19990520: New airport

John,

The KATT test message was received on NOAAport

SAUS80 KWBC 202029^M^M
METAR^M^M
KATT 202023Z TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST...TEST=


and the closure message was included in the KAUS report:

KAUS 201853Z 14010KT 10SM BKN042 28/19 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP146 b05/23^M^M
     AT 05Z WITH CLOSURE OF MUELLER THIS SITE'S UNAUGMENTED OBS^M^M
     WILL BE UNDER HEADER: SATMTRATT/WMO ID:KATT..AUSTIN CITY^M^M
     ASOSC P=


We have discussed a station data base with time periods of operation
so that an appropriate station table could be generated for the
time period in question, such as is needed with case studies
and archived data. Data code changes though time have also occurred
which can create problems when using data decoders maintained for
the evolution of realtime data. Some data archives thus store the
decoded data with station location info rather than raw data which then
needs the accompanying station locations.

We are currently pursuing the access to archived data for universities and
will have to address these issues.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support



>Keywords: 199905201532.JAA15006

>Dear Support -
>   Please forward this to the appropriate Unidata mailing list(s) so that
>the station locations and ID's can be updated.  Thanks!
>                                        - John
>P.S. Station location files should have a date field in them so that
>decoding of archived obs is not screwed up by this change and others like
>it.
>
>>Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 17:25:19 -0500
>>From: Troy Kimmel <address@hidden>
>>Reply-To: address@hidden
>>MIME-Version: 1.0
>>To: address@hidden
>>Subject: New airport
>>
>>As a user of the TAMU raw METAR data (thanks for archiving data for
>>several months)... you might be aware that we are opening a new airport
>>here in Austin on Saturday night (22May99) and the NWS/FAA haven't been
>>very clear in letting users know what's happening to the IDs here (in
>>case you program IDs for your system).
>>
>>ASOS's are currently located at both KAUS (augmented) and KBSM
>>(augmented).
>>
>>Robert Mueller Municipal Airport (ID: KAUS) is closing Saturday night at
>>11:59.59 pm CT. Austin Bergstrom International Airport (CURRENT ID:
>>KBSM) will open to commercial/civil traffic (already open to cargo) at
>>Sunday morning 12:00.00 a.m. CT.
>>
>>At that very moment... the KAUS ID will move to the new airport (Austin
>>Bergstrom International Airport) while the KBSM ID disappears forever.
>>
>>So what about the ASOS at the closed Robert Mueller Munic Airport? The
>>NWS will have a new ID for that location... also at 12:00.00am CT Sunday
>>morning... it will ID'd as KATT (as Austin City ASOS - unaugmented - non
>>aviation site, for maintenance of a over 100 year city climate record).
>>
>>If it is possible for you to program KATT as a legal ID site... also in
>>the Texas collective. (It should continue to be found under the SAUS80
>>KWBC (WMO Header) domestic data collective).. we would appreciate it
>>since we use your site extensively.
>>
>>I appreciate your help.
>>
>>Gig Em Aggies... tmk ('84)
>>
>>--
>>Troy M. Kimmel, Jr.
>>Lecturer, Weather and Climate, Department of Geography, University of
>>Texas at Austin
>>Chief Meteorologist, KVET/KASE/KFMK Radio Stations (Capstar
>>Broadcasting), Austin, TX
>>Weekend Meteorologist, KEYE42 (CBS) Television, Austin, TX
>>(512) 335-6472   FAX (512) 335-6473
>>
>>
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>                    ( John W. Nielsen-Gammon )
>                    (  Texas A&M University  )
>                    (      address@hidden      )
>                    (      409-862-2248      )
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