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Technical Implementation Notice 11-22, Amended
National
Weather Service Headquarters
100 PM EDT Fri Sep 2 2011
To: Subscribers
-Family of Services
-NOAA Weather Wire Service
-Emergency Managers Weather Information
Network
-NOAAPORT
-Other NWS Partners and Employees
From: Richard J. Vogt
Director, WSR-88D
Subject: Amended: WSR-88D Dual Polarization
Modification
beginning September 12, 2011
References:
Technical Implementation Notices 10-22 and 10-23
(Corrected)
dated Nov 2, 2010
Public Information Statement, Jun 18, 2010
The Next
Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) agencies have approved the network-wide deployment
of the WSR-88D (Weather Surveillance Radar-1988, Doppler) Dual Polarization
modification. The full deployment phase of the project is scheduled to begin
Sep 12, 2011. Please note the following
information concerning the installations:
The deployment
schedule is posted at the following link under
the title “Deploy Schedule”
http://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/DualPol/Default.aspx.
The
status of the sites completed to date and installations
planned for the next month is posted under the title
“Deployment
Status” at:
http://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/DualPol/Default.aspx
Each WSR-88D will be inoperable for approximately
12 days during the modification. Sites
will issue a Public Information Statement and a Free Text Message before turning
off the legacy system. Another Free Text
Message will be issued when the Dual
Polarization modification is complete and the
radar is placed
back in operation.
Transmission of Level II Dual Polarization
data will begin when the modfication is completed. Initially, Level III Dual Polarization
products will not be transmitted. The Dual
Polarization products will generally be added to Level III product transmission
during the first Tuesday through Thursday work day after the modification
completion.
Information on the Dual Polarization Level II
data formats is
under the title “Documentation” at:
http://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/DualPol/Default.aspx
Information on the Dual Polarization Level II
data and products to be collected, archived, and distributed is in NWS
Technical Implementation Notice 10-23, issued May 19, 2010.
Dual Polarization training materials are
available at:
If you
have questions or comments, please contact:
Tim Crum
WSR-88D Radar Operations Center
or
Mike
Istok
NWS
Office of Science and Technology
National
Technical Implementation Notices are online at:
http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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