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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 (cdf data) 
      __ DMF 
      ___ other ()

No.     Data Stream                     Frequency       File Size(bytes)
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1.  sgpvisstgridgkkv2minnisX1.c1           1/day          ~15,635,616 

2.  sgpvisstpx04gkkv2minnisX1.c1           1/day          ~340,000,000 

3.  twpvisstdargridm1rv1minnisX1.c1        1/day          ~8,972,612 

4.  twpvisstdarpx04m1rv1minnisX1.c1        1/day          ~ 142,837,628
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Data stream Name(s):

No.1  sgpvisstgridgkkv2minnisX1.c1.yymmdd.000000.cdf
      
      VISST-derived gridded products from satellite goeskk where kk=08,10,11 or 12. 

No.2  sgpvisstpx04g08v2minnisX1.c1.yymmdd.000000.cdf

      VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite goeskk where kk=08,10,11 or 12. 

No.3  twpvisstdargridm1rv1minnisX1.c1.yyyymmdd.000000.cdf
      
      VISST-derived gridded products from satellite MTSAT. 

No.4  twpvisstdarpx04m1rv1minnisX1.c1.yyyymmdd.000000.cdf

      VISST-derived pixel-level products from satellite MTSAT.

External Date Source: NASA Langley Research Center

Instrument Mentor(s): Patrick Minnis

Transfer Schedule: We will begin to send the new datastreams 
                   from 20050901-20060930 to the Archive on 10/30.  
                   We will then send the data as it becomes available.
                   We will begin to send the data for twp on 01/24/2007.

Additional Note:

        Files are provided by Patrick Minnis of the Atmospheric Sciences 
        Division of NASA Langley Research Center. The data are cloud and 
        radiation products derived from Satellite Data.

        for more information please visit the page at
        http://www.arm.gov/xds/static/visst.stm and ECR-00442 and ECO-00442.