Subject: SATELLITE USERS SURVEY From: ssd.wwb.noaa.gov!wwinston Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 15:10:26 GMT U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service Washington, D.C. 20233 U.S.A. Dear Colleague: NOAA is required to provide accurate up-to-date information about satellite station location, type of data received, etc., to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This questionnaire is designed to provide the required information to the WMO, and it helps NOAA to provide the best possible service to you. Please allow 5-10 minutes to complete the questionnaire and return to the following address, facsimile or EMAIL address within two weeks after you receive it: NOAA Satellite Questionnaire NOAA/NESDIS NOAA Science Center, Room 806 5200 Auth Road Camp Springs, Maryland USA 20746 (301) 763-8449 (FACSIMILE) If you have any questions, please contact the Satellite Information Team at 301-763-8325, 301-763-8449 (facsimile), or EMAIL satinfo@ssd.wwb.noaa.gov. Your response is voluntary and all information will be handled in accordance with the United States Privacy Act. Thank you for your participation. Sincerely, (signed) Dane Clark Deputy Chief Satellite Services Division NOAA SATELLITE GROUND STATION CUSTOMER QUESTIONNAIRE Directions: Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire. It will take 5-10 minutes to complete. Most questions require one response. 1. Check one user category which best describes your activity. ____ Amateur ____ Commercial/Business ____ Equipment or software manufacturer (see 1a.) ____ Government Meteorological Organization ____ Other Civil Government ____ Military ____ High School or Technical School ____ Television/Radio Station ____ University/College ____ Other - please describe. _______________________________ __________________________________________________________ ____ Do not know/Not applicable 1a. If an equipment or software manufacturer, check all that apply: ____ APT ____ HRPT ____ GOES-TAP ____ WEFAX ____ VISSR/VAS/GVAR ____ Software ____ Image Interpretation ____ Complete "turn key" installation ____ Other - (please list).______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 2. Do you receive Environmental Satellite transmissions? Check one: ____ Yes ____ No ____ Do not know/Not applicable 2a. If you answered yes, please indicate one category which best describes how often you receive satellite transmissions: ____ Daily ____ Several times per week ____ Several times per month ____ Never ____ Other - please describe frequency.__________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 3. What data types do you receive? Check all that apply: ____ APT - Automatic Picture Transmission ____ HRPT - High-Resolution Picture Transmission ____ WEFAX - Weather Encoded Facsimile Transmission ____ GOES VISSR/GVAR - Visible and Infrared Spin -Scan radiometer or GOES Variable format ____ TOVS- TIROS operational vertical sounder ____ Other - please specify. ________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ____ Do not know/ Not applicable 4. Do you have access to any of the following? Check all that apply: ____ Computer with a modem ____ Electronic mail (E-Mail) ____ Internet ____ Commercial on-line service (Compuserve, MCINet, or similar) ____ Do not know/Not applicable 5. Do you obtain navigation/orbital predict information directly from NOAA (NOAA.SIS or NOAASIS Web site)? Check one: ____ Yes ____ No ____ Do not know/Not applicable 6. What is the the location of your receiving station? _________________ Latitude (please indicate North or South) _________________ Longitude (please indicate East or West) _________________ Do not know/Not applicable 7. User Information: Please fill out completely: Please print or type Name: Mr./Ms./Mrs.______________________________________________ Title: __________________________________________________________ Organization: __________________________________________________________ Division: __________________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Country: __________________________________________________________ Telephone: __________________________________________________________ TeleFax: __________________________________________________________ E-Mail: __________________________________________________________ ****************************************************************************** Please mail completed survey to: NOAA Satellite Questionnaire NOAA/NESDIS NOAA Science Center, Room 806 5200 Auth Road Camp Springs, Maryland 20746 USA or FAX to 301-763-8449 or EMAIL to satinfo@ssd.wwb.noaa.gov Thank you.