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Remote Sensing Systems - atmospheric data

Hello Unidata,
We are interested in learning about providing atmospheric data to the Unidata community. 

Frank Wentz suggested I research your program.
After reviewing your website, I believe that our data would add value to your atmospheric offerings.
Remote Sensing Systems produces research quality geophysical data from satellite microwave sensors. 

Currently, we publish near-real-time and historical data via WWW and FTP:

SSM/I Ocean Products (NASA / ESE / Pathfinder):
surface wind speed; atmospheric water vapor; cloud liquid water; precipitation rate 

TMI Ocean Products (NASA / ESE / ESIP):
sea surface temperature; surface wind speed; atmospheric water vapor; cloud liquid water; precipitation rate 

QuikScat Ocean Products (NASA / ESE / Oceanography):
surface wind speed and direction

These products are described and can be browsed at www.remss.com
We will also be publishing data from MSU, SSMIS, AMSR, and AMSRE in the coming years.
I look forward to talking with you about making these data available to the Unidata community. 

Thank you,
Marty

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Marty Brewer
Remote Sensing Systems
438 First Street, Suite 200
Santa Rosa, CA  95401    USA

(707) 545-2904 X24    voice
(707) 545-2906   FAX

http://www.remss.com
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From address@hidden Wed Mar 13 20:30:22 2002
To: Unidata Support <address@hidden>
From: Marty Brewer <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: 20020228: Remote Sensing Systems - atmospheric data 

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the info.
I browsed your website again and was able to learn more about the software aspects of providing data. Upon a previous review of your website, it had seemed that the information focused on data users, but now I think I see that the Local Data Manager serves data as well as receiving it. 

I think I have what I need to continue learning about the IDD system.

Thanks for you help,
Marty


At 04:18 PM 3/10/02 -0700, you wrote:

>From: Marty Brewer <address@hidden>
>Organization: Remote Sensing Systems
>Keywords: 200203010136.g211ahx20448 atmospheric data

Marty,

First, let me apologize for letting your note languish in our Support
email inbox.  Things have been quite busy here lately, and your offer
deserved more that a casual reply.

>We are interested in learning about providing atmospheric data to the
>Unidata community.
>
>Frank Wentz suggested I research your program.
>After reviewing your website, I believe that our data would add value to
>your atmospheric offerings.

Most Unidata participants receive meteorological data in near realtime
via our Internet Data Distribution (IDD) system.  A not-in-depth
review of your web pages seems to indicate that the data you can offer
is more "historic" than realtime (historic in the sense that it is
not absolutely temporarily current).  Am I misinterpreting what I
am seeing?

>Remote Sensing Systems produces research quality geophysical data from
>satellite microwave sensors.
>
>Currently, we publish near-real-time and historical data via WWW and FTP:
>
>SSM/I Ocean Products (NASA / ESE / Pathfinder):
>surface wind speed; atmospheric water vapor; cloud liquid water;
>precipitation rate
>
>TMI Ocean Products (NASA / ESE / ESIP):
>sea surface temperature; surface wind speed; atmospheric water vapor; cloud
>liquid water; precipitation rate
>
>QuikScat Ocean Products (NASA / ESE / Oceanography):
>surface wind speed and direction
>
>These products are described and can be browsed at www.remss.com

Are you familiar with the Unidata IDD method of fanning out data?  If
so, would you be willing to run an IDD injection site to stream your
"near-real-time" data to interested Unidata sites?  Also, are you
familiar with the client-server methodologies (e.g., McIDAS ADDE and
DODS) that Unidata is now employing to give users remote access to
large datasets such as realtime GOES imagery?  If so, would you be
willing to host these servers on a machine at your site and give
Unidata users free access to them?

We can discuss details in more depth at a later date.  Right now, I
just want to understand how you envision Remote Sensing Systems
interacting with Unidata community members.

>We will also be publishing data from MSU, SSMIS, AMSR, and AMSRE in the
>coming years.

These datasets would be of great interest to those members of our community
that are involved in satellite meteorology.

>I look forward to talking with you about making these data available to the
>Unidata community.

I do also.  Your offer is timely as one of our governing bodies, the
Unidata User's Committee, will be meeting here in Boulder at the end
of this week.  I will make sure to present your offer to User Committee
members to get their reaction.

>Thank you,

Thank you!  I am sure we will be talking more in the near future.

>Marty
>
>*************************************
>Marty Brewer
>Remote Sensing Systems
>438 First Street, Suite 200
>Santa Rosa, CA  95401    USA
>
>(707) 545-2904 X24    voice
>(707) 545-2906   FAX
>
>http://www.remss.com
>*************************************

Cheers,

Tom Yoksas
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Marty Brewer
Remote Sensing Systems
438 First Street, Suite 200
Santa Rosa, CA  95401    USA

(707) 545-2904 X24    voice
(707) 545-2906   FAX

http://www.remss.com
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