20040401: NOAAPort update

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• Subject: 20040401: NOAAPort update
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 12:08:33 -0700

NOXX10 KWBC 011749
DATA MGT MESSAGE 04-04.03

TO  AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS.. FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...
   EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
   NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS...
   GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS

FROM  RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT  NOAAPORT EVOLUTION

REFERENCE NOTICE  DM04-03.01
REFERENCE NOTICE  DM07-03.01

NOAAPORT EVOLUTION UPDATE

AS THE INVESTIGATION OF THE NEW DVB-S TECHNOLOGY HAS
PROGRESSED... IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT SOME OF THE
DATES AND PHASES FROM THE ORIGINAL NOTICE NEED TO BE
CHANGED.  THE ORIGINAL NOTICES /DM04-03.01/DM07-03.01/ CAN
BE OBTAINED FROM THE DATA MANAGEMENT NOTICES PAGE AT
THE FOLLOWING LOCATION LISTED BELOW.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml

THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE ORIGINAL
NOAAPORT EVOLUTION NOTICE

PHASE 6
BEGIN TRANSMISSION OF ADDITIONAL GRIDDED DATA ON THE NEW
NWSTG2 CHANNEL /FORMER GOES WEST CHANNEL/. THIS CHANNEL WILL
USE THE NEW DVB-S TECHNOLOGY. A TECHNICAL NOTE DESCRIBING
HOW TO USE THIS TECHNOLOGY WITH THE PRECISE OPERATING
PARAMETERS CAN BE FOUND AT

www.nws.noaa.gov/noaaport/html/whats_nw.shtml

THE NEW NWSTG2 GRIDDED DATA WILL ALSO BE COMPRESSED USING
THE OPEN STANDARD JPEG2000.   THE SPECIFIC GRIDDED DATA TO BE
PLACED ON NWSTG2 IS TBD.

PHASE 7
ELIMINATED.  OVERTAKEN BY EVENTS.

PHASE 8
TRANSMISSION OF NOAAPORT WILL BEGIN ON A SINGLE CHANNEL
OCCUPYING THE SAME BANDWIDTH AS THE 3 1 /2  T1S THAT ARE
CURRENTLY USED... USING THE DVB-S TECHNOLOGY.  SPECIFIC
TRANSPONDER/SATELLITE TO BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE. 2/1/05

PHASE 9
CEASE TRANSMISSION OF THE EXISTING NOAAPORT CHANNELS. 4/1/05

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE /BASED ON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF EACH
EARLIER PHASE/

PHASE 2        COMPLETE
PHASE 3        COMPLETE
PHASE 4        COMPLETE
PHASE 5        COMPLETE
PHASE 6        6/1/04
PHASE 7        ELIMINATED
PHASE 8        2/1/05
PHASE 9        4/1/05

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE... PLEASE
CONTACT

PHIL CRAGG
E-MAIL  Phil.Cragg@xxxxxxxx
PHONE NUMBER  /301/ 713-1570 X134

THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml

DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS