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PNSWSH
Public
Information Notice
National Weather
Service Headquarters Washington DC
106 PM EST Fri
Dec 2 2011
TO: Users of the International Satellite
Communications
System (ISCS) and Other NWS users
FROM: Craig Hodan
Chief, NWS Dissemination Systems
Branch
SUBJECT: Soliciting Comments Until December 31, 2011,
on
ISCS Broadcast Ending and Being
replaced by proposed
GTS Internet File Service (GIFS) and
Geonetcast
Americas Satellite Broadcast
NWS is accepting
comments until December 31, 2011, on plans to
replace the ISCS
satellite broadcast service, which provides
meteorological
and aviation weather products to WFO regional
association IV
members and participating states, with the global
telecommunication
system (GTS) internet file service (GIFS)
ISCS will end June 30, 2012, when the FAA ISCS contract
expires.
GIFS will make
the ISCS broadcast products available for download
via https over the
public internet as a data pull service. GIFS
will allow the
current set of ISCS users to access products
through the NWS
issuance of authorized usernames and passwords.
The new system
will be available for preliminary use and
assessment by
April 1, 2012. All ISCS users will need to
transition from
ISCS to GIFS by June 30, 2012.
A sub-channel on
the NESDIS GeoNetCast-Americas (GNC-A) satellite
broadcast service
is proposed for product dissemination in FY13
to provide a
point-to-multipoint data push of meteorological products
to the current
set of ISCS users.
This service will
complement the GIFS capability while employing
a diverse,
independent service. This complimentary service will
provide service
to the more remote or underdeveloped regions and
improve service
availability to locations where both GIFS and
GNC-A are
accessible. Users must purchase, install, operate, and
maintain the
required satellite ground receiver equipment.
Please submit
comments to the following contact. When commenting
by email, please
include "ISCS-CMT:" at the beginning of email
subject line.
Robert Gillespie,
PMP
National weather
service
Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910
United States of
America
301-713-9478 ext
140
robert.gillespie@noaa.gov
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Information Notices are online at:
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