Re: [Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC]

Thanks Linda.  It looks like they published the incorrect URL for the 
NOMADS home page.  http://www.nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/ is not working, but 
you can reach it at http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov  (i.e., without the www).

Also, the service description doc is at : 
http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/txt_descriptions/NOMADS_Service_Description.pdf

Mohan

On 12/4/2008 6:45 AM, Linda Miller wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just in case you missed this notice today.
>
> Linda
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> 827 NOUS41 KWBC 041326
> PNSWSH
>
> PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...COMMENT REQUEST
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
> 825 AM EST FRI DEC 4 2008
>
> TO:  SUBSCRIBERS:
>  -FAMILY OF SERVICES
>  -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
>  -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
>  -WEB OPERATIONS CENTER
>  OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES
>
> FROM:  JORDAN ALPERT...ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING CENTER /EMC/
>  RICK HACKENBERG...NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS /NCO/
>
> SUBJECT:  SOLICITING PUBLIC COMMENTS BY JANUARY 16 2009 ON          
> PROPOSED UPGRADE OF HIGH AVAILABILITY ANONYMOUS FTP          SERVICES 
> AT THE WEB OPERATIONS CENTER /WOC/ AND          APPLICATIONS FOR 
> SERVING DATA FROM THE NOAA OPERATIONAL          MODEL ARCHIVE 
> DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM /NOMADS/
> NWS IS SOLICITING COMMENTS BY JANUARY 16 2009 ON AN IMPORTANT 
> COMPONENT OF NOAA'S INFORMATION DATA BASE: THE MODEL OUTPUT DATA FROM 
> ATMOSPHERIC...OCEAN AND CLIMATE NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION /NWP/ 
> MODELS. THIS DATA IS OPERATIONALLY PREPARED AT THE NATIONAL CENTERS 
> FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION /NCEP/. THE NOAA OPERATIONAL MODEL 
> ARCHIVE AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM /NOMADS/ BEGAN AS A PILOT PROJECT 
> DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A SERVICE ORIENTED FRAMEWORK FOR:
> - A DIGITAL ARCHIVE AND REAL TIME DISTRIBUION OF NOAA/S
>  OPERATIONAL WEATHER MODELS
> - AN INNOVATIVE DATA ACCESS PHILOSOPHY TO PROMOTE INTEROPERABLE
>  ACCESS ACROSS THE GEOSCIENCES
> - AN INTEGRATOR OF COMMON WEB SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT
>  THE DISCOVERY...ACCESS AND TRANSPORT OF DATA
> - REAL-TIME AND RETROSPECTIVE FORMAT INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO
>  CLIMATE...OCEAN AND WEATHER MODEL DATA.
>
> NWS IS SEEKING COMMENTS ON A PROPOSED UPGRADE PROVIDING HIGH 
> AVAILABILITY NOMADS APPLICATIONS FOR SERVING MODEL DATA ON THE WOC 
> SERVER. IN ADDITION TO ANONYMOUS FTP SERVICES AT THE WOC...NCEP WOULD 
> INTRODUCE THE FOLLOWING NOMADS WEB BASED ACCESS APPLICATIONS:
>
> 1. GRIB_FILTER: PROVIDES ACCESS TO BINARY GRIB DATA WITH SUB-
>   SETTING THROUGH TIME...SPACE AND VARIABLES USING TRADITIONAL BUT   
> ENHANCED FTP PROCESSES. DATA ARE PROVIDED IN RAW GRIB FORMAT   ONLINE 
> AND RESULTS ARE REPACKAGED GRIB FILES STREAMED TO THE USERS   
> WORKSTATION. WEB INTERFACES COMMUNICATE THE USERS REQUEST AND HTTP   
> PROTOCOL IS USED TO DELIVER RESULTS.
> 2. OPENDAP /GDS/DODS/ SERVER: THE OPEN SOURCE PROJECT FOR A   NETWORK 
> DATA ACCESS PROTOCOL /OPENDAP/ IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE GRADS   DATA 
> SERVER /GDS/ DISTRIBUTED OCEAN DATA SYSTEM /DODS/ PROVIDES     SIMPLE 
> FILE-LEVEL ACCESS/DOWNLOAD VALUES OF ENTIRE FILES OR ONE OR   MORE 
> VALUES FROM THE MATRIX OF SERVER GRIB DATA HOLDINGS.
> THESE CHANGES ARE MADE TO ADDRESS A GROWING NEED FOR REMOTE ACCESS TO 
> HIGH VOLUME NWP MODEL DATA. A MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THESE 
> CHANGES CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
>
> HTTP://WWW.NOMADS.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/
> AND VIA SERVICE DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT AT
>
> NOMADS.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/TXT_DESCRIPTIONS/NOMADS_SERVICE_DESCRIPTION.PDF
> SEND COMMENTS ON THESE PROPOSED CHANGES BY JANUARY 16 2009 TO
>
> address@hidden.
> FOR QUESTIONS...PLEASE CONTACT:
>
>  NCEP NOMADS HIGH AVAILABILITY TECHNICAL SUPPORT:
>  NCEP NCO PMB HELPDESK  address@hidden
> 301-763-8000X7156
>
>  WOC STATUS:
> address@hidden 301-713-3333X201
>
>  SCIENCE/DATA QUESTIONS:
> address@hidden
> 301-763-8000X7205
>
> NWS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT /USE LOWERCASE/:
>  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM
>
> $$
> NNNN