NOAAPort Satellite Broadcast Network Scott Christensen NOAA NWS Office of Science and Technology

1. NOAAPort Satellite Broadcast Network Scott Christensen NOAA NWS Office of Science and Technology 2011 Satellite Direct Readout Conference, Miami FL April 7, 2011

2. Contents • What is NOAAPort? • Approximate Coverage Area • Channels and Network Expansion • Technical Specifications • NOAAPort Product Types & Future Additions • Reference and Contact Information • Acronyms

3. What is NOAAPort? NOAA’s Satellite Broadcast Network NOAAPort– also known as theSatellite Broadcast Network (SBN)– is the primary vehicle through which hydrometeorological products are provided to NWS field office AWIPS systems. The vast majority of NOAAPort products are freely available to NOAA’s partners.

4. What is NOAAPort? NOAA’s Satellite Broadcast Network POES GOES SES-1 Satellite Other Environmental Satellite Products AVHRR HIRS/AMSU DCS GVAR NOAA/NWS NCEP Guidance & Model Products Satellite Product Generation AWIPS NCF TOC NWSTG NOAAPort Uplink Facility (NY) Satellite imagery NOAA/NESDIS NOAAPort Users Includes Many Users – Inside and Outside of NOAA WFO/RFC Forecasts, Watches Warnings Hydromet Sensor Products (e.g., radar, ASOS, Profiler, River Gages)

5. NOAAPort Approximate Coverage Area

6. NOAAPort Channels and Network Expansion • NOAAPort Channels - There are four NOAAPort data streams, each with a unique DVB PID:GOES/NESDIS • NCEP/NWSTG • NCEP/NWSTG2 • OCONUS Imagery/Model/DCP • Expansion Drivers – Existing NOAAPort channels are highly utilized. Emerging requirements, such as for NPP, GOES-R, JPSS, NCEP model, and dual polarization radar, necessitate network expansion.

7. NOAAPort Network Expansion • Expansion currently underway! • Network bandwidth increase from 10 to 30 Mbps. • Transition from DVB-S to DVB-S2. • Supports MPE and VCM. • 30 day window of “dual illumination,” April 18 to • May 17, 2011. • AWIPS SBN Channel Resizing – New product • additions, starting in July-August 2011.

8. NOAAPort Technical Specifications * Scheduled for mid-May 2011.

9. NOAAPort Technical Specifications (Continued) * Scheduled for mid-May 2011.

10. NOAAPort Product Types* * Based on 2009 analysis.

11. NOAAPort Upcoming Product Additions • Additional NWP & Forecast Guidance, such as • NCEP’s High Resolution Window – Late 2011. • Dual Polarization Weather Radar Products • from WSR-88D – 2011 through 2013. • NPP Imagery, Soundings, and Other Products – 2012 • through 2013. • GOES-R Series and JPSS Products – 2015 and • beyond.

12. NOAAPort Reference and Contact Information http://www.weather.gov/noaaport/html/noaaport.shtml NOAAPort Contacts Data and Products: NWS.HQ.OPS31.DM@noaa.gov Engineering/Technical: NWS.NOAAPORT.SUPPORT@noaa.gov

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14. NOAAPort Primary Acronyms ASOS – Automated Surface Observing System AWIPS – Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System BUFR – Binary Universal Form for Representation of Meteorological Data CONUS – Continental US dBW – decibel watts DCP – Data Collection Platform DVB-S,DVB-S2 – Digital Video Broadcast by Satellite (First & Second Generations) EIRP – Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power GINI – GOES Ingest/NOAAPORT Interface GOES – Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GRIB – Gridded Binary (Editions 1 and 2) JPSS – Joint Polar Satellite System (B)MGS – (Backup) Master Ground Station MPE – Multi-Protocol EncapsulationNCEP – National Centers for Environmental Prediction NCF – Network Control Facility NESDIS – National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service NPP – NPOESS Preparatory Project NWSTG – National Weather Service Telecommunications Gateway also, the NOAAPort Channel that carries numerous NWSTG products OCONUS – Off CONUS PID – Packet IDPOES – Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite RFC – River Forecast Center SBN – Satellite Broadcast Network (NOAAPort) VCM – Variable Coding and Modulation WFO – Weather Forecast Office