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DATA MGT MESSAGE 08-99.08
TRANSMISSION OF ATOVS BUFR
GOOD DAY EVERYONE
TODAY IS THE DAY WE PLAN TO BEGIN THE TRANSMISSION OF
THE ATOVS BUFR DATA OVER THE GTS. WE WILL BEGIN THE
TRANSMISSIONS WITH THE FIRST ORBIT AFTER 14GMT TODAY
/AUGUST 17/. PLEASE RECALL THE BULLETIN HEADERS FOR
THE ATOVS BUFR DATA WILL BE THE SAME AS THE RTOVS HEADERS
THE SATELLITE ID FOR ATOVS NOAA-15 WILL BE 206 /RTOVS
NOAA-14 IS 205/. PER A REQUEST BY THE AUSTRALIANS THE
SATELLITE ID WILL APPEAR WITH EVERY RETRIEVAL.
WE ARE STILL ADDRESSING SOME CONCERNS NAMELY CHANNEL
COMBINATION FLAG CLOUD PARAMETERS AND VERTICAL
SIGNIFICANCE QUALIFYER. I WOULD ADVISE NOT USING THESE
UNTIL WE GET THEM CORRECTED.
PLEASE ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS TO ME OR
VINCE TABOR EMAIL VTABOR/AT SYMBOL/NESDIS.NOAA.GOV
EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
SINCERELY
ELLEN B. BROWN
PRODUCT AREA LEADER FOR SOUNDINGS
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
WALTER SMITH
DATA MANAGER
PHONE 301 713-0864 EXTENSION 139
EMAIL WALTER.SMITH/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
RICHARD ROBINSON
DATA MANAGER
PHONE 301 713-0864 EXTENSION 179
EMAIL RICHARD.ROBINSON/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS SYSTEMS OPERATIONS
CENTER CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
EMAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE ALL LOWER CASE
LLOYD IRVIN CHIEF
GRAPHICS AND DISPLAY SECTION SECTION SYSTEMS OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
