OpenNoaaport
	Open access to the NOAAPort data stream

Data
Nbsp
Npemwin
iNoaaport
iEmwin

Status
Noaaport Signal Page
Web Server

Support
Noaaport.Net
Feedback
Problem reports
Contact

Overview

OpenNoaaport is a facility of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Climate and Weather Resource Center to provide free access to the NOAAPort data stream. It also serves as the testbed for the Noaaport Broadcast System Processor (Nbsp).

The Noaaport installation consists of a 12 foot C-band dish installed on the roof of the Natural Sciences Fase II building of the UPR-RP campus, and a Novra S300 receiver. The receiver is connected to a network switch together with several proliants, which have several duties including serving the Noaaport data as indicated below.

Data Access

The data can be accessed in various ways. We try to keep an open access policy, with the understanding that we are not setup to offer any availability warranties.

Http

• The Nbsp web server can be accessed at

  www.opennoaaport.net:8015

  Client programs such as DA, GRlevelx and others and access specific data types by following the links there, for example

  www.opennoaaport.net:8015/digatmos/nexrad

  www.opennoaaport.net:8015/digatmos/warnings

  The same data is also available through the standard port 80, i.e.,

  www.opennoaaport.net/digatmos/nexrad

  www.opennoaaport.net/digatmos/warnings

  and

  1.nexrad3.inoaaport.net

  1.warnings.inoaaport.net

Nbsp

• Real-time data feeds to Nbsp slaves are available from the Nbsp master servers

  1.nbsp.inoaaport.net (text)
  2.nbsp.inoaaport.net (level 2)
  3.nbsp.inoaaport.net (level 3)
  4.nbsp.inoaaport.net (sat gini)
  

  Setup instructions and more information about these feeds are available in the iNoaaport site.


• IDV users can access the Nbsp thredds-like catalogs by pointing to any of the following

  www.opennoaaport.net:8015/_catalog/digatmos
  www.opennoaaport.net:8015/_catalog/gempak
  www.opennoaaport.net:8015/_catalog/grib
  

  in the Data Load/Chooser menu of the applications.


• WCT can access the thredds-like catalogs of radar (nids) files by selecting the THREDDS item in the Data Selector menu and pointing it to

  www.opennoaaport.net:8015/_catalog/gis
  



• Weatherscope can access the data by installing the WS configuration files following these instructions.


• GIS applications can access the the Sat and Level III radar shapefiles at

  www.opennoaaport.net:8015/gis/data

NNTP

• Text files are available by NNTP feeds from

  nntp.inoaaport.net
  nntp.iemwin.net
  

  which can be retrieved with any News reader such as the one included with browsers (e.g., Thunderbird), or nntp readers like tin or Xpn (Linux and FreeBSD), Quadsucker (Windows) and Groundhog Newsreader (Android). Check the iNoaaport site for more details.