Subject: Administrative: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule Issued: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_K/1ek8mZo1hvNGvdYIgFUA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *Topic: *Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule *Date/Time Issued**:*July 9, 2015 1445 UTC* * *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*See list below. ** *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* July 9, 2015 14:22:58 UTC (from theEumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message) ** *Date/Time of Expected End:***See table in detail for on and off switch time****** *Length of Outage:*N/A* * *Details/Specifics of Change:* Weekly Operations Schedule Issued on 09/07/15 at 14:22:58 Seq Nr: 1 Planned activities for week 29/2015: METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 13 July - 31 July 2015 Metop-B - ASCAT Extensive Calibration Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture and global and regional winds products can be expected, during satellite passes over Turkey. 13 July 2015 15:10 UTC Metop-A - ASCAT Gain Compression A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected. 14 July 2015 S-NPP - ATMS Scan Drive Motor(SDM)Reversal Test. During this test, ATMS data from S-NPP will be unavailable or delayed. Data will be available from the NOAA CLASS archive METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE 15 July 2015 Metop-A In-plane manoeuvre Burn time: 12:03:21.719 UTC duration 7.445 seconds. SEM and GOME data will be unavailable. A temporary degradation of the quality of GRAS Level 1 products is to be expected starting at the time of the manoeuvre. All AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, AVHRR, HIRS, IASI and MHS products may have temporarily degraded quality geo-location data after the time of the manoeuvre. METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT 14 July 2015 08:45 - 08:52 UTC (Metop-A) 14 July 2015 09:38 - 09:45 UTC (Metop-B) SEM MPED in flight calibration A short outage of all SEM products can be expected at these times. REGIONAL DATA SERVICE 9 July 2015 EARS-VIIRS: A new version of the EUMETSAT CVIIRS tool, CVIIRS Version 0.9.7, is available. The CVIIRS tool is used to compress the EARS-VIIRS data before their dissemination to users via EUMETCast, and to reconstruct the original VIIRS SDR data from the compact VIIRS SDR data. For more details on CVIIRS Version 0.9.7, see:www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2702858.html THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS July 2015 (exact date to be confirmed) Megha-Tropiques ISRO will update the algorithm for Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR L1A2 processing from software version 1.06 to 1.07. The new version number will be reflected in the file names. Changes will include scan time stamp correction and SAPHIR radiometric process parameter update. DATA CENTRE 14 July 2015 08:00 UTC - 16 July 2015 14:00 UTC Data Centre Database Major Upgrade During this time, no orders will be processed and the archived product catalogue will not be updated. FUTURE EVENTS METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 20 July 2015 Update to ASCAT Level 2 Soil Moisture Products at 12.5 km and 25 km swath grid. The main change consists in implementing a new model parameter database in the processing chain for Metop-A and Metop-B ASCAT soil moisture products. Another change relates to the EPS native format available from the EUMETSAT Data Centre. For full details and test data, see:www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2633340.html 29 September 2015 Discontinuation of the near real-time distribution (via EUMETCast and the GTS) of ASCAT L1 spatially-averaged sigma0 products from both Metop-A and Metop-B: - ASCAT Level 1 Sigma0 resampled at 12.5 km swath grid - ASCAT Level 1 Sigma0 resampled at 25 km swath grid For full details, see:www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2702851.html SAF PRODUCTS 15 September 2015 Updates to the following sea ice products from OSI SAF: Global Sea Ice Edge, Global Sea Ice Type and Low Resolution Sea Ice Drift. For full details and sample data, see:http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2702849.html?lang=EN&pState=1 INFORMATION: For further information, please contact the EUMETSAT User Services Helpdesk Tel: +49 6151 807 366 Fax: +49 6151 807 379 Email:ops@eumetsat.int www.eumetsat.int --Boundary_(ID_K/1ek8mZo1hvNGvdYIgFUA) Content-type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Topic:  Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued:  July 9,  2015  1445 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  See list below.

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  July 9,  2015  14:22:58 UTC  (from the Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message)

Date/Time of Expected End:  See table in detail for on and off switch time  

Length of Outage:  N/A

Details/Specifics of Change:

Weekly Operations Schedule

Issued on 09/07/15 at 14:22:58

Seq Nr: 1

Planned activities for week 29/2015:

METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
13 July - 31 July 2015
Metop-B - ASCAT Extensive Calibration
Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture and global
and regional winds products can be expected, during satellite passes
over Turkey.

13 July 2015  15:10 UTC
Metop-A - ASCAT Gain Compression
A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected.

14 July 2015
S-NPP - ATMS Scan Drive Motor(SDM)Reversal Test.
During this test, ATMS data from S-NPP will be unavailable or
delayed. Data will be available from the NOAA CLASS archive


METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
15 July 2015
Metop-A In-plane manoeuvre
Burn time: 12:03:21.719 UTC duration 7.445 seconds.
SEM and GOME data will be unavailable.
A temporary degradation of the quality of GRAS Level 1 products is
to be expected starting at the time of the manoeuvre.
All AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, AVHRR, HIRS, IASI and MHS products may
have temporarily degraded quality geo-location data after the time
of the manoeuvre.


METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT
14 July 2015 08:45 - 08:52 UTC (Metop-A)
14 July 2015 09:38 - 09:45 UTC (Metop-B)
SEM MPED in flight calibration A short outage of all SEM products
can be expected at these times.


REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
9 July 2015
EARS-VIIRS:
A new version of the EUMETSAT CVIIRS tool, CVIIRS Version 0.9.7,
is available.
The CVIIRS tool is used to compress the EARS-VIIRS data before their
dissemination to users via EUMETCast, and to reconstruct the original
VIIRS SDR data from the compact VIIRS SDR data.
For more details on CVIIRS Version 0.9.7,
see: www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2702858.html


THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS
July 2015 (exact date to be confirmed)
Megha-Tropiques
ISRO will update the algorithm for Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR L1A2
processing from software version 1.06 to 1.07. The new version number
will be reflected in the file names. Changes will include scan time
stamp correction and SAPHIR radiometric process parameter update.


DATA CENTRE
14 July 2015 08:00 UTC - 16 July 2015 14:00 UTC
Data Centre Database Major Upgrade
During this time, no orders will be processed and the archived product
catalogue will not be updated.


FUTURE EVENTS
METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
20 July 2015
Update to ASCAT Level 2 Soil Moisture Products at 12.5 km and 25 km
swath grid.
The main change consists in implementing a new model parameter database
in the processing chain for Metop-A and Metop-B ASCAT soil moisture
products. Another change relates to the EPS native format available
from the EUMETSAT Data Centre.
For full details and test data, see:
www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2633340.html

29 September 2015
Discontinuation of the near real-time distribution (via EUMETCast
and the GTS) of ASCAT L1 spatially-averaged sigma0 products from both
Metop-A and Metop-B:
- ASCAT Level 1 Sigma0 resampled at 12.5 km swath grid
- ASCAT Level 1 Sigma0 resampled at 25 km swath grid
For full details, see:	www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2702851.html

SAF PRODUCTS
15 September 2015
Updates to the following sea ice products from OSI SAF: Global Sea
Ice Edge, Global Sea Ice Type and Low Resolution Sea Ice Drift.
For full details and sample data, see: http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT


INFORMATION:
For further information, please contact the EUMETSAT User Services
Helpdesk
Tel: +49 6151 807 366
Fax: +49 6151 807 379
Email: ops@eumetsat.int
www.eumetsat.int
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