Re: 20041028: IDD Feeds

Hi Robert,

No worries...Sites just wonder what is up when they are not contacted by
us.. I understand your confusion, at the earlier stages (it was me), we
suggessted you contact universities in hopes of some collaboration due the
the fact that as an individual we could not "support" you.

I have been on bigbird and it now appears to be stable and is well
connected..let's hang on to that feed for awhile and see if it now better
accomodates your needs. If it goes south again, which would be a bummer as
we rely on that machine for relay, we will investigate other feed options.
Bigbird ~should be a great feed, it sits on the I2 router at the Houston
G-pop, and has heavy horses!


Keep us posted,

Jeff
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Robert wrote:

> Hello Jeff,
>
> I am very sorry, I wasn't aware that I couldn't contact feed source
> directly. I had an e-mail conversation a couple years ago (I believe it was
> either with you, or Steve), and they told me I had to go through the
> individual universities to see if they would setup a feed (I used Unidatas'
> site contact page for the feed contacts).
>
> Anyway, thanks for contacting me, because it does make it easier going
> through Unidata. I am using the data for primarily researching synoptic
> scale meteorological events, so no commercial use or operation use is going
> on. Not affiliated with a University, but am doing sole research (on my
> own). My Unidata user account was upgraded to a "Unidata Sponsored"
> individual (username: rdewey) by Tom and the folks at UWISC, and UWISC has
> allowed me full access to the McIDAS distribution. The only datasets I am
> not allowed to access are proprietary datasets NLDN and WSI.
>
> I am basically looking for a replacement to the bigbird.tamu.edu system - I
> was troubleshooting my LDM with Tom Yoksas, and we agreed that it was a
> network problem, so I set out to look for a replacement. I picked sites that
> were somewhat close to me, and had low ping times, to help prevent any big
> problems with network.
>
> My IP address is 69.14.190.10 (you probably already have this)...
>
> Anyway, Thanks for the help, and again - I apologize for any problems I
> cause...
> Robert Dewey
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Weber" <address@hidden>
> To: "Robert" <address@hidden>
> Cc: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 3:20 PM
> Subject: 20041028: IDD Feeds
>
>
> > Hello Robert,
> >
> > I am aware that you have been involved in obtaining weather data via the
> > IDD since you were in high school..One caveat to follow..do not go fishing
> > for feeds..
> >
> > I have been contacted by a site that indicated you were looking for a
> > feed.
> >
> > This is not an "ad hoc" process, we manage the topology here at the UPC.
> >
> >
> > I see that you are currently feeding mostly from bigbird, and yes, bigbird
> > has been having issues.
> >
> > How, and for what purpose, are you using this data?
> >
> > Are you affiliated with a a university or research institution?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> > Jeff
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> > Unidata Program Center                        PH:303-497-8676        :
> > University Corp for Atmospheric Research      3300 Mitchell Ln       :
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber      Boulder,Co 80307-3000  :
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