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WEFAX [6 records]

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Record 1 2010-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Gestión de las comunicaciones y la información
  • Previsiones meteorológicas, medición y análisis de datos
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Record 2 2010-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facsimile
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
DEF

System for transmitting meteorological charts via geostationary meteorological satellites.

OBS

Reproduced from "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco", with the authorization of Unesco.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécopie
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

Système de transmission de cartes météorologiques par satellites météorologiques géostationnaires.

OBS

Reproduit de «Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco», avec l’autorisation de l’Unesco.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Facsímil
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
OBS

Reproducido del "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco", con la autorización de Unesco.

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Record 3 2003-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Satellite Telecommunications
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Office Automation
OBS

The GOES WEFAX image products are generated at the NOAA facilities in Suitland, Maryland, and then transmitted on the Facsimile Transmission System to the Wallops Island, Virginia station, which uplinks the signal to the GOES satellites for final distribution to users.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Télécommunications par satellite
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Bureautique
OBS

Des produits GOES WEFAX sont fabriqués au Centre NOAA de Suitland, Maryland, puis transmis sur le Système de Transmission Fac-similé à la station Virginia, île Wallops, qui émet le signal vers les satellites GOES pour distribution finale aux utilisateur.

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Facsimile
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
CONT

HF-WEFAX chart for Australia. High Frequency Weather Facsimile, or HF-WEFAX, provides terrestrial based re-transmission of imagery from GOES satellites. Along with images, weather charts and data are transmitted on regular schedules.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Télécopie
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Teleprinters and Telex Networks
  • Telecommunications Transmission
CONT

Local health departments ... are linked to health care providers, and community health and emergency response agencies through e-mail and a rapid telefax system that is used to communicate information and coordinate an emergency response.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléimprimeurs et réseau télex
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
CONT

Des produits GOES WEFAX sont fabriqués [...] puis transmis sur le Système de Transmission Fac-similé à la station Virginia, île Wallops, qui émet le signal vers les satellites GOES pour distribution finale aux utilisateurs.

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
CONT

The functions of the meteorological mission of MTSAT-1R would be similar to the planned MTSAT, with some additional functions. Meteorological data as well as low-resolution digital image data would be disseminated by LRIT (Low-rate Information Transmission) to SDUS (Small-scale Data Utilization Station).

OBS

Used by geostationary meteorological satellite (GMS).

Key term(s)
  • small scale data utilization station
  • small-scale data user station
  • small scale data user station
  • small-scale data users station
  • small scale data users station

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
CONT

Le satellite GMS relaie un jeu exhaustif d’images aux stations utilisatrices de données petite échelle(SDUS) en format WEFAX.

OBS

[Utilisée] pour les WEFAX GMS [satellite météorologique géostationnaire].

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec les «stations utilisatrices de données secondaires»(SDUS) employées pour les WEFAX Météosat.

OBS

GMS : Le satellite GMS est un satellite japonais dont l’opérateur est l’Agence Météorologique du Japon. Il est situé au-dessus de l’équateur par 140° E.

Key term(s)
  • station utilisatrice de données à petite échelle

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
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