[noaaport] New 5th channel of NOAAPort coming, and...

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• Subject: [noaaport] New 5th channel of NOAAPort coming, and...
• From: Gilbert Sebenste <sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 15:27:33 -0500 (CDT)

I see that NOAAport now has an uptime guarantee of 95% now,
instead of 99%. Hmmmmm.

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu,  4 Oct 2012 15:17:22 -0500 (CDT)
From: LDM Weather <ldm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, enelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: NWS NOAAport message



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NOUS72 KNCF 042016
ADMNCF
.
FROM - NWSTG
TO - ALL CUSTOMERS
SUBJECT - ADDITION OF ALASKA REGION NPP VIIRS IMAGERY
TO NOAAPORT TEST CHANNEL
.
ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 10, 2012, BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY
1500 UTC, HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY FROM THE NPP SATELLITE
WILL BEGIN BEING BROADCAST ACROSS THE NOAAPORT SBN. THIS
ADDITION WILL CONSIST OF A LIMITED SET OF NPP VISIBLE
INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITE -VIIRS- IMAGERY
COVERING THE ALASKA REGION. THIS DATA STREAM WILL BE
PROVIDED BY THE NOAA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE,
DATA, AND INFORMATION SERVICE -NESDIS- NPP DATA
EXPLOITATION -NDE- SYSTEM, BASED ON NPP VIIRS IMAGERY
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA RECORDS -EDRS-.
.
THE NEW NPP VIIRS IMAGERY PRODUCTS WILL BE SENT VIA A
TEST CHANNEL OF THE NOAAPORT SATELLITE BROADCAST
NETWORK USING -
1. DVB PACKET IDENTIFIER - 105
2. MULTICAST ADDRESS - 224.01.1.5
3. PORT NUMBER - 1205
4. FRAME LEVEL HEADER FIELD SETTING TAG - 7
.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THIS ADDITIONAL NOAAPORT CHANNEL WILL
BE POPULATED WITH ADDITIONAL POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITE
IMAGERY IN THE FUTURE AND WILL HENCEFORTH BE REFERRED
TO AS THE POLARSAT CHANNEL.
.
THE IMAGERY PRODUCTS WILL BE SENT IN A NETCDF4 FORMAT,
BUT COMPRESSED USING GZIP. THE ASSIGNED HEADERS FOR THE
PRODUCTS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS
.
TIPB01 KNES - CHANNEL 1
TIPB04 KNES - CHANNEL 4
TIPB05 KNES - CHANNEL 5
.
THE NOAAPORT FEED OF NPP VIIRS IMAGERY WILL BE PROVIDED
ACROSS A TEST CHANNEL OF THE SBN. THIS NOAAPORT CHANNEL
WILL BE UNDER TEST AND EVALUATION. PRODUCT AVAILABILITY
ACROSS THIS CHANNEL IS EXPECTED TO MEET OR EXCEED 95
PERCENT AVAILABILITY.
.
FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL
CONTENT OF THE NOAAPORT NPP VIIRS IMAGERY FEED, PLEASE
CONTACT
.
ESPC HELP DESK
PHONE - 301.817.3880
EMAIL - ESPCOPERATIONS -AT- NOAA.GOV
.
FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NOAAPORT ACTIVATION OR
DISTRIBUTION OF THESE DATA SETS, PLEASE CONTACT THE NWS
USING THE EMAIL ADDRESS SHOWN BELOW
.
NWS.NOAAPORT -AT- NOAA.GOV
.
NWSTG



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