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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICE 08-29...AMENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC 
110 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008 

TO:       SUBSCRIBERS:
          -FAMILY OF SERVICES
          -NOAAPORT
          OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES

FROM:     JASON TUELL 
          CHIEF...SCIENCE PLANS BRANCH 
          OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

SUBJECT:  AMENDED: NESDIS HIGH DENSITY QUIKSCAT OCEAN SURFACE
          WINDS ADDED TO SBN/NOAAPORT: EFFECTIVE JUNE 26 2008 

AMENDED TO NOTIFY USERS OF THE REMOVAL OF THE 25 KM ASCAT WIND 
PRODUCTS FROM THE METOP ASCAT SENSOR...WHICH ORIGINALLY WERE TO 
HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED WITH THESE HIGH DENSITY QUIKSCAT 
WINDS...BUT ARE NOW EXPECTED TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN OCTOBER 2008.
A SEPARATE TIN WILL ADDRESS THESE ASCAT PRODUCTS.

EFFECTIVE THURSDAY JUNE 26 2008...THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL 
SATELLITE...DATA...AND INFORMATION SERVICE /NESDIS/ AND NWS 
BEGAN DISSEMINATION OF HIGH DENSITY SCATTEROMETER OCEAN SURFACE 
WIND PRODUCTS VIA SBN/NOAAPORT.

THESE PRODUCTS ARE THE CURRENT SET OF NASA QUIKSCAT WINDS FROM 
THE SEAWINDS SCATTEROMETER SENSOR...BUT WITH THE WIND VECTOR 
RETRIEVAL HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION INCREASING FROM 25 TO 12.5 KM.

QUIKSCAT IS A POLAR ORBITING SATELLITE...PROVIDING APPROXIMATELY 
TWO FLYOVERS PER DAY...MORE IN THE HIGH LATITUDE REGIONS. EACH 
ORBIT HAS A DURATION OF APPROXIMATELY 101 MINUTES. THE RAW DATA 
ARE PROCESSED BY NESDIS INTO POINT VALUES OF WIND SPEED AND 
DIRECTION...THEN ENCODED INTO BUFR.

WMO HEADINGS /T1T2A1A2II CCCC/ OF THESE PRODUCTS ARE OF THE 
FORM:

     T1:     I
     T2:     S
     A1:     X
     A2:     X
     II:     REGION /SEE TABLE BELOW/
     CCCC:   KNES

THE HIGH DENSITY QUIKSCAT WIND PRODUCTS WILL BE PROVIDED OVER 
THE FOLLOWING NINE GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS...WITH AN AGGREGATE AREA 
OF COVERAGE FROM 75N TO 35S AND FROM 35W TO 130E /CROSSING THE 
INTERNATIONAL DATELINE/:

REGION  II  COVERAGE

AREA1   01  35S TO 37N...35W TO 90W
AREA2   02  37N TO 75N...35W TO 90W
AREA3   03  35S TO 37N...90W TO 109W
AREA4   04  37N TO 75N...90W TO 109W
AREA5   05  35S TO 42N...109W TO 140W
AREA6   06  42N TO 75N...109W TO 128W
             4N TO 42N...128W TO 140W
AREA7   07  35S TO 50N...140W TO 180
AREA8   08  35S TO 50N...180 TO 130E
AREA9   09  52N TO 75N...128W TO 140W
            50N TO 75N...140W TO 130E


IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE TECHNICAL DETAILS OF 
THESE PRODUCTS OR THEIR GENERATION...PLEASE CONTACT:

     GENE LEGG
     NESDIS...OSDPD...IPD
     CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND
     PHONE: 301 763 8051 EXT 107
     EMAIL: GENE.LEGG@NOAA.GOV

     OR

     PAUL CHANG
     NESDIS...ORA...ORAD
     CAMP SPRINGS MARYLAND
     PHONE: 301 763 8231 EXT 167
     EMAIL: PAUL.S.CHANG@NOAA.GOV 

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE SBN/NOAAPORT ACTIVATION 
OF THESE PRODUCTS...PLEASE CONTACT:

     DAVE NIVER
     NWS...OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
     SILVER SPRING MARYLAND
     PHONE: 301 713 0211 EXT 180
     EMAIL: DAVE.NIVER@NOAA.GOV

THIS AND OTHER NWS TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE 
AVAILABLE ONLINE AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:

     HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM

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