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>From: Adam Taylor <address@hidden> >Organization: University of Louisiana-Monroe >Keywords: 200109042022.f84KM4E25517 NOAAPORT Adam, >I found out that we might have enough money for a dish. I know you are not >the one to contact so if you could foward this to the apporpriate person, i >would appreciate it.. Could you give me the price range for a NOAAPORT >reciever/system that would do ALL of the things that the IDD is doing for us >now?? Thanks in advance. There are a couple of things here. First, we don't attempt to keep on top of the pricing of NOAAPORT receive systems. We can, however, point you to: Manufacturers List of NOAAPORT Receive Systems http://www.nws.noaa.gov/noaaport/html/manu_lst.shtml This page is maintained by NOAA, so it is hopefully current. The bad news is that you will need to contact each vendor separately for pricing. Second, a satellite receive system can replace the ingest function of the IDD in your institution for those data that are contained in NOAAPORT. It can't, however, provide access to those datastreams that are not contained in NOAAPORT. A partial list of the datastreams not contained in NOAAPORT are: CONDUIT - NMC model output formerly only available by FTP from the NIC CRAFT - NEXRAD 3D radar data DIFAX - replacement DIFAX-like maps made available by the U of Wisconsin FSL2 - FSL wind profiler data MCIDAS - satellite imagery prepared for Unidata by UW/SSEC NLDN - National Lightning Detection Network lightning data NOGAPS - NOGAPS model output produced by FNMOC (US Navy) PCMW - global ACARS data from FSL etc. A NOAAPORT receive system would help relieve a lot of network pressure in your department/on your campus. I believe, however, that you will still want to run an IDD node to get access to all of those other very useful datasets. The two systems will complement each other well. Just thought I'd chime in with my 2 cents worth... 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/* +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+