20000831: IDD use and NOAAPORT downlink at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)

Ben and Linda,

Support received the following note from Brendon Hoch of Lamont-Doherty
Earth Observatory (LDEO) of Columbia University.  This is very timely
given your upcoming trip to LDEO.

Please note the offer of LDEO acting as an IDD top level tier after
they have purchased and installed a NOAAPORT reception system.  Also,
since not just any NOAAPORT reception system can "plug-n-play" with the
IDD (the MD5 checksum issue; the repackaging of data into feeds that
look like the old FOS, etc.), it would be a very good idea for us to
get our input into their purchase decision before they cut any POs IF
we want them to act as a new IDD injection site.

Tom

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>To: address@hidden
>cc: address@hidden
>From: Brendon Hoch <address@hidden>
>Subject: IDD, NOAAPORT, and the IRI
>Organization: International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI)
>Keywords: 200008311724.e7VHOcN06111 IDD NOAAPORT 

Unidata Support,

My name is Brendon Hoch, I am a systems analyst with the International
Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI), Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University. Our mission is to continually
assess and develop seasonal-to-interannual climate forecasts, and to
foster the application of such climate forecasts to the explicit benefit
of societies.

To fulfill the needs of our mission, we are interested in receiving data
products from the DDS, IDS, and HRS datastreams available from the
National Weather Service.  Since the beginning of 2000, IRI has
attempted to contract with Alden Electronics to acquire and install a
NOAAPORT satellite receive system configured to receive the NWSTG
channel.  To date, the order has only been partially filled by Alden. 
With recent events that have transpired, IRI has determined that it
would be unwise to continue pursuing a NOAAPORT system from Alden.   We
are currently beginning the process of searching for an alternative
vendor to supply a NOAAPORT system.

Until a vendor can be identified and system purchased, we are looking
for an alternative means of acquiring the datasets in question as
quickly as possible.  We would like to consider using Unidata (IDD) as
the source for these datasets until we can assemble a NOAAPORT system
for our use.  Once our system is assembled and tested, IRI would be
happy to share datasets to the IDD as a top tier site.  

Over the next few days, I will be working to configure a Linux
workstation with LDM software.  Once I have the workstation to ready
state, I will email address@hidden with the necessary
information.  LDEO is currently listed as a licensed Unidata site,
though I suspect there has been little (if any) utilization of the IDD
in recent years by indivduals on this campus.

I am registered to attend the upcoming LDM Training Workshop (November
5-7) and look forward to meeting some of you in person so that we may
further discuss issues in configuring LDM with our anticipated NOAAPORT
system.

Please contact me if you have any questions, comments or suggestions on
how to proceed.  We look forward to building a quality, long lasting
relationship and becoming an active part of the Unidata community.

Sincerely,

Brendon Hoch
Systems Analyst, IRI
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Brendon Hoch
International Research Institute for climate prediction
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
141/208 Monell, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964
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Phone: (845)680-4444 Fax:(845)680-4488
Email: address@hidden  
WWW:   http://iri.ldeo.columbia.edu/~bhoch
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