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702 NOUS40 KWBC 251841 FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1814 OCTOBER 25... 2000 PART 3 OF A 3 PART MESSAGE THE RESULTS OF THE RPCCDS OPERATIONS DEMONSTRATION FOR THE PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER 19-OCTOBER 18... 2000... ARE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS. OVER THE DEMONSTRATION PERIOD 636...000 WSR-88D PRODUCTS WERE COLLECTED EACH DAY... ON AVERAGE. AVERAGE END-TO-END PRODUCT DELIVERY 99.1 PERCENT OF THE RADAR PRODUCTS COLLECTED FROM THE WSR-88D SITES WERE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSMITTED TO THE DEMONSTRATION PARTICIPANTS DEDICATED COMMUNICATIONS LINES AND ALSO MADE AVAILABLE FOR FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL /FTP/ ACCESS. /RESULTS EXCEED PERFORMANCE CRITERION OF 95.0 PERCENT/ AVERAGE END-TO-END PRODUCT DELIVERY TIMELINESS THE RADAR PRODUCTS WERE COLLECTED FROM THE WSR-88D SITES AND DELIVERED TO THE DEMONSTRATION PARTICIPANTS DEDICATED COMMUNICATIONS LINES AND ALSO MADE AVAILABLE FOR FTP ACCESS IN AN AVERAGE OF 50.3 SECONDS. /RESULTS EXCEED PERFORMANCE CRITERION OF 60 SECONDS OR LESS FOR 95 PERCENT OF PRODUCTS/ THE OPERATIONS DEMONSTRATION ESTABLISHED RPCCDS PERFORMANCE EXCEEDING THE PASS/FAIL CRITERIA PREDETERMINED IN THE DEMONSTRATION PLAN. THE RESULTS DEMONSTRATE THE RPCCDS IS OPERATING IN A RELIABLE CONFIGURATION... WITH TIMELY RADAR PRODUCT DELIVERY AND FTP ACCESS AVAILABILITY TO ALL USERS. THE NWS CERTIFIES THE OPERATIONAL READINESS OF THE RPCCDS. THE NWS MAINTAINS TWENTY-FOUR HOUR... SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK MONITORING AND CONTROL OF THE RPCCDS OPERATIONS. THIS STATEMENT IS BEING DISTRIBUTED WIDELY TO NOAAPORT USERS... FAMILY OF SERVICES USERS... AND OTHER EXTERNAL USERS OF NWS DATA AND PRODUCTS. REFER TO THE RPCCDS WEB PAGE... AT THE ADDRESS GIVEN ABOVE... FOR INFORMATION UPDATES ON THE RPCCDS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ITS TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PRODUCT CONTENTS. END NNNN
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