20000405: EXTENSION OF NIDS AGREEMENT UPDATE

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• Subject: 20000405: EXTENSION OF NIDS AGREEMENT UPDATE
• From: Don Murray <dmurray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 08:33:06 -0600

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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1641     APRIL 5... 2000
PART 1 OF A 2 PART MESSAGE

ATTENTION    FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
             NOAAPORT USERS

SUBJECT      UPDATE OF FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1527
             SENT ON SEPTEMBER 1... 1999... TITLED
             EXTENSION OF NEXRAD INFORMATION
             DISSEMINATION SERVICE /NIDS/ AGREEMENT

     THE NWS HAS DISTRIBUTED A DISSEMINATION OF WSR-88D
     CONCEPT PAPER.  A MARCH 27... 2000... REVISION IS
     AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD IN PDF FILE FORMAT FROM THE
     NOAAPORT HOME PAGE... WEB ADDRESS

     HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NOAAPORT/HTML/NOAAPORT.SHTML

     THIS PAPER DEFINES THE RADAR PRODUCT SERVICE OPTIONS
     TO BE OFFERED FROM NWS  RADAR COLLECTION SERVERS AND
     OVER NOAAPORT.  IT ALSO STATES THE REQUIREMENT FOR
     COMMERCIAL USERS THAT ACCESS THE SERVERS THROUGH
     THEIR DEDICATED LINES TO ENTER INTO AN FOS-LIKE
     AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO REIMBURSE THE NWS FOR ITS
     INCREMENTAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MAINTAINING EACH
     USER S ACCESS.  NON-COMMERCIAL USERS THAT ACCESS THE
     SERVERS THROUGH THEIR DEDICATED LINES MUST ALSO
     COMPLETE AN AGREEMENT... BUT THE ASSOCIATED FEES
     WILL BE WAIVED.  NO AGREEMENT OR FEES APPLY TO
     RECEIPT OF PRODUCTS OVER THE NOAAPORT BROADCAST.

     THE NWS DEVELOPMENT OF A SET OF SERVERS FOR THE
     CENTRAL COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF RADAR
     PRODUCTS HAS PROGRESSED TO THE POINT THAT THE NWS
     IS READY TO BEGIN TESTING WITH EXTERNAL USERS AS
     EARLY AS THE WEEK OF MAY 10.  INTERESTED USERS MUST
     PROVIDE A DEDICATED /MINIMUM T1 BANDWIDTH/
     COMMUNICATIONS CIRCUIT TO THE NWS TELECOMMUNICATION
     GATEWAY /NWSTG/ FACILITY IN SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND.
     A DETAILED TECHNICAL INFORMATION PACKAGE HAS BEEN
     PREPARED FOR EXTERNAL USERS IN SUPPORT OF THIS
     TESTING.  IT IS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING WEB
     ADDRESS

     HTTP//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAPROD.HTML

     UPON ACCESSING THIS NWS GLOBAL DATA AND PRODUCTS WEB
     PAGE... CLICKING ON THE HYPERTEXT FILE STRUCTURES
     DESCRIPTION AND SCROLLING DOWN UNDER DESCRIPTION OF
     FILES USING NEW OSO FILE NAMING STANDARDS TO
     RADAR DATA FILES YIELDS 3 OPTIONS

     CLICKING ON RADAR DATA FILES BRINGS UP THE HEADING OF
     CENTRAL WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR SERVER WSR-88D
     PRODUCT FILES WHICH LISTS UNDER DIRECTORY AND FILE
     DESCRIPTIONS THE DIRECTORY NAMES FOR THE 33 PRODUCTS...
     THEIR CONTENT DESCRIPTIONS... AND DELIVERY DETAILS
     FOR ANONYMOUS FTP ACCESS.  CLICKING ON MULTICAST
     CONFIGURATION GUIDE BRINGS UP THE WSR-88D NEXRAD
     PRODUCT MULTICAST RECEIVER CONFIGURATION GUIDE THAT
     PROVIDES THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNICATIONS...
     HARDWARE... AND SOFTWARE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE
     MULTICAST OPEN GROUP RADAR SERVER ACCESS AND AN
     IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE.  CLICKING ON SOFTWARE BRINGS UP
     THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE FROM THE NWS.
     SCROLLING DOWN TO  WSR-88D MULTICAST CLIENT SOFTWARE
     PROVIDES THE NWS POINT OF CONTACT FOR ACQUIRING THE
     I.D. AND PASSWORD FOR THE DOWNLOAD OF THE MULTICAST
     CLIENT SOFTWARE FOR YOUR HARDWARE/SOFTWARE
     CONFIGURATION.
     END
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