NOUS40KWBC 201139
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1654 APRIL 20... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT AWIPS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
ON APRIL 11... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
EL PASO WEATHER FORECAST CENTER /KEPZ/... SANTA TERESA... NM
PITTSBURGH WEATHER FORECAST CENTER /KPBZ/... PITTSBURGH...
PA
ON APRIL 18... 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ REACHED
A NEW MILESTONE WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS AT
RIVERTON WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KRIW/... RIVERTON... WY
LA CROSSE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE /KARX/... LA CROSSE... WI
THESE COMMISSIONINGS BRING THE TOTAL TO 61
COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES MEAN AWIPS NOW TRANSMITS ALL
NWS PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF AFOS... TRANSMISSION OVER AFOS CEASES
UPON THE COMMISSIONING OF AWIPS.
THE NWS OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH SITE... AS WELL AS THE
NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY IN SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND... WILL
MONITOR AWIPS PRODUCTS AND COORDINATE MAINTENANCE
ACTIONS AS NEEDED.
FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FUTURE AWIPS COMMISSIONINGS...
REFER TO THE AWIPS COMMISSIONING HOME PAGE...
WWW.AWIPS/UNDERSCORE/COMMISSIONING.NWS.NOAA.GOV
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NOUS40KWBC 201147
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1655 APRIL 20... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT ADDITIONAL DATA AND PRODUCTS
ON FOS AND NOAAPORT
SPECIAL NOTE
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 30... 1998... ADDITIONAL DATA AND PRODUCTS
WERE ADDED TO FOS AND NOAAPORT. IN ORDER TO ASSURE THE
CONTINUED EXCHANGE OF WEATHER INFORMATION BETWEEN
NATIONS FOS/NOAAPORT DATA DISTRIBUTORS NEED TO BE COGNIZANT
OF THE FOLLOWING AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE
AWARE OF THESE CONDITIONS
- THE NWS ADHERES TO WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
RESOLUTION 40 ON THE POLICY AND PRACTICE FOR THE EXCHANGE
OF METEOROLOGICAL AND RELATED DATA AND PRODUCTS IN ALL
MATTERS RELATED TO FOREIGN METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION.
AS PARTY TO RESOLUTION 40 COUNTRIES ARE ALLOWED TO
IDENTIFY CERTAIN ADDITIONAL DATA AND PRODUCTS THAT MAY
NOT BE RE-EXPORTED FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
- A LIST OF ALL PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED AS ADDITIONAL DATA AND
PRODUCTS BY THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS
INTERNET HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/ADDATA.SHTML
-THE ISSUANCE OF OPERATIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IN
OTHER COUNTRIES IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY AND
SHOULD BE RESPECTED.
-IN DOING BUSINESS IN OTHER COUNTRIES IT IS IMPORTANT
TO AVOID CONFLICTS WITH FOREIGN LAWS AND
REGULATIONS AND TO GIVE DUE CONSIDERATION TO
REASONABLE COMMERCIAL PRACTICES IN DECIDING UPON
THE REINTRODUCTION OF WEATHER RELATED INFORMATION
TO THE ORIGINATING COUNTRY.
- GOOD RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES WILL BE FOSTERED
AND ENHANCED BY PROVIDING ATTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AS THE
SOURCE OF THE WEATHER DATA AND PRODUCTS USED.
NOTE THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO POSTED TO THE SOC CHANGE NOTICES
WEB PAGE AT THE FOLLOWING URL
HTTP //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML.
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NOUS40KWBC 201211
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1656 APRIL 20... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS
NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT GOES-L INFO SITE
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE NESDIS
OFFICE OF SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT /OSD/.
SUBJECT GOES-L INFO SITE
NASA TO LAUNCH LATEST EYE-IN-THE-SKY WEATHER SPACECRAFT
THE LATEST GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
SATELLITE /GOES/... WHICH WILL MONITOR HURRICANES... SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS... FLASH FLOODS AND OTHER SEVERE WEATHER...
IS BEING PREPARED FOR LAUNCH MAY 3 FROM CAPE CANAVERAL
AIR FORCE STATION... FLORIDA. LIFTOFF OF GOES-L... IS TARGETED
TO OCCUR AT THE OPENING OF A LAUNCH WINDOW THAT OPENS
AT 227 A.M. EDT FROM PAD A AT COMPLEX 36 ON CAPE CANAVERAL.
/QUOTATIONS/NASA IS EXCITED ABOUT PROVIDING ANOTHER FINE
TOOL FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO USE FOR WEATHER
OPERATIONS.../QUOTATIONS/ SAID MARTIN A. DAVIS... NASA S GOES
PROGRAM MANAGER AT GODDARD. THE LAUNCH OF THE GOES-L IS
THE CONTINUATION OF A 25-YEAR JOINT PROGRAM BETWEEN NASA
AND NOAA. FOR MORE ON THIS STORY...VISIT
HTTP//PAO.GSFC.NASA.GOV/GSFC/GNEWS/041400/041400.HTM/NUMBER
SIGN/EYE
RICHARD G. REYNOLDS
CHIEF... GROUND SYSTEMS DIVISION
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