Subject: Administrative: - Declaration of the Operational Status of This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030509010105000106050808 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit **Topic*:* Declaration of the Operational Status of MiRS S-NPP ATMS Products **Date/Time* (UTC) Message Issued:* February 06, 2014 22:40:00 UTC **Product(s) or Data Impacted:** Microwave Integration Retrieval System (MiRS) S-NPP ATMS products, including: Rain Rate, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water over ocean, Ice Water Path, Snow Cover, Sea Ice Concentration, Snow Water Equivalent, Land Surface Temperature, Surface Emissivity over land and snow for all ATMS channels, Temperature and Moisture Profiles. **Date/Time of Initial Implementation:** December 18, 2013, 17:00:00 UTC **Details/Specifics of Change:** On December 18, 2013, the MiRS S-NPP products were declared as operational by the Satellite Products and Service Review Board (SPSRB), and implemented at NESDIS ESPC with 24/7 support. These products are now available to users in both granule and orbit files and can be accessed through the ESPC Data Distribution Server (NDE DDS), and the McIDAS ADDE server (SATEPSDIST4) for those users with real-time mission need. The MiRS S-NPP products will also be available to general public through NOAA's Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) starting from March 2014. Users without real-time requirements are encouraged to get data from CLASS. In addition, the MiRS S-NPP imagery products are also available on the Internet via the following URL: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/atmosphere/mirs. *Contact Information for Further Information:* ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at (301) 817-3880 *Web Site(s) for applicable information:* http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/ Products/atmosphere/mirs --------------030509010105000106050808 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Topic:* Declaration of the Operational Status of MiRS S-NPP ATMS Products   

*Date/Time (UTC) Message Issued:*  February 06, 2014 22:40:00 UTC
    
*Product(s) or Data Impacted:*  Microwave Integration Retrieval System (MiRS) S-NPP ATMS products, including: Rain Rate, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water over ocean, Ice Water Path, Snow Cover, Sea Ice Concentration, Snow Water Equivalent, Land Surface Temperature, Surface Emissivity over land and snow for all ATMS channels, Temperature and Moisture Profiles.

*Date/Time of Initial Implementation:*  December 18, 2013, 17:00:00 UTC

*Details/Specifics of Change:*
On December 18, 2013, the MiRS S-NPP products were declared as operational by the Satellite Products and Service Review Board (SPSRB), and implemented at NESDIS ESPC with 24/7 support. These products are now available to users in both granule and orbit files and can be accessed through the ESPC Data Distribution Server (NDE DDS), and the McIDAS ADDE server (SATEPSDIST4) for those users with real-time mission need. The MiRS S-NPP products will also be available to general public through NOAA’s Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) starting from March 2014. Users without real-time requirements are encouraged to get data from CLASS.  In addition, the MiRS S-NPP imagery products are also available on the Internet via the following URL: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/atmosphere/mirs.

*Contact Information for Further Information:*  ESPCOperations@noaa.gov  at  (301) 817-3880
    
*Web Site(s) for applicable information:*  http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/ Products/atmosphere/mirs

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