NOUS40KWBC 281753
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1849 DECEMBER 28... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT ASOS COMMISSIONING
ON THURSDAY... DECEMBER 28... 2000... THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE /NWS/ AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
/FAA/ WILL COMMISSION THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOS AT
SUGAR LAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT /KSGR/
SUGAR LAND... TEXAS
COMMISSIONING WILL TAKE PLACE AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC.
WITH THE COMMISSIONING OF THIS SITE... 849 /313 NWS-SPONSORED
AND 536 FAA-SPONSORED/ OF THE 883 INSTALLED ASOSS WILL HAVE
BEEN COMMISSIONED.
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS SYSTEMS
OPERATIONS CENTER CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS
LISTED BELOW.
HTTP/COLON///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
/LOWER CASE/
NOUS40KWBC 281755
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1850 DECEMBER 28... 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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