Hey Steve,
I see where Richard indicated that the WSI is received via satellite
broadcast. I should have indicated that.
Linda
--On Monday, October 08, 2001 10:02 AM -0600 Steve Williams
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Linda,
> Thanks! I had Richard's e-mail and we were talking about a
> re-negotiation for next year. However, my question was whether
> UNIDATA or COMET were receiving NIDS data via NOAAport
> rather than WSI, so we could decide what products we would
> have to contract directly with WSI. Maybe I'm confused
> here; do we get the WSI data via NOAAport or through a
> seperate satellite ingest?
>
> Steve
>
> Linda Miller wrote:
>>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> --On Friday, October 05, 2001 2:46 PM -0600 Steve Williams
>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> > Linda,
>> > Actually there are two issues here. One is access to the NIDS products
>> > via NOAAport and how we do that to support field projects (both
>> > real-time access and archival).
>>
>> I just looked up an email received from Richard on 29 March 2001. I will
>> forward it after completing this email. It describes the contract terms
>> of the WSI NIDS products. I would guess this needs to be renegotiated
>> again for the coming year, if the UCAR/NCAR users still require the NIDS
>> products and NEXRAD.
>>
>> This brings up issues such as product types,
>> > formats, etc. Richard and I were also under the impression that NIDS
>> > products were coming through UNIDATA via the IITA server to RAP. Do we
>> > have seperate feeds of NIDS data and do we need them?
>>
>> The following email discusses how to set up the LDM for access to the
>> data.
>>
>> The second issue
>> > is composite products such as the WSI national mosiacs. I assume these
>> > are only available via WSI and we will have to pay for them like we did
>> > for CY01.
>>
>> As mentioned above, renegotiation is probably needed. I would think
>> Richard, representing the IITA, is the contact for renegotiation.
>>
>> >
>> > Maybe we can sit down briefly to discuss NIDS on the larger UCAR
>> > picture.
>>
>> If needed, after reading the following email, I'd be happy to meet with
>> you.
>>
>> Linda
>>
>> >
>> > Steve
>> >
>> > Linda Miller wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Richard,
>> >>
>> >> --On Friday, October 05, 2001 8:33 AM -0600 Richard Chinman
>> >> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Linda,
>> >> >
>> >> > Have you information about when the NIDS products will be appearing
>> >> > in the NOAAport feed? Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> The products have been appearing on the NOAAPort feed since January
>> >> 2001. There were several announcements that went out regarding the
>> >> availability. In fact, very soon (Oct-Nov timeframe), additional
>> >> products will be made available from the NWS.
>> >>
>> >> If you need more information, please let me know.
>> >>
>> >> Linda
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Richard
>> >> >
>> >> > -------- Original Message --------
>> >> > Subject: NIDS Feed
>> >> > Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 15:54:33 -0600
>> >> > From: Steve Williams <address@hidden>
>> >> > Reply-To: address@hidden
>> >> > Organization: UCAR/JOSS
>> >> > To: Richard Chinman <address@hidden>
>> >> >
>> >> > Richard,
>> >> > I neglected to ask you the other day about the future of NIDS
>> >> > and NIDS related products here at UCAR. Are we now receiving
>> >> > any (or all) of these products by NOAAport or will we need
>> >> > to extend our contact with WSI for the upcoming year?
>> >> >
>> >> > Steve
>> >> >
>> >> > P.S. I hope the trip to DIA went well and was not another
>> >> > "adventure"!
>> >> > --
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>> >> Linda Miller - address@hidden
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>> > --- -- Steve Williams
>> > UCAR/Joint Office for Science Support (JOSS)
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>> >
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>>
>> Linda Miller - address@hidden
>> External Liaison, Unidata
>> University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
>> P.O. Box 3000
>> Boulder, CO 80307-3000
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