GOES-R Proving Ground

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) AWIPS II Instructions for AWIPS II Installation Space Science and Engineering Center University of Wisconsin - Madison Released November 03, 2015 Version 1.0 (Nov. 03, 2015)
Project members:  Scott Bachmeier, Jordan Gerth, Scott Lindstrom

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This data is provided as part of the GOES-R Proving Ground. For assistance and suggestions on obtaining and using the data in AWIPS, please contact Jordan Gerth.

Acquiring Data at a Central Region, Eastern Region, or Southern Region WFO

This page contains information for obtaining the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) for display in AWIPS II.

Data is transmitted in compressed GINI (CGINI) format on the EXP feed of the Local Data Manager (LDM). This data is nearly identical in format to the NOAA polar orbiter AVHRR imagery that was approved for transmission via NOAAPORT. We have been careful to work with NESDIS to produce this imagery in a similar routine to how it would have been created prior to broadcast over NOAAPORT. NOAA was unable to deliver this data due to bandwidth constraints on the ground. Because the delivery method (via LDM) is different than proposed in the TIN,this is not an operational dataset, so unplanned data errors and outages may result.

The LDM feed of the CGINI data from CIMSS/SSEC contains additional data from NOAA-15 and NOAA-19 not referenced in the TIN. Thus, data will be more frequent than stated in the TIN

Required AWIPS II Configurations

These files are subject to change as the software evolves.

LDAD/Processing Configurations

Perform the following actions to configure your Local Data Acquisition and Dissemination (LDAD) server.

In /data/fxa/LDAD/data as user ldad on server px2:

• Append to LDADinfo.txt

In /awips/ldad/bin as ldad on px2:

• Add preProcessAVHRR.pl and assign executable permissions
• Execute "stopLDAD.sh;startLDAD.csh" to restart the LDAD service

Main Configurations (processing and visualization servers)

In /awips2/edex/data/utility/ as user awips on dx3 or dx4, where LLL is the WFO identifier:

1. Append to edex_static/site/LLL/satellite/regionalsat/creatingEntities.xml
2. Append to edex_static/site/LLL/satellite/physicalElements.xml
3. CONUS: Append to edex_static/site/LLL/distribution/avhrr_conus_regionalsat.xml
4. ALASKA: Append to edex_static/site/LLL/distribution/avhrr_conus_regionalsat.xml

Select one of the two "regionalSatImagery*.xml" option that matches your region

• CONUS: Append to cave_static/site/LLL/menus/satellite/regionalsat/regionalSatImagery.xml
• ALASKA: Append to cave_static/site/LLL/menus/satellite/regionalsat/regionalSatImagery.xml

1. Append to common_static/site/LLL/styleRules/satelliteImageryStyleRules.xml

Screenshots

Courtesy of Scott Bachmeier & Kaba Bah (contact)