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WSR-88D Level II Data Available
- Subject: WSR-88D Level II Data Available
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:50:12 -0600
Level II WSR-88D data distribution - present and future
Present:
Data from 62 Level II WSR-88D (NEXRAD) radars is freely available to
academic institutions from the University of Oklahoma. This service is
provided through the Collaborative Radar Acquisition Field Test (CRAFT)
project, a project involving Unidata, academia, the Federal government and
the private sector. Each contributes a wide variety of expertise in
providing Level II data access via the Internet using Unidata's LDM
technology.
To learn more about accessing the data from CRAFT, see:
<http://kkd.ou.edu/craft.htm> and
<http://kkd.ou.edu/craftacademic.htm>
Kelvin Droegemeier
Director, CAPS
University of Oklahoma
Future:
Leveraging technology transfer from CRAFT to the NWS and the CRAFT
capability, the NWS will make Level II data available from all 121 of its
radars (and two DOD radars) via CRAFT by the end of 2003. In 2004 the NWS
will add 9 more DOD radars to the Level II network and transition to the
full operational capability and distribution architecture. Unidata has
been working jointly with the NWS to facilitate data distribution. The
Unidata community, through Unidata's leadership, will be included in the
data distribution topology to serve other academic institutions for Level
II data. As the time draws near, we'll provide additional information.
Linda Miller - address@hidden
External Liaison, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690
