20001229: ASOS Commiss-

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• Subject: 20001229: ASOS Commiss-
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 16:22:53 -0700

NOUS40KWBC 281753
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1849           DECEMBER 28... 2000

ATTENTION  FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS

SUBJECT ASOS COMMISSIONING

ON THURSDAY... DECEMBER 28... 2000... THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
/FAA/ WILL COMMISSION THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOS AT

       SUGAR LAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT    /KSGR/
       SUGAR LAND... TEXAS

COMMISSIONING WILL TAKE PLACE AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC.

WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF THIS SITE... 849 /313 NWS-SPONSORED
AND 536 FAA-SPONSORED/ OF THE 883 INSTALLED ASOSS WILL HAVE
BEEN COMMISSIONED.

THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS SYSTEMS
OPERATIONS CENTER CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS
LISTED BELOW.

HTTP/COLON///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
/LOWER CASE/


NOUS40KWBC 281755
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1850   DECEMBER 28... 2000

ATTENTION    FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS

SUBJECT      ADDITIONAL DATA AND PRODUCTS
            ON FOS AND NOAAPORT

                    SPECIAL NOTE

EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 30... 1998... ADDITIONAL DATA AND PRODUCTS
WERE ADDED TO FOS AND NOAAPORT.  IN ORDER TO ASSURE THE
CONTINUED EXCHANGE OF WEATHER INFORMATION BETWEEN
NATIONS  FOS/NOAAPORT DATA DISTRIBUTORS  NEED TO BE COGNIZANT
OF THE FOLLOWING AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE
AWARE OF THESE CONDITIONS

    - THE NWS ADHERES TO WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
RESOLUTION 40 ON THE POLICY AND PRACTICE FOR THE EXCHANGE
OF METEOROLOGICAL AND RELATED DATA AND PRODUCTS IN ALL
MATTERS RELATED TO FOREIGN METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION.
AS PARTY TO RESOLUTION 40  COUNTRIES ARE ALLOWED TO
IDENTIFY CERTAIN  ADDITIONAL  DATA AND PRODUCTS  THAT MAY
NOT BE RE-EXPORTED FOR COMMERCIAL USE.

- A LIST OF ALL PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED AS  ADDITIONAL  DATA AND
PRODUCTS  BY THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN  IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS
INTERNET  HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/ADDATA.SHTML

-THE ISSUANCE OF OPERATIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IN
OTHER COUNTRIES IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY AND
SHOULD BE RESPECTED.

-IN DOING BUSINESS IN OTHER COUNTRIES  IT IS IMPORTANT
TO AVOID CONFLICTS WITH FOREIGN LAWS AND
REGULATIONS AND TO GIVE DUE CONSIDERATION TO
REASONABLE COMMERCIAL PRACTICES IN DECIDING UPON
THE REINTRODUCTION OF WEATHER RELATED INFORMATION
TO THE ORIGINATING COUNTRY.

- GOOD RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES WILL BE FOSTERED
AND ENHANCED BY PROVIDING ATTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AS THE
SOURCE OF THE WEATHER DATA AND PRODUCTS USED.

NOTE THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO POSTED TO THE SOC CHANGE NOTICES
WEB PAGE AT THE FOLLOWING URL

HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML.
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