AFOS System Z front-end processor

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• Personal Author:
  Jannuzzi, John A.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Weather Service. Central Region
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NWS (National Weather Service) ; CR (Central Region)
• Description:
  The System Z front-end processor (FEP) is the next major upgrade far AFOS. It consists of high-speed front-end processors for AFOS field sites, along with major changes to the Eclipse back-end processor (BEP) software to accommodate the FEPs. This upgrade, along with communications upgrades to the distribution circuits and at SMCC, will allow higher speed communications flew (perhaps a four-fold increase), which will eliminate the bottleneck on Regional Distribution Circuits (RDCs) . The FEPs, replacing the DCU-50s, will remove the communications function from the AFOS Eclipse. The result will be a faster response to forecaster commands from an Alphanumeric Display Module (ADM) and added applications capability.
• Keywords:
  Computer Programs Numerical Weather Forecasting Computer Programs Numerical Weather Forecasting
• Series:
  Central Region Technical attachment   90-13
• Document Type:
  Technical Attachment
• Rights Information:
  Public domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ca6ba1e759cc350647ffae216c303a18bf3359a2ade70f2c4ffb0a2815ee2bac
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/33836/noaa_33836_DS1.pdf
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