RARS NETWORK STATUS AND PLANS (Updated in March 2015)
Regional
RARS Centre
Tokyo (JMA)
Asia-Pacific
Area
(In the tables below, stations are ranked by regional RARS centre, then by processing centre, then by sub-centre identifier)
HRPT
Station
Name
Station Processing Sub-centre Processing
Identifier
centre ID
ID
centre
(alphabetic)
Originating Originating
location
Centre
Sub-centre Indicator
(Code Tables (Code Table in Bulletin
Latitude
(in degree
and
decimal
fraction of
degree)
Longitude
(in degree
and decimal
fraction of
degree)
Operator
Delhi
28.38°N
77.12°E
IMD
del
28
Guwahati
26.18°N
91.76°E
IMD
guw
Chennai
13.08°N
80.27°E
IMD
Syowa
69° S
39.55° E
Kiyose
35.78° N
Beijing
39.93° N
Status for the different services
(PL: planned; RX: Receiving; TS: in test; OP: RARS
operational; OS: out of service; blank if not planned)
(CCCC)
NOAA/
ATOVS
Metop/
ATOVS
Metop/
IASI
S-NPP/
CrIS
SNPP/
ATMS
10
DEMS
OP
RX
RX
RX
RX
28
20
DEMS
TS
RX
RX
RX
RX
che
28
30
DEMS
TS
RX
RX
RX
RX
NIPR
syo
34
207
RJTD
OS
139.53° E
JMA
kiy
34
240
RJTD
OP
OP
RX
RX
RX
118.28° E
CMA
pek
39
225
BAWX
C-1 and C-11)
C-12)
i
PL
OP
Guangzhou
23.13° N
113.3° E
CMA
pek
39
226
BAWX
Urumqi
43.78° N
87.6° E
CMA
pek
39
228
BAWX
Jincheon
36.99° N
127.43 °E
KMA
jin
40
245
RKSL
OP
OP
TS
PL
Hong Kong
22.3° N
114° E
HKO
hkg
110
229
VHHH
OP
OP
PL
PL
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PL
Regional
RARS Centre
Melbourne (BOM)
Area
Latitude
(in degree
and
decimal
fraction of
degree)
Longitude
(in degree
and decimal
fraction of
degree)
Casey
Davis
Melbourne
CribPt
Darwin
Perth
Townsville
Alice
Springs
66.26° S
68.58° S
110.53° E
77.97° E
37.88° S
144.96° E
12.46° S
31.95° S
19.28° S
130.84° E
115.89° E
147.05 E
23.76° S
133.88° E
Fiji
17.7° S
177.6° E
Noumea
22.27° S
166.45° E
1.3° N
Tahiti
Maupuia
HRPT
Station
Name
Singapore
Operator
RARS
Processing Sub-centre
Station
centre ID
ID
Originating Originating
Identifier
(alphabetic)
Centre
Sub-centre
(Code Tables (Code Table
C-1 and C-11)
C-12)
Location
Indicator
in GTS
Bulletin
(CCCC)
Status of operational or planned services
as of March 2015
NOAA/ Metop/ Metop/ S-NPP/
S-NPP/
ATOVS ATOVS
IASI
CrIS
ATMS
BOM
BOM
BOM
csy
dvs
mel
2
2
2
201
203
211
AMMC
AMMC
AMMC
OP
OP
OP
RX
PL
RX
RX
PL
RX
RX
PL
RX
RX
PL
RX
BOM
BOM
AIMS
GA
dar
pth
tvl
TBD
2
2
2
2
214
217
219
TBD
AMMC
AMMC
AMMC
AMMC
OP
OP
OP
PL
RX
PL
PL
PL
RX
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
FMS
MeteoFrance
fij
nou
2
2
232
235
AMMC
RX
103.83° E
NEA
sgp
72
249
WSSS
OP
17.56° S
149.61° W
MeteoFrance
pap
191
1
LFPW
OP
OP
41.30° S
174.82° E
NIWA
mau
204
101
NZGP
OP
PL
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PL
PL
PL
PL
Regional
RARS Centre
Darmstadt ( EUMETSAT)
Area
Europe and North-America (EARS)
Latitude
Longitude
RARS
Processing Sub-centre
Station
centre ID
ID
Originating Originating
Identifier
Location
Indicator
in GTS
Bulletin
Status of operational or planned services
as of March 2015
NOAA/ Metop/ Metop/ S-NPP/
S-NPP/
ATOVS ATOVS
IASI
CrIS
ATMS
HRPT
Station
Name
(in degree
and decimal
fraction of
degree)
(in degree
and decimal
fraction of
degree)
Operator
Maspalomas
Kangerlussuaq
Edmonton
Gander
Monterey
Wallops Island
Gilmore Creek
Athens
Ewa Beach
(Hawaii)
Miami
27.78°N
66.98° N
53.33° N
48.94° N
36.35° N
37.8°N
64.97°N
38.0° N
15.63°W
50.67° W
113.5° W
54.57° W
121.55° W
75.3° W
147.40° W
23.44° E
158.06 W
mas
kan
edm
gan
mon
wal
gil
ath
ewa
254
254
254
254
254
254
254
254
254
20
30
40
60
70
80
90
100
120
EUMS
EUMS
EUMS
EUMS
EUMS
EUMS
EUMS
EUMS
EUMS
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
21.33° N
INTA
DMI
EnvCanada
EnvCanada
NOAA
NOAA
NOAA
HNMS
NOAA
25.73° N
80.15 W
Lannion
48.73°N
3.45° W
mia
lan
254
254
130
140
EUMS
EUMS
OP
OP
Svalbard
St Denis
(Reunion)
78.13° N
15.23° E
20.90 ° S
55.49 ° E
sva
std
254
254
150
170
EUMS
EUMS
Moscow
55.75° N
37.62° E
mos
254
180
Muscat
23.61° N
58.54° E
Khabarovsk
48.47° N
135.35° E
mus
kha
254
254
Novosibirsk
54.8° N
83.13° E
nov
254
Resolute Bay
74.71° N
94.97°W
Madison
43.07° N
89.04°W
?
?
Libreville
Pretoria
0.27° N
25.9 S
9.25° E
28.2 E
NOAA
MeteoFrance
KSAT
MeteoFrance
Roshydro
met
DGMAN
Roshydrom
et
Roshydrom
et
Env. Canada
Univ.
Wisconsin
CLS
SAWS
(alphabetic)
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Centre
Sub-centre
(Code Tables (Code Table
C-1 and C-11)
C-12)
(CCCC)
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
PL
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
OP
EUMS
OP
OP
PL
PL
PL
190
200
EUMS
EUMS
OP
PL
OP
PL
210
EUMS
PL
PL
254
254
EUMS
EUMS
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
254
EUMS
EUMS
PL
Regional
RARS Centre
Cordoba (CONAE)
Cachoeira Paulista
(INPE)
Area
South America
i
HRPT Station
Name
Cachoeira
Paulista
Cuiaba
Brasilia (INMET)
Fortaleza
(FUNCEME)
Manaus
Natal/INPE
Caracas
Córdoba
Marambio
Santiago
Punta Arenas
Base Pres.Frei
Cotopaxi
Isla de
Pascua
Tierra del
Fuego
Latitude
Longitude
(in degree
and decimal
fraction of
degree)
(in degree
and decimal
fraction of
degree)
22.33° S
45° W
15.55° S
15.78° S
56.7° W
47.92° W
3.73° S
38.56° W
o
Operator
RARS
Processing Sub-centre
Station
centre ID
ID
Originating Originating
Identifier
(alphabetic)
INPE
cpt
INPE
INMET
FUNCEME
Centre
Sub-centre
(Code Tables (Code Table
C-1 and C-11)
C-12)
Location
Indicator
in GTS
Bulletin
(CCCC)
Status of operational or planned services
as of March 2015
NOAA/ Metop/ Metop/ S-NPP/
S-NPP/
ATOVS ATOVS
IASI
CrIS
ATMS
46
10
SBBR
OP
OP
PL
PL
PL
cba
inm
fcm
46
46
46
11
12
13
SBBR
SBBR
SBBR
OP
OP
OS
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
03.02 S
5.836° S
10.5° N
60.05° W
35.21° 'W
66.94° W
SIVAM
INPE
CDPI
svm
nat
46
46
46
15
16
SBBR
SBBR
OP
OP
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
31.52° S
64.23° S
33.26° S
53.02° S
62.2° S
0.61° S
27.16 S
64.45° W
58.63° W
71.40° W
70.51° W
58.93° W
78.58 W
109.43 W
CONAE
CONAE
DGAC
DGAC
DGAC
CLIRSEN
DGAC
etc
ebm
ets
epa
epf
cpe
idp
147
147
147
147
147
147
147
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
SABM
SABM
SABM
SABM
SABM
SABM
SABM
OP
OS
OP
OP
PL
OP
OP
OP
PL
PL
53.8
67.68 W
CONAE
etf
147
80
SABM
PL
PL
S
Due to hardware problem on 28/12/2014 the Antarctic Siowa station is unavailable until tentatively the end of 2015
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