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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
940 AM EST FRI JUN 18 2010	 

TO:        SUBSCRIBERS
           -FAMILY OF SERVICES 
           -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE 
           -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
           -SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK
           -OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES 

FROM:      RICHARD J. VOGT
           DIRECTOR... WSR-88D RADAR OPERATIONS CENTER

SUBJECT:   INITIATION OF REAL-TIME WSR-88D LEVEL II DATA FROM 
RADAR OPERATIONS CENTER TEST BED RADARS 

REFERENCE: INITIATION OF WSR-88D DUAL POLARIZATION LEVEL II 
           DATA: EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 17 2010 WITH DUAL
           POLARIZATION BETA TEST TIN 10-22

NWS HAS INITIATED REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC COLLECTION... 
DISTRIBUTION AND ARCHIVE OF WSR-88D LEVEL II DATA FROM THE TWO 
WSR-88D TEST BED SYSTEMS AT THE RADAR OPERATIONS CENTER... 
NORMAN OKLAHOMA.  INFORMATION ON THE DATA STREAMS FOLLOWS: 

SITE ID   SYSTEM AND DATA INFORMATION        	
-------   ---------------------------        
KOUN      DUAL POLARIZATION.  BUILD 12.1 SUPER RESOLUTION 

THE FOLLOWING SITE IDENTIFIERS ARE FROM A NON-DUAL 
POLARIZED WSR-88D SYSTEM /ALSO KNOWN AS KCRI/ 
ADAPTABLE TO MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS
      
DAN1      BUILD 12 SUPER RESOLUTION 
DOP1      BUILD 12 RECOMBINED
FOP1      BUILD 12 RECOMBINED
ROP3      BUILD 12 SUPER RESOLUTION
NOP3      BUILD 12 SUPER RESOLUTION 
NOP4      BUILD 12 SUPER RESOLUTION
ROP4      BUILD 12 SUPER RESOLUTION

KOUN LATITUDE  +35 14 09.81  
     LONGITUDE -97 27 44.46  
     ELEVATION 370 METER  
     TOWER      20 METER

KCRI LATITUDE  +35 14 18  
     LONGITUDE -97 27 36  
     ELEVATION 366 METER  
     TOWER      30 METER  
 
THE LEVEL II DATA FROM THESE SYSTEMS WILL BE FROM WSR-88DS UNDER 
TESTING... THUS:
  - MAY NOT BE CONTINUOUSLY AVAILABLE
  - MAY NOT ALWAYS BE AT THE HIGHEST DATA QUALITY
  - MAY CONTAIN INCOMPLETE VOLUME SCANS
  - WILL BE ARCHIVED AT THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER /NCDC/ 

AS TRANSMITTED AND AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM /USE LOWERCASE/: 

      HTTP://HURRICANE.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/PLS/PLHAS/HAS.DSSELECT 

FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE CHANGES... CONTACT:

  TIM CRUM
  WSR-88D RADAR OPERATIONS CENTER
  1200 WESTHEIMER DRIVE
  NORMAN OK 73069
  TIM.D.CRUM@NOAA.GOV

NATIONAL PUBLIC IMPLEMENTATION NOTICES ARE ONLINE AT  
/USE LOWERCASE/:

  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM

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