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| Notification of New Data Stream |
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This is your notification of a new data stream that we will be distributing
from the XDC to the EC & Archive.

The following information should fully describe the new data stream.  If you 
have any questions about this, please send them to the sender of this message.

    Sending to:

	_x_  Archive             (raw data)
	_x_  Experiment Center   (raw data)
	___  other ()


    File Information:

	Filename format(s):	
				Raw Data:
				sgpalleta48X1.00.yymmdd.hhmmss.raw
			

       	Frequency:              Raw data:
                                4 files per day    

	File size(s):		Raw data:
                                ~15,500,000 bytes/file      
                               
                                                         	

    Source Instrument(s):  NCEP (National Centers for Environmental Prediction)
    			   

    Instrument Mentor(s):  


Additional Notes:

  This data is in grib format. This data is being processed to
replace the discontinued 90 km ETA data raw data (sgpalleta90X1.00).
The 48 km resolution ETA raw data will be available starting with
March 25, 1997.  We will start sending the data on a daily basis on
April 11, 1997.  The "backlog" of data (3/25/97-4/10/97) will be sent 
starting approx. April 21, 1997.