJECT: NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE...DATA...AND
INFORMATION SERVICE POLAR SATELLITE MICROWAVE PRODUCTS
TO BE ADDED TO NOAAPORT: EFFECTIVE JULY 24 2007
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY JULY 24 2007...BEGINNING AT APPROXIMATELY 1500
COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
SATELLITE...DATA...AND INFORMATION SERVICE /NESDIS/ AND NWS WILL
BEGIN DISSEMINATION OF POLAR SATELLITE /MICROWAVE BASED/ PRODUCTS
VIA NOAAPORT.
THIS ADDITION CONSISTS OF TWO PRODUCTS /I.E. TWO PARAMETERS/
...TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER /TPW/ ESTIMATES AND RAINFALL RATE
ESTIMATES.
ONE VERSION OF THESE PRODUCTS IS GENERATED BASED ON THE ADVANCED
MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT /AMSU/ FROM THE NESDIS POLAR ORBITING
OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES /POES/ AND ON THE EUROPEAN
METEOROLOGICAL OPERATIONAL SATELLITE PROGRAMME /METOP/...WHEN THE
METOP SPACECRAFT BECOMES FULLY OPERATIONAL IN MAY 2007.
A SECOND VERSION OF THESE PRODUCTS IS GENERATED BASED ON THE
SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER /SSMI/ FROM THE DEFENSE
METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM /DMSP/.
BEGINNING WITH THE F-16 DMSP SPACECRAFT...THE SPECIAL SENSOR
MICROWAVE IMAGER SOUNDER /SSMIS/ WILL REPLACE THE SSMI AS A BASIS
FOR THESE PRODUCTS. INITIALLY MICROWAVE SENSOR DATA FROM THE
FOLLOWING SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS WILL BE USED IN THE
GENERATION OF THESE PRODUCTS AS FOLLOWS:
SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENT
POES NOAA-15 AMSU
POES NOAA-17 AMSU
POES NOAA-18 AMSU
DMSP F-13 SSMI
DMSP F-14 SSMI
WHEN METOP-A BECOMES OPERATIONAL...ITS PRODUCTS WILL REPLACE
NOAA-17 AMSU PRODUCTS. NOAA-16 AND F-15 PRODUCTS WILL ALSO BE
RESTORED AND ADDED TO THE PRODUCT SUITE. THUS... IN THE FUTURE...
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THESE PRODUCTS WILL BE BASED ON SENSOR
DATA FROM THE FOLLOWING SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS:
SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENT
POES NOAA-15 AMSU
POES NOAA-16 AMSU
POES NOAA-18 AMSU
METOP-A AMSU
DMSP F-13 SSMI
DMSP F-14 SSMI
DMSP F-15 SSMI
OVER TIME...AS OLDER SPACECRAFT ARE RETIRED...DATA FROM NEWER
SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS MAY BE BROUGHT ON LINE.
THE NOAAPORT-PRODUCED MICROWAVE PRODUCTS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR
FOUR GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS AS SHOWN BELOW IN TABLE 1. EACH TYPE OF
PRODUCT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT A FREQUENCY OF APPROXIMATELY ONE
PER HOUR. EACH PRODUCT WILL CONTAIN COMPOSITES OF MULTIPLE RECENT
ORBITS. THE APPROXIMATE HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION OF THESE PRODUCTS
WILL BE 8 KILOMETERS.
TABLE 1. PARAMETERS...INSTRUMENT...GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS...WMO
HEADINGS AND APPROXIMATE PER-PRODUCT DATA VOLUMES.
PARAMETER INSTRUMENT SECTOR WMO HEADING SIZE
TPW AMSU SUPERNATIONAL TITN17 KNES 1550 KB
TPW AMSU ALASKA NATIONAL TITB17 KNES 886 KB
TPW AMSU HAWAII NATIONAL TITI17 KNES 2990 KB
TPW AMSU PUERTO RICO NAT. TITQ17 KNES 886 KB
TPW SSMI SUPERNATIONAL TIDN17 KNES 1550 KB
TPW SSMI ALASKA NATIONAL TIDB17 KNES 886 KB
TPW SSMI HAWAII NATIONAL TIDI17 KNES 2990 KB
TPW SSMI PUERTO RICO NAT. TIDQ17 KNES 886 KB
RAINFALL RATE AMSU SUPERNATIONAL TITN29 KNES 1550 KB
RAINFALL RATE AMSU ALASKA NATIONAL TITB29 KNES 886 KB
RAINFALL RATE AMSU HAWAII NATIONAL TITI29 KNES 2990 KB
RAINFALL RATE AMSU PUERTO RICO NAT. TITQ29 KNES 886 KB
RAINFALL RATE SSMI SUPERNATIONAL TIDN29 KNES 1550 KB
RAINFALL RATE SSMI ALASKA NATIONAL TIDB29 KNES 886 KB
RAINFALL RATE SSMI HAWAII NATIONAL TIDI29 KNES 2990 KB
RAINFALL RATE SSMI PUERTO RICO NAT. TIDQ29 KNES 886 KB
THE SUPERNATIONAL SECTORS COVER THE CONUS AREA AND THEY WILL BE
DISSEMINATED VIA THE NOAAPORT GOES DVB CHANNEL /JOINING EXISTING
NESDIS IMAGERY/. THE OFF CONUS SECTORS /I.E. ALASKA...HAWAII AND
PUERTO RICO/ WILL BE DISSEMINATED VIA THE OCONUS DVB CHANNEL
/ALSO CALLED THE FOURTH DVB CHANNEL/. THE FORMAT OF THESE
PRODUCTS IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF EXISTING NOAAPORT SATELLITE
IMAGERY ON THOSE DVB CHANNELS...AND IS DESCRIBED IN THE INTERFACE
CONTROL DOCUMENT FOR AWIPS AND NESDIS /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS
EXCEPT FOR ICD AND CH/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NOAAPORT/DOCUMENT/ICD%20CH5-2005-1.PDF
PRECIPITABLE WATER PRODUCT EXAMPLES CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER
CASE LETTERS EXCEPT FOR PS...TROP...DATA AND RT/:
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/NWATL-AMPW-LOOP.HTML
THE RAINFALL RATE PRODUCTS WILL PROVIDE COVERAGE OVER THE LAND
AND MARINE AREAS...EXCEPT WHERE THERE IS SNOW ON THE GROUND OR
SEA ICE. INITIALLY THE TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER PRODUCTS WILL
PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR MARINE AREAS ONLY...THOUGH THIS COVERAGE
WILL LATER BE AUGMENTED TO INCLUDE LAND COVERAGE AS WELL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOAAPORT ACTIVATION OF
THESE PRODUCTS...PLEASE CONTACT:
BRIAN GOCKEL
NWS...OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
PHONE: 301 713 0304 EXT 158
EMAIL: BRIAN.GOCKEL at NOAA.GOV
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE TECHNICAL DETAILS OF
THESE PRODUCTS OR THEIR GENERATION...PLEASE CONTACT:
SHELDON KUSSELSON
NESDIS...SSD...SAB
CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND
PHONE: 301 763 8444
SHELDON.KUSSELSON at NOAA.GOV
OR
LIMIN ZHAO
NESDIS...SSD...PIB
CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND
PHONE: 301 763 8142 EXT 125
LIMIN.ZHAO at NOAA.GOV
THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE
ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM
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