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Re: Naming of new radar

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  • Subject: Re: Naming of new radar
  • Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 09:19:05 -0700
Dee Wade wrote:
> 
> Hello Anne,
> I am Dee Wade and I manage the SSEC Data Center and the McIDAS User
> Services group here at the U of Wisconsin. We are frantically working to
> get all our software modified and out to users in the field by Jan 1,
> for use with the NOAAPORT radar. One topic that has cause disagreement
> among the developers is the correct name of the data. Some people feel
> it should still be called NIDS, others disagree.
> 
> I see in your email to the LDM users that you are referring to the data
> just as NEXRAD, no use of NIDS. Do you feel that NEXRAD is the correct
> name?
> 
> THanks for your thoughts,
> Dee Wade
> --
> Dee Wade
> McIDAS User Services and SSEC Data Center
> Space Science and Engineering Center
> University of Wisconsin-Madison               Email: address@hidden
> 1225 West Dayton Street                       Voice: (608) 263-0527
> Madison, WI  53706                            Fax:   (608) 263-6738

Hi Dee,

So you're working frantically too?!

We chose not to use "NIDS".  Personally, my reasoning for that was that NIDS
stands for NEXRAD Information Dissemination Service - that's the old
dissemination service that's now being replaced with RPCCDS, Radar Product
Central Collection/Distribution Service, the new dissemination method.  And,
NEXRAD stands for Next Generation Radar, which is what we are distributing.

Disclaimer: I'm not a meteorologist.  Just my $.02.

Anne
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