[nws-changes] 20110111: WSR-88D dual pol and Level II Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:01:23 -0700

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Technical Implementation Notices 10-22 Amended
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
1110 AM Tue Jan 11 2011

To:         Subscribers
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From:       Richard J. Vogt
            Director, WSR-88D Radar Operations Center

Subject:    Amended: Modified Dates for WSR-88D Dual
            Polarization Products and Level II Data Transmission

The initial Dual Polarization modification to select WSR-88D
(Weather Surveillance Radar-1988, Doppler) sites (including
Wichita KS) has been delayed to allow additional time for
preparation and review of maintenance procedures.  This will
ensure a successful installation and transition of this
important new technology to support NWS forecast operations.
The government and contractor are working on a revised
deployment schedule for these initial sites, planned to be
available later in January.  Another TIN will be sent when a new
deployment date is determined. The original notice is below for
your convenience.  See also TIN10:23 on this subject:

  www.weather.gov/os/notification/tin10-23dual_pol88dcca.htm
The first Weather Surveillance Radar-1988, Doppler (WSR-88D)
Beta Test start date has moved to January 2011.  NWS anticipates
the first dual polarization products and Level II data will be
transmitted from the Beta Test sites approximately 12 days after
the modification begins at each site.  Sites will issue a Free
Text Message (FTM) before starting the modification and another
FTM before starting transmission of dual polarization products
and Level II data. The estimated dates for the modification
start and the start of dual polarization data follows, subject
to change:

SITE                    MOD START DATE   PRODUCT/DATA START DATE
Wichita , KS (ICT)          Jan 4           Jan 16
Phoenix , AZ (KIWA)         Jan 24           Feb  6
Fort Polk , LA (KPOE)       Feb 14           Feb 27
Morehead City , NC (KMHX)   Feb 28           Mar 13
Chicago , IL (KLOT)         Feb 28           Mar 13

The following information is available at the link below:

- Modification deployment schedule, subject to change, for
  the rest of the WSR-88Ds.
- Interface Control Documents for dual polarization data.
- Additional dual polarization information.

http://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/DualPol/Default.aspx

The centrally collected WSR-88D products and Level II will be
archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) and
will be available for download from:

http://hurricane.ncdc.noaa.gov/pls/plhas/has.dsselect

KOUN Level II data is available in real time, subject to down
periods during testing, via the NWS Level II Data Collection,
Distribution, and Archive network.

KOUN products are not being generated and transmitted by a
baseline Radar Product Generator in real time; however, the
National Severe Storms Laboratory is generating displays of KOUN
products, not using baseline software.  These displays are
available on an experimental basis at:

http://wdssii.nssl.noaa.gov/web/wdss2/products/radar/koun.shtml

Training materials for NEXRAD agency and external users are
available at:

http://www.wdtb.noaa.gov/

If you have questions or comments, please contact:

Greg Cate
NWS Office of Science and Technology
Gregory.S.Cate@xxxxxxxx

National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:

  http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

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