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Service Change Notice 11-44
National Weather Service Headquarters
700 AM EST Fri Dec 23 2011
TO: Regional
Meteorological Telecommunications Network
(RMTN) Users of
the International Satellite
Communications
System (ISCS) in WMO Regions III and IV
FROM: Craig Hodan
Chief, NWS
Dissemination Systems Branch
SUBJECT: ISCS Broadcast
Ending and Being Replaced by the
GTS Internet
File Service (GIFS) Effective
ISCS Broadcast will end June 30, 2012, when the FAA ISCS
contract expires. NWS is replacing the ISCS satellite broadcast service, which
provides meteorological and aviation weather products to WMO Regional
Association IV members and participating states, with the Global
Telecommunication System (GTS) Internet File Service (GIFS)
GIFS will make the ISCS broadcast products available for
download via https over the Internet as a data pull service. GIFS will allow
the current set of WMO Regional Association IV (RA-IV) ISCS users and other
select Member States to access products through the NWS issuance of authorized
service usernames and passwords. The new system will be available for
preliminary use and assessment by April 1, 2012. All RA-IV
Coordinating information and status updates on the GIFS
implementation and transition is provided on the NWS ISCS Webpage:
http://www.weather.gov/iscs/countdown.php
This Website will be updated to keep you informed on the
schedule, progress and status of this transition.
If you have questions or comments, please contact:
Robert Gillespie, PMP
Program Manager, ISCS
301-713-9478 x 140
National Service Change Notices are online at:
http://weather.gov/os/notif.htm
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