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I don't see it using the "ANY" type, so this must be some sort of non-operational outage. They began their "Field Campaign" (calibration) yesterday, per http://www.goes-r.gov/mission/fieldCampaignBegins.html. On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Pete Pokrandt <poker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > No GOES16 data on the NOTHER feed since 13:45 CDT // 18:45 UTC. Just a > Pre-op outage? or did it switch to a different feed or ?? > > Pete > > > > > <http://www.weather.com/tv/shows/wx-geeks/video/the-incredible-shrinking-cold-pool> > -- > Pete Pokrandt - Systems Programmer > UW-Madison Dept of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences > 608-262-3086 <(608)%20262-3086> - poker@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* ldm-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <ldm-users-bounces@unidata. > ucar.edu> on behalf of Gilbert Sebenste <gilbert@xxxxxxx> > *Sent:* Thursday, March 2, 2017 1:17 AM > *To:* ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; NOAAPORT > *Subject:* [ldm-users] The big day has come: GOES-16 is here! At least > experimentally... > > > Hello everyone, > > > > The big day is here! GOES-16 data is going to be transmitted today over > NOAAport/SBN! Sent in netCDF4 format, it’s the day we’ve been waiting for > since the bird was launched successfully into orbit. For those of you who > are eager to view this experimental imagery (and if you put it on your > websites, NOAA requests that you clearly label the imagery as > experimental!), I’d like to make some comments and, for those who have > receivers, a few “gotchas” to avoid. > > > > 1. First: I have no idea whether or not UNIDATA is ready to receive > these products, and disseminate them over the IDD today. Hopefully, someone > there will comment on this aspect of it. > > 2. For those who have Novra NOAAport receivers: make sure you are > running V2R15 firmware. If you do not have this installed, be ready for > plenty of packet losses and false VBER reports . If you do not have a > Novra, but something else…make sure you have the latest supported, non-beta > firmware on it. Make sure you are able to receive pid 108. That’s what the > products will be sent on. > > 3. For those who have any NOAAport receivers: If your Carrier to > Noise (C/N), aka Signal to Noise (S/N) is less than 17, you MIGHT see > considerable amounts of lost packets. Always point your dish to receive the > highest C/N or S/N, NOT signal strength! > > 4. If you are seeing reception problems, first check your coax > connectors. They are the most common points of failure of getting > acceptable reception. On cable runs longer than 50’, use RG-11 cable. > > > > The announcement for this was sent out yesterday in a SCN. Here it is, for > those who missed it. Go get ‘em, folks! > > > > Gilbert > > > > > > 273 > NOUS41 KWBC 011845 > PNSWSH > > Service Change Notice 17-24 > National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring, MD > 245 PM EST Wed Mar 1 2017 > > To: Subscribers: > -NOAA Weather Wire Service > -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network > -NOAAPORT > Other NWS Partners and NWS Employees > > From: Joseph Pica > Director, NWS Office of Observations > > Subject: Add Geostationary Operational Environmental > Satellite-16 (GOES-16) Imagery to the Satellite > Broadcast Network (SBN or NOAAPORT), effective > March 2, 2017 > > Effective on or after Thursday, March 2, 2017, at approximately > 18UTC, GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Sectorized Cloud > and Moisture Imagery (SCMI) will be added to the SBN (also known > as NOAAPORT). > > The SBN feed of GOES-16 ABI imagery will be in a pre-operational > validation and testing phase through approximately November > 2017. NOAA\'s GOES-16 satellite has not been declared operational > and its data are preliminary and undergoing testing. Users > receiving these data through any dissemination means assume all > risk related to their use of GOES-16 data and NOAA disclaims any > and all warranties, whether express or implied, including > (without limitation) any implied warranties of merchantability > or fitness for a particular purpose. > > This preliminary imagery is being added to enable the testing of > networks and systems with actual GOES-16 imagery and so that > users will be able to evaluate the imagery during this > validation/test period. It is not recommended that this > preliminary imagery be used in operational forecast processes, > especially during the initial months of this validation/test > period. Any downstream postings of these data should clearly > convey their preliminary, non-operational and in-testing nature. > Furthermore, this data stream may be subject to temporary > unannounced data outages during this validation and testing > period. One or more follow-on notices will provide information > on the progress and conclusion of the validation period. > > Refer to prior Technical Implementation Notice 15-24, which > introduced simulated GOES-R data to the SBN. > > http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notification/tin15-24goes- > r_imagery.htm > > Eventually, the SBN will carry a range of GOES-16 products. > This notice concerns only the addition of GOES-16 ABI imagery. > A future notice will be issued for other GOES-16 products that > will be added to the SBN at a later date. > > GOES-16 is stationed over its designated 89.5 degrees west > longitude station. From this location, it is undergoing checkout > and validation and is not yet designated GOES East or West. > Nevertheless, the SBN\'s GOES-R East channel (PID 108) will be > used to disseminate the GOES-16 imagery, at least until the time > when the spacecraft is repositioned to its final operational > station. For the foreseeable future, the operational GOES-East > (GOES-13) and GOES-West (GOES-15) data will remain unchanged on > SBN PIDs 102 (for CONUS imagery) and 104 (for OCONUS imagery). > > The WMO headers for the GOES-16 imagery are as follows, with > references to the 11 character template: > > Template: T1 T2 A1 A2 ii CCCC > > T1 = T > T2 = I > A1 = R for large-scale (non-mesoscale) sectors > = S for mesoscale sectors > A2 Where A1=R, for large-scale (non-mesoscale) sectors, A2 > corresponds to geographical sectors as follows: > = A for the Alaska Regional sector > = E for the East CONUS sector > = H for the Hawaii Regional sector > = P for the Puerto Rico Regional sector > = S for the East Full Disk > = T for the West Full Disk > = W for the West CONUS sector > Where A1=S, for mesoscale sectors, A2 values corresponds > to geographical latitude/longitude areas as follows: > = A for 45 deg. N <= Lat. < 60 deg. N and > 120 deg. W < Long. <= 135 deg W > = B for 45 deg. N <= Lat. < 60 deg. N and > 105 deg. W < Long. <= 120 deg. W > = C for 45 deg. N <= Lat. < 60 deg. N and > 90 deg. W < Long. <= 105 deg. W > = D for 45 deg. N <= Lat. < 60 deg. N and > 75 deg. W < Long. <= 90 deg. W > = E for 45 deg. N <= Lat. < 60 deg. N and > 60 deg. W < Long. <= 75 deg. W > = F for 30 deg. N <= Lat. < 45 deg. N and > 120 deg. W < Long. <= 135 deg. W > = G for 30 deg. N <= Lat. < 45 deg. N and > 105 deg. W < Long. <= 120 deg. W > = H for 30 deg. N <= Lat. < 45 deg. N and > 90 deg. W < Long. <= 105 deg. W > = I for 30 deg. N <= Lat. < 45 deg. N and > 75 deg. W < Long. <= 90 deg. W > = J for 30 deg. N <= Lat. < 45 deg. N and > 60 deg. W < Long. <= 75 deg. W > = K for 15 deg. N <= Lat. < 30 deg. N and > 120 deg. W < Long. <= 135 deg. W > = L for 15 deg. N <= Lat. < 30 deg. N and > 105 deg. W < Long. <= 120 deg. W > = M for 15 deg. N <= Lat. < 30 deg. N and > 90 deg. W < Long. <= 105 deg. W > = N for 15 deg. N <= Lat. < 30 deg. N and > 75 deg. W < Long. <= 90 deg. W > = O for 15 deg. N <= Lat. < 30 deg. N and > 60 deg. W < Long. <= 75 deg. W > = P for 0 deg. N <= Lat. < 15 deg. N and > 90 deg. W < Long. <= 135 deg. W > = Q for 0 deg. N <= Lat. < 15 deg. N and > 60 deg. W < Long. <= 90 deg. W > = R for 45 deg. N <= Lat. < 90 deg. N and > 135 deg. W < Long. <= 180 deg. W > = S for 0 deg. N <= Lat. < 45 deg. N and > 135 deg. W < Long. <= 180 deg. W > = T for 60 deg. N <= Lat. < 90 deg. N and > 90 deg. E < Long. <= 135 deg. W > = U for 0 deg. N <= Lat. < 60 deg. N and > 90 deg. E < Long. <= 60 deg. W > = V for 0 deg. N <= Lat. < 90 deg. N and > 180 deg. W < Long. <= 90 deg. E > = W and X are reserved for future use > = Y for 90 deg. S <= Lat. < 0 deg. S and > 105 deg. W < Long. <= 90 deg. E > = Z for 90 deg. S <= Lat. < 0 deg. S and > 90 deg. E < Long. <= 105 deg. W > > Where mesoscale boxes T, U and Z extend across the prime > meridian (0 deg. longitude) and boxes V and Y extend across the > International Dateline (180 deg. longitude). Sector boundaries > of 0 deg. N or 0 deg. S refer to the equator. The "<=" symbols > refer to "less than or equal to." Note that some of the regions > above are out of range from GOES-16 at its current location, but > these regions could be within range after the satellites > station changes. > > > ii = ABI channel number (01 - 16); between the ii and CCCC is > a space > > CCCC = KNES (signifies that NESDIS is the creating data > center) > > During this test and evaluation period, some sectors will be > unavailable, and the set of available sectors will change. > > Until recently, these headers had been used to disseminate > simulated imagery on the GOES-R East channel for GOES-R testing. > Tests of simulated GOES-R Series imagery will occur, at times, > on the GOESR West channel of the SBN. > > The file format for these products is netCDF4. > > Additional information about this new data stream (including > headers, file-format descriptions, sector definitions, sample > files and further information) has been posted at the following > web site and will be periodically updated: > > http://www.nws.noaa.gov/noaaport/html/GOES_R.shtml > > Critical weather or other factors could delay the activation of > these products on the SBN. > > For questions pertaining to this change or upcoming plans for > the addition of GOES-16 products onto NOAAPORT, please contact: > > Brian Gockel > NOAA/NWS Office of Observations > Surface and Upper Air Division, Services Branch > Silver Spring, MD 20910 > Email: Brian.Gockel@xxxxxxxx > > For questions regarding the scientific or technical content of > the NOAAPORT-disseminated SCMI please contact: > > ESPC Help Desk > Suitland, Maryland 20746 > Phone: 301-817-3880 > Email: ESPCOperations@xxxxxxxx > > National Service Change Notices are online at: > > http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm > > > > > > *Gilbert Sebenste* > > Staff Meteorologist > > > > Environmental Health and Safety > > Labs for Wellness 154 | DeKalb, Illinois 60115 > > 815-753-5492 <(815)%20753-5492> > > *gilbert@xxxxxxx <gilbert@xxxxxxx>* > > http://weather.admin.niu.edu > > Everyone. 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