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>From: "Batson, Bryan" <address@hidden> >Organization: JSFC >Keywords: 200010252007.e9PK7r429975 NOAAPORT NIDS Bryan, >FYI...I am guessing this means that Jan 1, 2001 is now a firm date for the >start of unencrypted radar products. Yup. >Unfortunately, this message doesn't have any details on what will change (if >anything) in the NWSTG stream. In general? The change is that the NIDS products will stop being encrypted and will start being compressed using zlib. I will be adding zlib uncompression to my NIDS server at the end of November. I should then be ready to go. >I am assuming that they will turn of encryption on 1/1/2001, Yes. >but as usual, details are scarce with the NWS. They do have this information on one of their web pages somewhere. >Bryan > >-----Original Message----- >From: Julie Hayes [mailto:address@hidden] >Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 2:41 PM >Subject: FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1814 > > >NOUS40KWBC 251834 >FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1814 OCTOBER 25... 2000 > >ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS > >SUBJECT NEXRAD INFORMATION DISSEMINATION SERVICE /NIDS/ > AGREEMENT TERMINATES ON JANUARY 1... 2001 > >THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ IS REPLACING THE >NIDS WITH A GOVERNMENT OPERATED RADAR PRODUCT CENTRAL >COLLECTION/ DISTRIBUTION SERVICE /RPCCDS/. BASED ON >THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE RPCCDS OPERATIONS >DEMONSTRATION ON OCTOBER 18... 2000 /DETAILS ATTACHED/... >THE NWS CERTIFIES THE OPERATIONAL READINESS OF THE >RPCCDS AS THE NIDS REPLACEMENT. EFFECTIVE >JANUARY 1... 2001... THE NIDS AGREEMENT WILL BE >TERMINATED. > >ON JANUARY 1... 2001... THE NWS RPCCDS BECOMES THE >OPERATIONAL REPLACEMENT TO THE NIDS. THE RPCCDS WILL >BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL USERS. IT WILL PROVIDE OPEN >DISTRIBUTION OF RADAR PRODUCTS COLLECTED FROM THE NWS... >FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION... AND DEPARTMENT OF >DEFENSE WSR-88D SITES TO USERS WITHOUT DATA >REDISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS. > >FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT MR. MICHAEL CARELLI... >NWS NIDS ADMINISTRATOR... AT /301/ 713-1724 EXT. 184... >OR E-MAIL MICHAEL.CARELLI/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV. > >WALTER TELESETSKY >DIRECTOR... OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS > > > >ATTACHMENT -- NWS CERTIFIES THAT THE RPCCDS IS OPERATIONAL > >THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ DEVELOPED THE RADAR >PRODUCT CENTRAL COLLECTION/DISTRIBUTION SERVICE /RPCCDS/ >TO REPLACE THE NEXRAD INFORMATION DISSEMINATION SERVICE >/NIDS/. THE NWS ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING >SYSTEM /AWIPS/ NETWORK COLLECTS RADAR PRODUCTS FROM THE >NWS... FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION... AND DEPARTMENT >OF DEFENSE WSR-88D SITES AND DELIVERS THEM TO CENTRAL >RADAR PRODUCT COLLECTION SERVERS INTEGRATED IN THE NWS >TELECOMMUNICATION GATEWAY IN SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND. >ALL RADAR PRODUCTS COLLECTED ARE AVAILABLE TO USERS >FROM THE RPCCDS SERVERS. > >THE NWS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AN OPERATIONS DEMONSTRATION >OF THE RPCCDS ON OCTOBER 18... 2000. THE PURPOSE OF THE >DEMONSTRATION WAS TO PROVIDE MEASUREMENTS AND ANALYSIS >OF THE RPCCDS PERFORMANCE FOR A MINIMUM OF 30 CONSECUTIVE >DAYS AGAINST THE PREDETERMINED PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. THE >DEMONSTRATION RESULTS WERE USED TO DETERMINE THE >OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND SUITABILITY OF THE RPCCDS >IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF USERS FOR TIMELY AND RELIABLE >ACCESS TO WSR-88D PRODUCTS. > >THE RPCCDS DEMONSTRATION PLAN IS AVAILABLE IN PDF FORMAT >ON THE NWS RPCCDS WEB PAGE AT >HTTP//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/RPCCDS.HTML >ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB PAGE IS THE AGREEMENT AND >FEE SCHEDULE FOR ACCESS TO THE NEW NWS RADAR PRODUCT >SERVICE VIA DEDICATED LINE CONNECTION TO THE RPCCDS >CENTRAL RADAR COLLECTION SERVERS. > >THE RESULTS OF THE RPCCDS OPERATIONS DEMONSTRATION >FOR THE PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER 19-OCTOBER 18... 2000... >ARE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS. OVER THE DEMONSTRATION >PERIOD 636...000 WSR-88D PRODUCTS WERE COLLECTED EACH >DAY... ON AVERAGE. > >AVERAGE END-TO-END PRODUCT DELIVERY >99.1 PERCENT OF THE RADAR PRODUCTS COLLECTED FROM THE >WSR-88D SITES WERE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSMITTED TO THE >DEMONSTRATION PARTICIPANTS DEDICATED COMMUNICATIONS >LINES AND ALSO MADE AVAILABLE FOR FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL >/FTP/ ACCESS. > >/RESULTS EXCEED PERFORMANCE CRITERION OF 95.0 PERCENT/ > >AVERAGE END-TO-END PRODUCT DELIVERY TIMELINESS >THE RADAR PRODUCTS WERE COLLECTED FROM THE WSR-88D >SITES AND DELIVERED TO THE DEMONSTRATION PARTICIPANTS >DEDICATED COMMUNICATIONS LINES AND ALSO MADE AVAILABLE >FOR FTP ACCESS IN AN AVERAGE OF 50.3 SECONDS. > >/RESULTS EXCEED PERFORMANCE CRITERION OF 60 SECONDS OR >LESS FOR 95 PERCENT OF PRODUCTS/ > >THE OPERATIONS DEMONSTRATION ESTABLISHED RPCCDS >PERFORMANCE EXCEEDING THE PASS/FAIL CRITERIA >PREDETERMINED IN THE DEMONSTRATION PLAN. THE >RESULTS DEMONSTRATE THE RPCCDS IS OPERATING IN >A RELIABLE CONFIGURATION... WITH TIMELY RADAR PRODUCT >DELIVERY AND FTP ACCESS AVAILABILITY TO ALL USERS. > >THE NWS CERTIFIES THE OPERATIONAL READINESS OF THE >RPCCDS. THE NWS MAINTAINS TWENTY-FOUR HOUR... SEVEN >DAYS PER WEEK MONITORING AND CONTROL OF THE RPCCDS >OPERATIONS. > >THIS STATEMENT IS BEING DISTRIBUTED WIDELY TO NOAAPORT >USERS... FAMILY OF SERVICES USERS... AND OTHER EXTERNAL >USERS OF NWS DATA AND PRODUCTS. REFER TO THE RPCCDS >WEB PAGE... AT THE ADDRESS GIVEN ABOVE... FOR INFORMATION >UPDATES ON THE RPCCDS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ITS TECHNICAL >CHARACTERISTICS AND PRODUCT CONTENTS. >END >NNNN > > > >WORDPERFECT FORMAT > >ATTENTION: Family of Services Subscribers/NOAAPORT Users > > >SUBJECT: NEXRAD Information Dissemination Service (NIDS) > Agreement Terminates on January 1, 2001 > > >The National Weather Service (NWS) is replacing the NIDS >with a Government operated Radar Product Central Collection/ >Distribution Service (RPCCDS). Based on the successful >completion of the RPCCDS Operations Demonstration on >October 18, 2000 (detail attached), the NWS certifies the >operational readiness of the RPCCDS as the NIDS replacement. >Effective January 1, 2001, the NIDS agreement will be >terminated. > >On January 1, 2001, the NWS' RPCCDS becomes the operational >replacement to the NIDS. The RPCCDS will be accessible to >all users. It will provide open distribution of radar >products collected from the NWS, Federal Aviation >Administration, and Department of Defense WSR-88D sites to >users without data redistribution restrictions. > >For further information contact: Mr. Michael Carelli, NWS >NIDS Administrator, at (301) 713-1724 ext. 184, or e-mail: >address@hidden. > > > >Walter Telesetsky >Director, Office of Operational Systems > >Attachment -- NWS Certifies that the RPCCDS is Operational > NWS Certifies that the RPCCDS is Operational > > >The National Weather Service (NWS) developed the Radar >Product Central Collection/Distribution Service (RPCCDS) to >replace the NEXRAD Information Dissemination Service (NIDS). >The NWS Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System >(AWIPS) network collects radar products from the NWS, >Federal Aviation Administration, and Department of Defense >WSR-88D sites and delivers them to central radar product >collection servers integrated in the NWS Telecommunication >Gateway in Silver Spring, Maryland. All radar products >collected are available to users from the RPCCDS servers. > >The NWS successfully completed an Operations Demonstration >of the RPCCDS on October 18, 2000. The purpose of the >demonstration was to provide measurements and analysis of >the RPCCDS performance for a minimum of 30 consecutive days >against the predetermined performance criteria. The >demonstration results were used to determine the operational >effectiveness and suitability of the RPCCDS in meeting the >needs of users for timely and reliable access to WSR-88D >products. > >The RPCCDS Demonstration Plan is available in "pdf" format >on the NWS RPCCDS web page at >http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/rpccds.html >Also available on the web page is the agreement and fee >schedule for access to the new NWS Radar Product Service via >dedicated line connection to the RPCCDS central radar >collection servers. > >The results of the RPCCDS Operations Demonstration for the >period of September 19-October 18, 2000, are summarized as >follows. Over the demonstration period 636,000 WSR-88D >products were collected each day, on average. > >Average End-to-End Product Delivery > 99.1 percent of the radar products collected from the > WSR-88D sites were successfully transmitted to the > demonstration participants' dedicated communications > lines and also made available for File Transfer > Protocol (FTP) access. > > (Results exceed performance criterion of 95.0 percent) > > > > > >Average End-to-End Product Delivery Timeliness > The radar products were collected from the WSR-88D > sites and delivered to the demonstration participants' > dedicated communications lines and also made available > for FTP access in an average of 50.3 seconds. > > (Results exceed performance criterion of 60 seconds or > less for 95 percent of products) > > >The Operations Demonstration established RPCCDS performance >exceeding the pass/fail criteria predetermined in the >demonstration plan. The results demonstrate the RPCCDS is >operating in a reliable configuration, with timely radar >product delivery and FTP access availability to all users. > >The NWS certifies the operational readiness of the RPCCDS. >The NWS maintains twenty-four hour, seven days per week >monitoring and control of the RPCCDS operations. > >This statement is being distributed widely to NOAAPORT >users, Family of Services users, and other external users of >NWS data and products. Refer to the RPCCDS web page, at the >address given above, for information updates on the RPCCDS >and descriptions of its technical characteristics and >product contents. Tom -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ * Tom Yoksas UCAR Unidata Program * * (303) 497-8642 (last resort) P.O. Box 3000 * * address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 * * Unidata WWW Service http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/* +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+