The follow-on agreement will implement needed systems enhancements of the satellite ground station installed under the previous SPSSD/WS project. These enhancements include the purchase and installation of an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and lightning protection unit, hardware modifications to provide system redundancy and increased data storage capacity, software modifications for the new Japanese GMS digital data, upgrades of the image processing software, and both hardware maintenance and tropical cyclone analysis training, and a non-renewable grant to provide emergency field repairs and replacement/spare parts. In March 1988, the UPS and lightning protection unit was installed at the Fiji Meteorological Service by NASA personnel. A tape recorder and demodulator was shipped to Fiji to record the new digital GMS data. Data tapes are not yet available from the Japanese Meteorological Service of the new digital format. This data is required to test the GMS digital software being developed for the Fiji SPSSD/WS facility.
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Follow-on on the Fiji South Pacific Severe Storm Warning System Project (SPSSD/WS). Abstract Only
1988
3 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis, & Weather , Emergency Services & Planning , Meteorological satellites , Satellite observation , Satellite tracking , Storms (Meteorology) , Warning systems , Weather stations , Auxiliary power sources , Computer programs , Data storage , Image processing , Lightning suppression , Mission planning , Pacific Islands , Remote sensing