[Datastream #SGC-170804]: AWOS + WMSCR + NADIN

Hi Brendon,

I apologize for the tardy reply...

re:
> Plymouth State owns a Vaisala manufactured AWOS site.  We currently
> subscribe with Vaisala to upload AWOS METAR obs to NADIN through WMSCR
> via a satellite transmission from the airport.  The airport is
> unattended.  Our first year of service/subscription has concluded, and
> Vaisala is looking to renew our subscription to the service (formerly
> called Zlink, currently called AviMet).
> 
> My question is whether anyone at Unidata has experience in this area.

No, sorry.

> Would it be possible to set up some sort of homegrown system to do the
> job of uploading the observations to NADIN via satellite (or internet if
> that's doable and/or cheaper).

Probably yes, but we have no experience in this, so we do not have much
we can offer in the way of help.

> Are there any other Unidata institutions
> that might be doing something similar?

Perhaps.  To my knowledge, we have never received an inquiry about collecting
private AWOS data.  It might be useful to post your questions to one or more
Unidata-maintained email lists.  I would try 'needdata' and 'ldm-users' first.

> I realize this is probably
> outside the domain of the sorts of tasks Unidata deals with, but I
> thought it might be worth a shot to ask the question so as to
> potentially save PSU some $$$.

No worries.

> Any information is greatly appreciated.

I'm sorry that we can't offer anything more than advising to post
the inquiry to one or more of the lists we maintain.  Please remember
that you must be subscribed to our list(s) before you can post to it(them).

> Thanks,

No worries.  Good luck with your project.


Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket ID: SGC-170804
Department: Support Datastream
Priority: Critical
Status: Closed