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Public Information Notice

National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC

900 AM EDT Fri Aug 26 2011

 

To:         Subscribers

            -Family of Services

            -NOAA Weather Wire Service

            -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network

            -NOAAPORT

            Other NWS Partners and Employees

 

From:       Richard J. Vogt

            Director, WSR-88D Radar Operations Center

 

Subject:    Suspension of Operational Field Test of WSR-88D 

            2-Dimensional Velocity Dealiasing Algorithm

 

The operational field test of the Weather Surveillance Radar-1988, Doppler (WSR-88D) 2-Dimensional Velocity Dealiasing Algorithm (VDEAL) at 13 sites has been suspended.  During the test, software impacts not observed during previous testing were encountered.  See the link below for the original notice:

 

http://www.weather.gov/os/notification/pns11radar_test.htm

 

We regret any inconvenience this has caused.  The WSR-88D Radar Operations Center is working to diagnose and correct the problem.  We will issue an announcement when the operational field test will be resumed.

 

If you have questions or comments, please contact:

 

Dave Zittel

WSR-88D Radar Operations Center

Walter.D.Zittel@noaa.gov

  or

Tim Crum

WSR-88D Radar Operations Center

Tim.D.Crum@noaa.gov

 

National Technical Implementation Notices are online at:

  

  http://www.weather.gov/os/notif.htm

 

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