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-------- Original Message -------- 411 NOUS72 KNCF 101439 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/MLJ
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