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Updated 8 February 2000
SSEC's NOAAPORT data system is based on the SSEC Desktop Ingestor (SDI). The NOAAPORT system provides collection of NOAA's real-time environmental data and products transmitted by the four NOAAPORT data channels. These channels include
the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and National Weather Service Telecommunications Gateway (NWSTG) data and products, GOES-EAST imagery, GOES-WEST imagery, and Non-GOES Imagery/DCP data.
Data Types and Formats
The NOAAPORT NCEP/NWSTG signal contains the following types of data:
- Free text data (ASCII) includes products such as NWSTG text and observational data.
- Binary Universal Form for Data Representation (BUFR) data includes products such as NWSTG upper-air collective, and profiler data.
- Gridded Binary (GRIB) data includes NCEP products such as the nested grid model (NGM), NMC aviation model (AVN), medium-range forecast model (MRF), Early Eta (80 km), MesoEta (40 and 20 km), and RUC (80 km) data.
- Graphics (Redbook) data includes products such as manually generated non-model data.
- Vendor proprietary products also are broadcast as part of the NCEP/NWSTG data stream.
The GOES-EAST Data Channel provides data from the GOES East satellite. It is data
stream consisting of the following imagery products: visible,
infrared, and water vapor for the Eastern Conterminous United States
(CONUS), Puerto Rico, supernational composites, and Northern Hemisphere
(NH) composites.
The GOES-WEST Data Channel provides data from the GOES West satellite. It is a data stream
consisting of the following imagery products: visible, infrared, water
vapor for CONUS, Alaska, and Hawaii; supernational composites, and NH composites.
The Non-GOES Imagery/DCP Data Channel data stream currently
includes GOES DCP data, GMS/GOES-West/GOES-East/METEOSAT composites for visible,
IR, and water vapor products (every 3 hours), and reserve capacity for selected
other satellite imagery to be acquired by NESDIS for future field applications.
Features
- Low cost
- Unattended operation
- Software frame synchronizer
- Simple internal architecture for reliable operation
Included Equipment
- 450 MHz Pentium processor
- 64 Mbyte RAM
- 9 Gbyte disk drive
- Ethernet card
- SDI interface card
User-supplied Equipment
- 12' antenna and mount
- Low-noise amplifier and downconverter (LNB)
- Satellite modem (demodulator)
Cost
NOAAPORT One Channel system ............................. $15,600
NOAAPORT Two Channel system ............................. $23,600
Technical support is free of charge. Decoder software is available at an additional cost.
For more information
Contact Dave Santek by phone at (608) 263-7410 or by email.
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