Re: NOAAPORT Receiver Request (fwd)

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:22:35 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Dr. Charles Graves <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: NOAAPORT Receiver Request
> 
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> If you recall from our previous chats...SLU is having a terrible time
> receiving IDD data in a reliable fashion.  Mainly due to the Unversity's
> poor/slow/saturated internet connection to the world.  The university network
> people have indicated that the congestion probably won't change in the near
> future, so we are looking at other options.  We have an opportunity to
> make an equipment request to SLU for the NOAAPORT data system from SSEC.  I
> would like some information on NOAAPORT.  In particular I would like:

Chuck,

Here's a url for the SSEC ingestor:

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/sdi/sdi.html

> 
> What sites are supplimenting IDD data with their own NOAAPORT receiver?

Another url:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/idd/failover.html


> 
> What additional software (other than than from SSEC) would be required
> to feed the NOAAPORT products into our LDM?
> 

Nothing, the SSEC system produces spool files that the LDM pqing reads and
then enters the products into the LDM queue. 


> In your opinion what are the additional efforts required locally to
> maintaining the NOAAPORT feed?
> 
Very little.  The best configuration is the ingest machine does little
else except to feed some other machines.  Our ingest machine has been
really stable, maybe a couple hours of maintainance every 6 months.

> I know this won't solve all of the IDD problems here at SLU but might
> be a reasonable solution.  
> 
> The biggest snag of all, is that the proposal needs to be turned into
> the university by Friday (yeah Sept. 22nd!). 

You can always put in for a Unidata/NSF equipment grant, they are coming
up in the near future. I believe the grant need matching funds so maybe
one could work something out between the grant and SLU. For more info go
to the search on UPC home page and then search for grants.

Robb...



 So If you can get some/all
> of the info back to me by tormorrow that would be great, but don't go
> to a lot of effort.
> 
> Thanks
> Chuck
> 

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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
address@hidden             WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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