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Network Working Group                           D. SternRequest for Comment No. 251                     CCANIC No. 7692                                    13 October 1971Category:Updates:  NoneObsoletes:  NoneWEATHER DATA                                                                [Page 1]

The USAF Environmental Technical Applications Center (ETAC) isproviding weather data for the ARPA Network.  Ultimately therewill be ten years of high quality surface and upper air weatherobservations, as well as hemispheric grid point analyses.  Theobservations are generated by approximately 5000 surface and1200 upper air stations, distributed all over the world.The data is to be available via the datacomputer, a specializednode of the ARPA Network that is dedicated to the management ofshared data bases and designed to accommodate large ones.  Thedatacomputer, currently under development by Computer Corporationof America (CCA), will provide services* for the use of thesedata bases, including the weather data.A working group has been formed to design the data base,coordinate its implementation with the development of thedatacomputer, plan testing, project uses, and resolve a varietyof technical issues associated with its size and complexity.Prospective users, working members, or interested parties shouldcontact:            Dale H. Stern            Computer Corporation of America            575 Technology Square            Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139            617-491-3670* SeeRFC 219       [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ]       [ into the online RFC archives by BBN Corp. under the   ]       [ direction of Alex McKenzie.                   12/96   ]                                                                [Page 2]