[nws-changes] 20121005: Fwd: DM 10-12.01 ADDITION OF ALASKA REGION NPP VIIRS IMAGERYTO NOAAPORT TEST CHANNEL

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20121005: Fwd: DM 10-12.01 ADDITION OF ALASKA REGION NPP VIIRS IMAGERYTO NOAAPORT TEST CHANNEL
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:40:55 -0600

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NOXX10 KWBC 051400
DATA MGT MESSAGE 10-12.01

TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS.. FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...
    EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS...
    GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS

FROM  RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT - ADDITION OF ALASKA REGION NPP VIIRS IMAGERY
TO NOAAPORT TEST CHANNEL

ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 10  2012  BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY
1500 UTC   HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY FROM THE NPP SATELLITE
WILL BEGIN BEING BROADCAST ACROSS THE NOAAPORT SBN. THIS
ADDITION WILL CONSIST OF A LIMITED SET OF NPP VISIBLE
INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITE -VIIRS- IMAGERY
COVERING THE ALASKA REGION. THIS DATA STREAM WILL BE
PROVIDED BY THE NOAA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE,
DATA, AND INFORMATION SERVICE -NESDIS- NPP DATA
EXPLOITATION -NDE- SYSTEM  BASED ON NPP VIIRS IMAGERY
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA RECORDS -EDRS-.

THE NEW NPP VIIRS IMAGERY PRODUCTS WILL BE SENT VIA A
TEST CHANNEL OF THE NOAAPORT SATELLITE BROADCAST
NETWORK USING -

1. DVB PACKET IDENTIFIER - 105
2. MULTICAST ADDRESS - 224.01.1.5
3. PORT NUMBER - 1205
4. FRAME LEVEL HEADER FIELD SETTING TAG - 7

IT IS ANTICIPATED THIS ADDITIONAL NOAAPORT CHANNEL WILL
BE POPULATED WITH ADDITIONAL POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITE
IMAGERY IN THE FUTURE AND WILL HENCEFORTH BE REFERRED
TO AS THE POLARSAT CHANNEL.

THE IMAGERY PRODUCTS WILL BE SENT IN A NETCDF4 FORMAT
BUT COMPRESSED USING GZIP. THE ASSIGNED HEADERS FOR THE
PRODUCTS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS

TIPB01 KNES - CHANNEL 1
TIPB04 KNES - CHANNEL 4
TIPB05 KNES - CHANNEL 5

THE NOAAPORT FEED OF NPP VIIRS IMAGERY WILL BE PROVIDED
ACROSS A TEST CHANNEL OF THE SBN. THIS NOAAPORT CHANNEL
WILL BE UNDER TEST AND EVALUATION. PRODUCT AVAILABILITY
ACROSS THIS CHANNEL IS EXPECTED TO MEET OR EXCEED 95
PERCENT AVAILABILITY.

FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL
CONTENT OF THE NOAAPORT NPP VIIRS IMAGERY FEED, PLEASE
CONTACT

ESPC HELP DESK
PHONE - 301.817.3880
EMAIL - ESPCOPERATIONS -AT- NOAA.GOV

FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NOAAPORT ACTIVATION OR
DISTRIBUTION OF THESE DATA SETS, PLEASE CONTACT THE NWS
USING THE EMAIL ADDRESS SHOWN BELOW

NWS.NOAAPORT -AT- NOAA.GOV
DATA MANAGEMENT

THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.

DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS

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