[nws-changes] 20130226: addl DOD WSR-88D level II data streams-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20130226: addl DOD WSR-88D level II data streams-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:23:10 -0700

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NOUS41 KWBC 261621
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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
----    ---------        -----
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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