NOUS40KWBC 291338
NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 8 JANUARY 29... 1999
TO NOAAPORT USERS
ATTENTION USERS OF BUFR ENCODED UPPER AIR DATA FROM THE
NOAAPORT DATASTREAM.
EFFECTIVE MARCH 1 1999 AT 1500 UTC THE NWS
TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY WILL IMPLEMENT NEW BUFR
DESCRIPTOR TABLES FOR ENCODING THE EXISTING BUFR UPPER
AIR PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW.
THE KEY CHANGE IN THIS IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE AN
INCREASE IN PRECISION FOR GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT. THIS
CHANGE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT STANDARD CODE
FORMAT FOR BUFR.
A SET OF TEST PRODUCTS IS REGULARLY DISTRIBUTED WITH THE
SAME ROUTING AS THE OPERATIONAL PRODUCTS. THE WMO
HEADINGS OF THESE TEST PRODUCTS ARE ALSO LISTED BELOW.
WITH THIS IMPLEMENTATION THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THE
WMO HEADINGS OF THE EXISTING BUFR UPPER AIR PRODUCTS.
THIS MESSAGE IS TO INFORM USERS OF THE NEED TO HAVE THE
LATEST BUFR DESCRIPTOR TABLES IMPLEMENTED BY MARCH 1.
THE TEST PRODUCTS CAN BE USED TO VERIFY YOUR ABILITY TO
DECODE THE DATA AS IT WILL BE PROVIDED FROM MARCH 1 ON.
THE TEST PRODUCTS WILL STOP WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION.
THESE ARE THE WMO HEADINGS FOR THE EXISTING PRODUCTS.
IUST41 KWBC IUST51 KWBC IUST61 KWBC IUST71 KWBC
IUST42 KWBC IUST52 KWBC IUST62 KWBC IUST72 KWBC
IUST43 KWBC IUST53 KWBC IUST63 KWBC IUST73 KWBC
IUST44 KWBC IUST54 KWBC IUST64 KWBC IUST74 KWBC
IUST46 KWBC IUST56 KWBC IUST66 KWBC IUST76 KWBC
IUST48 KWBC IUST58 KWBC IUST68 KWBC IUST78 KWBC
THESE ARE THE WMO HEADINGS FOR THE TEST PRODUCTS.
ITST41 KWBC ITST51 KWBC ITST61 KWBC ITST71 KWBC
ITST42 KWBC ITST52 KWBC ITST62 KWBC ITST72 KWBC
ITST43 KWBC ITST53 KWBC ITST63 KWBC ITST73 KWBC
ITST44 KWBC ITST54 KWBC ITST64 KWBC ITST74 KWBC
ITST46 KWBC ITST56 KWBC ITST66 KWBC ITST76 KWBC
ITST48 KWBC ITST58 KWBC ITST68 KWBC ITST78 KWBC
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS SYSTEMS
OPERATIONS CENTER CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS
LISTED BELOW.
NOTE THE URL SHOULD BE TYPED IN ALL LOWER CASE.
HTTP TO WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE
DATA MANAGERS LISTED BELOW.
FRED BRANSKI
SENIOR DATA MANAGER
PHONE 301-713-0864 EXTENSION 146
EMAIL FRED.BRANSKI/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
TONI ELLIS
DATA MANAGER
PHONE 301-713-0864 EXTENSION 143
EMAIL TONI.ELLIS/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
LLOYD E. IRVIN
ACTING CHIEF
NETWORK MONITORING AND ANALYSIS BRANCH
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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