Hi,
Just in case you missed this notice today.
Linda
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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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