Comments Procedure
Comments Response
  • NESDIS will provide e-mail confirmation of receipt of comments.
  • The open period for public comment will be a minimum of 30 calendar days after the posting date.
  • Decisions will be posted in the status area of the Notice of Changes, typically within 30 calendar days from the close of the comment period.
Partnership Policy Implementation Product Changes

NESDIS provides an array of environmental information products and services. In accordance with the NOAA Policy on Partnerships in the Provision of Environmental Information, first issued in January 2006, NESDIS invites the public to comment upon currently proposed changes to significant environmental information products and services.

The Notice of Changes lists proposed changes to information products and services. The sections below describe the procedures for submitting comments regarding specific change proposals.

NESDIS also welcomes general comments regarding its implementation of the above policy.

Direct Services

NOAA Satellite Information System: Central location for finding information about NOAA environmental satellites (GOES and POES).


Argos Data Collection System (DCS): Argos DCS is an environmental data collection relay system that consists of in-situ data collection platforms equipped with sensors and transmitters and the Argos instrument aboard the NOAA Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES).

 

GOES Data Collection System (DCS): A data relay system used to transmit observations from surface based environmental platforms through NOAA's geostationary satellites, for delivery back to the platform owner.

Notice of Changes (5)
Last Updated:
07/20/12
Name of product or service:
NOAA-15 GVI products (Fractional Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) )
Type of change:
Termination of NOAA-15 Global Vegetation Index (GVI) Products on September 30, 2012
Description:
The NOAA-15 AVHRR NDVI products are getting degraded significantly as the instrument ECT is drifting away from 7:45AM to 4:45AM. The NDVI algorithms could not work optimally with the drift.. more...
Point of contact:
ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880
Send comments to:
ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880

Last Updated:
07/2012
Name of product or service:
NESDIS Calibrated SSM/IS TDR
Type of change:
Termination of the Calibrated SSM/IS TDR Products on September 30, 2012
Description:
There is no real time user for NESDIS Calibrated SSM/IS TDR in OSPO product audit conducted in 2011. STAR is the only user and has agreed to run the F16 calibrated SSM/IS TDR software application in house.... more...
Point of contact:
ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880
Send comments to:
ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880
Last Updated:
01/19/12
Name of product or service:
11km Global Geo-Polar Blended Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Analysis
Data set available at: NESDIS Office of Satellite and Product Operations
Type of change:
Discontinue production of this product on July 1, 2013.
Note:  The replacement product at 5 km grid spacing is currently in production (operational May 2012).
Description:
An SST analysis incorporating satellite-borne instruments is a true global analysis. Each instrument has its own strengths and weaknesses, depending on the sensor type, platform, orbit, etc... more...
Point of contact:
Dan Kowal, dan.kowal@noaa.gov
Send comments to:
Dan Kowal, dan.kowal@noaa.gov
Last Updated:
01/19/12
Name of product or service:
Global Ecosystems Database
Type of change:
Discontinue archival support and data distribution at NGDC.
Description:
The Global Ecosystems Database (GED) project began in 1990 as an Interagency project between the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Research Laboratory in Corvallis, Oregon (ERL-C).. more...
Point of contact:
Dan Kowal, dan.kowal@noaa.gov
Send comments to:
Dan Kowal, dan.kowal@noaa.gov
Last Updated:
10/20/11
Name of product or service:
NESDIS GOES 5x5 Sounding BUFR Retrievals
Type of change:
Replacement / Retirement
Description:
The replacement GOES 1x1Sounding BUFR Retrievals product will begin transmission to the user on November 22nd at 15Z UTC. more...
Point of contact:
EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov or (301) 817 4444
Send comments to:
EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov