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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 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,cdf data) 
      ___ Experiment Center 
      ___ other ()

No.     Data Stream                     Frequency       File Size(bytes)
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 1       sgp60wpdnmmtsX1.00            1 file /day          ~761,230
 2       sgp06wpdnrassX1.00            1 file /day          ~195,260
 3       sgp06wpdnmmtsX1.00            1 file /day          ~1,728,920
 4       sgp06wpdnmmtsX1.a1            5 file /day          ~1,099,792
 5       sgp60wpdnrassX1.00            1 file /day          ~43,820
 6       sgp60wpdnrassX1.b1            1 file /day          ~66,248
 7       sgp60wpdnwndsX1.00            1 file /day          ~545,252
 8       sgp60wpdnwndsX1.b1            1 file /day          ~2,099,388
 9       sgp60wpdnsurfX1.00            1 file /day          ~58,242
 10      sgp60wpdnsurfX1.b1            1 file /day          ~55,144
 11      sgp06fslwpdnmetX1.00            1 file /day          ~41,489,408
 12      sgp06fslwpdnmetX1.b1            1 file /day          ~41,489,408
 13      sgp60fslwpdnmetX1.00            1 file /day          ~4,209,664
 14      sgp60fslwpdnmetX1.b1            1 file /day          ~4,209,664
 15      sgp06fslwpdnrassX1.00           1 file /day          ~1,518,080
 16      sgp06fslwpdnrassX1.b1           1 file /day          ~1,518,080
 17      sgp60fslwpdnrassX1.00           1 file /day          ~154,624
 18      sgp60fslwpdnrassX1.b1           1 file /day          ~154,624

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Data Stream Name(s) and Comments:

No.1: sgp60wpdnmmtsX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw

      60 Minute spectral moments data from the Wind Profiler Demonstration 
      Network (WPDN). The file is in E-BUFR (Enhanced Binary Universal Form 
      for the Representation of meteorological data).

No.2: sgp06wpdnrassX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw

      6 Minute Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) data from the Wind 
      Profiler Demonstration Network (WPDN). The file is in E-BUFR 
      (Enhanced Binary Universal Form for the Representation of 
      meteorological data).

No.3: sgp06wpdnmmtsX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw

      6 Minute spectral moments data from the Wind Profiler Demonstration 
      Network (WPDN). The file is in E-BUFR (Enhanced Binary Universal Form 
      for the Representation of meteorological data).

No.4: sgp06wpdnmmtsX1.a1.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.cdf

      6 Minute spectral moments data from the Wind Profiler Demonstration 
      Network (WPDN). The file is a netcdf data.

No.5: sgp60wpdnrassX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw

      60 Minute Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) data from the Wind 
      Profiler Demonstration Network (WPDN). The file is in E-BUFR 
      (Enhanced Binary Universal Form for the Representation of 
      meteorological data).


No.6: sgp60wpdnrassX1.b1.yyyymmdd.000000.cdf

      60 Minute Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) data from the Wind 
      Profiler Demonstration Network (WPDN). The file is a netcdf data.


No.7: sgp60wpdnwndsX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw

      60 Minute wind data from the Wind Profiler Demonstration Network (WPDN).
      The file is in E-BUFR (Enhanced Binary Universal Form for the 
      Representation of meteorological data).

No.8: sgp60wpdnwndsX1.b1.yyyymmdd.000000.raw

      60 Minute wind data from the Wind Profiler Demonstration Network (WPDN).
      The file is a netcdf data

No.9: sgp60wpdnsurfX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.raw

      60 Minute surface data from the Wind Profiler Demonstration Network 
      (WPDN). The file is in E-BUFR (Enhanced Binary Universal Form 
      for the Representation of meteorological data).

No.10: sgp60wpdnsurfX1.b1.yyyymmdd.000000.raw

      60 Minute surface data from the Wind Profiler Demonstration 
      Network (WPDN). The file is a netcdf data.
 

No.11: sgp06fslwpdnmetX1.00.yyyymmdd.HH0000.raw.cdf.tar

      6 Minute MET netcdf data. The tar file contains 6 minute data in 
      format of sgp06fslwpdnmetX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.cdf

No.12: sgp06fslwpdnmetX1.b1.yyyymmdd.HH0000.cdf

      Processed MET data concatenated from all 6 minute data into one daily 
      netcdf file

No.13: sgp60fslwpdnmetX1.00.yyyymmdd.HH0000.raw.cdf.tar

      60 Minute MET netcdf data. The tar file contains 24 hourly data in 
      format of sgp60fslwpdnmetX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.cdf

No.14: sgp60fslwpdnmetX1.b1.yyyymmdd.HH0000.cdf

      Processed MET data concatenated from all 60 minute data into one daily 
      netcdf file

No.15: sgp06fslwpdnrassX1.00.yyyymmdd.HH0000.raw.cdf.tar

      6 Minute RASS netcdf data. The tar file contains 6 minute data in 
      format of sgp06fslwpdnrassX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.cdf

No.16: sgp06fslwpdnrassX1.b1.yyyymmdd.HH0000.cdf

      Processed RASS data concatenated from all 6 minute data into one daily 
      netcdf file

No.17: sgp60fslwpdnrassX1.00.yyyymmdd.HH0000.raw.cdf.tar

      60 Minute RASS netcdf data. The tar file contains 24 hourly data in 
      format of sgp60fslwpdnrassX1.00.yyyymmdd.hhmmss.raw.cdf

No.18: sgp60fslwpdnrassX1.b1.yyyymmdd.HH0000.cdf

      Processed RASS data concatenated from all 60 minute data into one daily 
      netcdf file




Source Instrument(s):

External Date Source: The Wind Profiler Demonstration Network (WPDN)
                       The Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL)

Instrument Mentor(s):

Transfer Schedule: 

        We will start sending the raw data to the Archive 
        on a daily basis on 05/06/2002. We will send the processed data when 
        they become available.

Additional Notes:

       The datastreams No.1 - No.10 are discontinued on 02/26/2002 

       Please see ECR-00228 for the detail on No. 11 - No. 18.