Subject: Administrative, Weekly_Operations_Schedule_20090625125905.txt

Weekly Operations Schedule

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Planned activities for week 27/2009:

GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION
30 June 2009
GEONETCast Product Navigator on EUMETCast
Activation of all EUMETCast users for the reception of the GEONETCast
Product Navigator on EUMETCast.
For details see:
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Media/Features/711115?l=en

METEOSAT RSS
30 June-02 July 2009 09:00-09:00 UTC
Monthly RSS interruption
Rapid Scanning Service will be suspended for scheduled full earth
scanning and Ground Segment maintenance.
Full earth images, if any, will not be disseminated.

METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
30 June 2009
Dissemination of NOAA-18 data will be discontinued.

30 June 2009
NOAA-19 ATOVS level 2 sounding products generated by EUMETSAT become
operational.
 From this date onwards these products will be available in near
real-time via EUMETCast-Europe and the GTS-RMDCN, and in offline mode
via the EUMETSAT Archive.  Users who already receive the Metop-A ATOVS
level 2 sounding products via EUMETCast will have their accounts
automatically activated to receive the corresponding NOAA-19 products.
All other EUMETCast users wishing to receive the full suite of ATOVS
products are requested to register via the EUMETSAT User Helpdesk.
EUMETCast configuration details are as follows:
Channel: EPS-14
PID: 510
Multicast Address: 224.223.222.243

METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT
For current information please see:
http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/UNS/webapps/showData.do?type=17

FUTURE EVENTS
15 July 2009 09:00 UTC
Following the WMO recommendation (Note 3 to the Specification of Octet
Contents in the Manual on Codes) for the introduction of BUFR
Edition 4,
EUMETSAT plans to introduce the BUFR edition 4 for the encoding of the
Meteosat-8 and Meteosat-9 BUFR products.
The BUFR Edition 4 parameter in the header shall be updated. The
meteorological products themselves shall not be impacted by this
change.
Example data sets shall be made available on the EUMETSAT web pages
by 2
July 2009.


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