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Hi,

Just in case you missed this notice today.

Linda

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827 NOUS41 KWBC 041326 
PNSWSH

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...COMMENT REQUEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
825 AM EST FRI DEC 4 2008

TO:  SUBSCRIBERS:
 -FAMILY OF SERVICES
 -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
 -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
 -WEB OPERATIONS CENTER
 OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES

FROM:  JORDAN ALPERT...ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING CENTER /EMC/
 RICK HACKENBERG...NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS /NCO/
SUBJECT: SOLICITING PUBLIC COMMENTS BY JANUARY 16 2009 ON PROPOSED UPGRADE OF HIGH AVAILABILITY ANONYMOUS FTP SERVICES AT THE WEB OPERATIONS CENTER /WOC/ AND APPLICATIONS FOR SERVING DATA FROM THE NOAA OPERATIONAL MODEL ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM /NOMADS/ NWS IS SOLICITING COMMENTS BY JANUARY 16 2009 ON AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF NOAA'S INFORMATION DATA BASE: THE MODEL OUTPUT DATA FROM ATMOSPHERIC...OCEAN AND CLIMATE NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION /NWP/ MODELS. THIS DATA IS OPERATIONALLY PREPARED AT THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/. THE NOAA OPERATIONAL MODEL ARCHIVE AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM /NOMADS/ BEGAN AS A PILOT PROJECT DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A SERVICE ORIENTED FRAMEWORK FOR: - A DIGITAL ARCHIVE AND REAL TIME DISTRIBUION OF NOAA/S 
 OPERATIONAL WEATHER MODELS
- AN INNOVATIVE DATA ACCESS PHILOSOPHY TO PROMOTE INTEROPERABLE
 ACCESS ACROSS THE GEOSCIENCES
- AN INTEGRATOR OF COMMON WEB SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT
 THE DISCOVERY...ACCESS AND TRANSPORT OF DATA
- REAL-TIME AND RETROSPECTIVE FORMAT INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO
 CLIMATE...OCEAN AND WEATHER MODEL DATA.
NWS IS SEEKING COMMENTS ON A PROPOSED UPGRADE PROVIDING HIGH AVAILABILITY NOMADS APPLICATIONS FOR SERVING MODEL DATA ON THE WOC SERVER. IN ADDITION TO ANONYMOUS FTP SERVICES AT THE WOC...NCEP WOULD INTRODUCE THE FOLLOWING NOMADS WEB BASED ACCESS APPLICATIONS: 

1. GRIB_FILTER: PROVIDES ACCESS TO BINARY GRIB DATA WITH SUB-
SETTING THROUGH TIME...SPACE AND VARIABLES USING TRADITIONAL BUT ENHANCED FTP PROCESSES. DATA ARE PROVIDED IN RAW GRIB FORMAT ONLINE AND RESULTS ARE REPACKAGED GRIB FILES STREAMED TO THE USERS WORKSTATION. WEB INTERFACES COMMUNICATE THE USERS REQUEST AND HTTP PROTOCOL IS USED TO DELIVER RESULTS. 2. OPENDAP /GDS/DODS/ SERVER: THE OPEN SOURCE PROJECT FOR A NETWORK DATA ACCESS PROTOCOL /OPENDAP/ IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE GRADS DATA SERVER /GDS/ DISTRIBUTED OCEAN DATA SYSTEM /DODS/ PROVIDES SIMPLE FILE-LEVEL ACCESS/DOWNLOAD VALUES OF ENTIRE FILES OR ONE OR MORE VALUES FROM THE MATRIX OF SERVER GRIB DATA HOLDINGS. THESE CHANGES ARE MADE TO ADDRESS A GROWING NEED FOR REMOTE ACCESS TO HIGH VOLUME NWP MODEL DATA. A MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THESE CHANGES CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
HTTP://WWW.NOMADS.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/ 
AND VIA SERVICE DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT AT
NOMADS.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/TXT_DESCRIPTIONS/NOMADS_SERVICE_DESCRIPTION.PDF 
SEND COMMENTS ON THESE PROPOSED CHANGES BY JANUARY 16 2009 TO
address@hidden. 
FOR QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:

 NCEP NOMADS HIGH AVAILABILITY TECHNICAL SUPPORT:
NCEP NCO PMB HELPDESK address@hidden 
301-763-8000X7156

 WOC STATUS:
address@hidden 301-713-3333X201 

 SCIENCE/DATA QUESTIONS:
address@hidden
301-763-8000X7205
NWS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/: 
 HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM

$$
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Linda Miller - address@hidden
Community Services, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690