Hi Rick,
Sorry for the silence...
re:
> Yes we are still trying to hammer out enhancement tables. When I was
> trying to do Storm Precip totals, it looks like AWIPs has a 8bit
> product. Any idea if that should be coming down NOAAPORT?
I checked and the precipitation products in the NOAAPort SBN are still
the original ones. None of the status memos I have seen from the
radar folks have indicated a higher resolution version of precipitation.
Here is the last relevant message I have seen:
SUBJECT: ADDITION OF HIGHER RESOLUTION WSR-88D PRODUCTS TO
SBN/NOAAPORT AND RPCCDS: EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 9 2010
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9 2010...AT APPROXIMATELY 1500
COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME /UTC/...THE NWS WILL BEGIN
DISSEMINATING RADAR PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 1 VIA THE RPCCDS
AND SBN/NOAAPORT.
NWS IS UPDATING REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE HIGHER RESOLUTION
VERSIONS OF EXISTING WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988...DOPPLER
/WSR-88D/ PRODUCTS FOR SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/...
NOAAPORT AND RADAR PRODUCT CENTRAL COLLECTION DISSEMINATION
SERVICE /RPCCDS/ DISTRIBUTION.
TABLE 1: WMO HEADINGS FOR WSR-88D RADAR PRODUCT ADDITIONS
# TTUSII NNN PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DIRECTORY
1 SDUS5I N0Q BASE REFLECTIVITY 94/DR 256LVL 0.5DEG DS.P94R0
2 SDUS5I NAQ BASE REFLECTIVITY 94/DR 256LVL 0.9DEG DS.P94RA
3 SDUS2I N1Q BASE REFLECTIVITY 94/DR 256LVL 1.5DEG DS.P94R1
4 SDUS2I NBQ BASE REFLECTIVITY 94/DR 256LVL 1.8DEG DS.P94RB
5 SDUS2I N2Q BASE REFLECTIVITY 94/DR 256LVL 2.4DEG DS.P94R2
6 SDUS2I N3Q BASE REFLECTIVITY 94/DR 256LVL 3.4DEG DS.P94R3
7 SDUS5I N0U BASE VELOCITY 99/DV 256LVL 0.5DEG DS.P99V0
8 SDUS5I NAU BASE VELOCITY 99/DV 256LVL 0.9DEG DS.P99VA
9 SDUS2I N1U BASE VELOCITY 99/DV 256LVL 1.5DEG DS.P99V1
10 SDUS2I NBU BASE VELOCITY 99/DV 256LVL 1.8DEG DS.P99VB
11 SDUS2I N2U BASE VELOCITY 99/DV 256LVL 2.4DEG DS.P99V2
12 SDUS2I N3U BASE VELOCITY 99/DV 256LVL 3.4DEG DS.P99V3
13 SDUS5I DVL DIGITAL VERTICAL INTEG LIQUID 134/DVL DS.134IL
14 SDUS7I EET ENHANCED ECHO TOPS 135/EET DS.135ET
THESE ARE HIGHER RESOLUTION VERSIONS OF PRODUCTS CURRENTLY BEING
DISSEMINATED. ON THE TOC FTP SERVER...WSR-88D PRODUCTS WILL BE
PLACED IN THE PRODUCT NAMED SUBDIRECTORIES LISTED IN TABLE 1
BELOW THE FOLLOWING DIRECTORY:
FTP://TGFTP.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SL.US008001/DF.OF/DC.RADAR/
TO PROVIDE A MORE GRADUAL INCREASE IN DATA THROUGHPUT...THE NWS
WILL BEGIN CENTRAL COLLECTION OF THE LOWEST TWO ELEVATIONS IN
FEBRUARY 2010 AND THEN ADD THE REMAINDER OF THE ELEVATIONS BY
APRIL 2010. THE NWS PLANS TO STOP DISEMINATING THE LOW
RESOLUTION PRODUCTS LISTED IN TABLE 2 ON DECEMBER 1 2010.
TABLE 2: WMO HEADINGS FOR DISCONTINUED WSR-88D RADAR PRODUCTS
# TTUSII NNN PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DIRECTORY
1 SDUS5I N0R BASE REFLECTIVITY 19/R 16LVL 0.5DEG DS.P19R0
2 SDUS2I N1R BASE REFLECTIVITY 19/R 16LVL 1.5DEG DS.P19R1
3 SDUS2I N2R BASE REFLECTIVITY 19/R 16LVL 2.4DEG DS.P19R2
4 SDUS3I N3R BASE REFLECTIVITY 19/R 16LVL 3.4DEG DS.P19R3
5 SDUS7I N0Z BASE REFLECTIVITY 20/R 16LVL 0.5DEG DS.P20-R
6 SDUS6I N0W BASE VELOCITY 25/V 16LVL 0.5DEG DS.P25-V
7 SDUS5I N0V BASE VELOCITY 27/V 16LVL 0.5DEG DS.P27V0
8 SDUS7I N1V BASE VELOCITY 27/V 16LVL 1.5DEG DS.P27V1
9 SDUS6I N2V BASE VELOCITY 27/V 16LVL 2.4DEG DS.P27V2
10 SDUS6I N3V BASE VELOCITY 27/V 16LVL 3.4DEG DS.P27V3
WHEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED...THE NOAAPORT AND RPCCDS COMMUNICATIONS
THROUGHPUT OF WSR-88D PRODUCTS WILL DOUBLE. FOR EACH RADAR...
THE AVERAGE HOURLY PRODUCT VOLUME VIA RPCCDS WILL BE
APPROXIMATELY 5.2 MEGABYTES /MB/ AND THE AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME
WILL BE 124.2 MB. WHEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED...THE AVERAGE DAILY
VOLUME FOR ALL 155 WSR-88D RADARS WILL BE 20 GIGABYTES /GB/.
WORST CASE HOURLY THROUGHPUT IS ESTIMATED TO REACH 19 MB FOR A
SINGLE RADAR AND 1.5 GB FOR ALL 155 RADARS. ON NOAAPORT...
PRODUCTS ARE FURTHER COMPRESSED AND THEREFORE THROUGHPUT WILL BE
REDUCED SOMEWHAT.
NWS HAS ESTABLISHED THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE TO PROVIDE PROJECT
PLANS AND STATUS...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO PREVIEW
SAMPLE PRODUCTS:
HTTP://WWW.ROC.NOAA.GOV/WSR88D/LEVEL_III/LEVEL3INFO.ASPX
Cheers,
Tom
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