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956 NOUS40 KWBC 251839 FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1814 OCTOBER 25... 2000 PART 2 OF A 3 PART MESSAGE ATTACHMENT -- NWS CERTIFIES THAT THE RPCCDS IS OPERATIONAL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ DEVELOPED THE RADAR PRODUCT CENTRAL COLLECTION/DISTRIBUTION SERVICE /RPCCDS/ TO REPLACE THE NEXRAD INFORMATION DISSEMINATION SERVICE /NIDS/. THE NWS ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM /AWIPS/ NETWORK COLLECTS RADAR PRODUCTS FROM THE NWS... FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION... AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WSR-88D SITES AND DELIVERS THEM TO CENTRAL RADAR PRODUCT COLLECTION SERVERS INTEGRATED IN THE NWS TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY IN SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND. ALL RADAR PRODUCTS COLLECTED ARE AVAILABLE TO USERS FROM THE RPCCDS SERVERS. THE NWS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AN OPERATIONS DEMONSTRATION OF THE RPCCDS ON OCTOBER 18... 2000. THE PURPOSE OF THE DEMONSTRATION WAS TO PROVIDE MEASUREMENTS AND ANALYSIS OF THE RPCCDS PERFORMANCE FOR A MINIMUM OF 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS AGAINST THE PREDETERMINED PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. THE DEMONSTRATION RESULTS WERE USED TO DETERMINE THE OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND SUITABILITY OF THE RPCCDS IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF USERS FOR TIMELY AND RELIABLE ACCESS TO WSR-88D PRODUCTS. THE RPCCDS DEMONSTRATION PLAN IS AVAILABLE IN PDF FORMAT ON THE NWS RPCCDS WEB PAGE AT HTTP//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/RPCCDS.HTML ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB PAGE IS THE AGREEMENT AND FEE SCHEDULE FOR ACCESS TO THE NEW NWS RADAR PRODUCT SERVICE VIA DEDICATED LINE CONNECTION TO THE RPCCDS CENTRAL RADAR COLLECTION SERVERS. END NNNN
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