20050216: DVB-S NOAAport

>From:  Gilbert Sebenste <address@hidden>
>Organization:  NIU
>Keywords:  200502161840.j1GIelv2027863 NOAAPORT DVB-S IDD

Hi Gilbert,

re:
>We're just 45 days away from the discontinuation of NOAAPort (1):
>
>THE NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DECIDED TO EXTEND 
>THE DUAL OPERATIONS OF THE LEGACY NOAAPORT BROADCAST 
>AND THE NEW 6 T1 DVB CARRIER BY ONE MONTH.  THE 
>LEGACY NOAAPORT CARRIER WILL NOW BE TERMINATED ON 
>MARCH 31, 2005.  DUE TO BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS, DUAL 
>OPERATIONS CANNOT BE EXTENDED ANY FURTHER.

Yes, we are well aware of the NWS' plans.

>What's UNIDATA's plan for getting NOAAport 2 and passing on all the new 
>data?

We have been participating in the NWS DVB-S test since the first data
began flowing in September of 2003.  We are in the middle to last phase
of testing our DVB-S NOAAPORT ingest system and are confident that the
transition from the current NOAAPORT broadcast to the DVB-S version
will be transparent to most IDD participants.  I say most since there
will be a lot more data that a site can request.  Those looking to
access the new data (e.g., grid 218 model data in GRIB2 format) might
well be affected by increased network bandwidth use.

Cheers,

Tom
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