[NOAA] DM04-16.02 Transition of GeoNetCast Americas to new satellite uplink system

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/dm-cgi-bin/chgshow.pl?fn=DM041602.txt

2016-04-27 WIS Metadata Change Monitor

WIS Metadata Changes for GTS Bulletins

Since: 2016-04-20 08:10:01
Until: 2016-04-27 08:10:01
This is an unofficial summary made by TOYODA Eizi, compiled from WIS Discovery Metadata collected at GISC Tokyo. This is not an official notification from WMO nor JMA.

NWS to terminatte B/W version of weekly-published weather maps

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notification/scn16-14bw_dwm_end.htm

Fast track (Simple) amendment to the WMO Core Metadata Profile approved effective 2016-05-17

http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/ois/Operational_Information/Newsletters/current_news_en.html

2016-04-20 WIS Metadata Change Monitor

WIS Metadata Changes for GTS Bulletins

Since: 2016-04-13 08:10:01

Until: 2016-04-20 08:10:01

This is an unofficial summary made by TOYODA Eizi, compiled from WIS Discovery Metadata collected at GISC Tokyo. This is not an official notification from WMO nor JMA.

Weather map symbols SVG/PNG available on WMO website!

The WIS website now has PNG images of the version 0.7.0 of weather map symbols (aviational weather, cloud genus, cloud symbols CL/CM/CH, fronts, past/present weather for automatic/manned stations, swell directions, pressure tendency, etc).
http://wis.wmo.int/wxsymbols/
The symbols are originally provided in SVG format by the Open Geospatial Consortium, with CC BY 4.0 lisence in my understanding.
https://github.com/OGCMetOceanDWG/WorldWeatherSymbols

New short URL at wis website (volcano, ManCodes1, ManCodes2)

WIS web site has a list of short URLs maintained on the site.  This time there are a few new ones:

1. http://wis.wmo.int/volcano -> http://volcano.si.edu/search_volcano.cfm

Looks like useful, but I don't know how the database of the Smithonian Institute has official status in WMO's operation though....

2. Manual on Codes:

http://wis.wmo.int/ManCodes1 -> http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WMOCodes/WMO306_vI1/VolumeI.1.html
http://wis.wmo.int/ManCodes2 -> http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WMOCodes/WMO306_vI2/VolumeI.2.html

Hand, 2016: Obsolescence looms for balloon data

An interesting article appeared on the Science magazine -

Obsolescence looms for balloon data
Eric Hand
Science  15 Apr 2016:
Vol. 352, Issue 6283, pp. 281-282
DOI: 10.1126/science.352.6283.281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.352.6283.281

2016-04-13 WIS Metadata Change Monitor

WIS Metadata Changes for GTS Bulletins

Since: 2016-04-06 08:10:01

Until: 2016-04-13 08:10:01

This is an unofficial summary made by TOYODA Eizi, compiled from WIS Discovery Metadata collected at GISC Tokyo. This is not an official notification from WMO nor JMA.

2016-04-06 WIS Metadata Change Monitor

WIS Metadata Changes for GTS Bulletins

Since: 2016-03-30 08:10:01

Until: 2016-04-06 08:10:01

This is an unofficial summary made by TOYODA Eizi, compiled from WIS Discovery Metadata collected at GISC Tokyo. This is not an official notification from WMO nor JMA.

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1 INS IUSI01SCSC

OAI-date: 2016-04-06 00:47:51

status: active

dateStamp: 2016-04-05 20:17:18

bounds: [-55.9022:-17.5053 -90.4461:-66.4206]

policy: WMOEssential

format: FM 94

kw.temporal: 12

kw.place: -82.44E; -66.42E; -17.50N; -55.90N

title: IUSI01 collection of TEMP reports available from SCSC (SANTIAGO DE CHILE (NATIONAL WEATHER CENTER) as BUFR at 12 UTC

poc: SMN

gisc: WIS-GISC-BRASILIA

Links: VolC1

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2 INS IUSI02SCSC

OAI-date: 2016-04-06 00:47:54

status: active

dateStamp: 2016-04-05 20:21:27

bounds: [-55.9022:-17.5053 -90.4461:-66.4206]

policy: WMOEssential

format: FM 94

kw.temporal: 00 12

kw.place: -90.44E; -66.42E; -17.50N; -55.90N

title: IUSI01 collection of TEMP reports available from SCSC (SANTIAGO DE CHILE (NATIONAL WEATHER CENTER) as BUFR at 00 and 12 UTC

poc: SMN

gisc: WIS-GISC-BRASILIA

Links: VolC1

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3 INS IUSJ01SCSC

OAI-date: 2016-04-06 00:47:55

status: active

dateStamp: 2016-04-05 20:27:32

bounds: [-28.5000:-25.5000 -111.5000:-107.5000]

policy: WMOEssential

format: FM 94

kw.temporal: 00

kw.place: -111.5E; -107.5E; -25.5N; -28.5N

title: IUSJ01 collection of TEMP reports available from SCSC (SANTIAGO DE CHILE (NATIONAL WEATHER CENTER) as BUFR at 00 UTC

poc: SMN

gisc: WIS-GISC-BRASILIA

Links: VolC1

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Number of changes: 3