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>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 -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ * Tom Yoksas UCAR Unidata Program * * (303) 497-8642 (last resort) P.O. Box 3000 * * address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 * * Unidata WWW Service http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/* +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+