Subject: Administrative, Weekly_Operations_Schedule

> Weekly Operations Schedule
>
> Issued on 23/10/09 at 06:31:00
>
> Seq Nr: 2
>
> Planned activities for week 44/2009:
>
> METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT
> For current information please see:
http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/UNS/webapps/showData.do?type=17
>
> THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS
> 26 October 2009 11:00-15:00 UTC	    ***UPDATED***
> Essential NOAA-CMS Link Maintenance
> Some GOES11 files may be delayed.
>
> 27 October 2009 04:00 UTC
> GOES12_75W Manoeuvre
> There will be no images at 04:00 UTC. Images may be incomplete for
up to 6 hours after the manoeuvre.
>
> FUTURE EVENTS
> For the Meteosat-8 and Meteosat-9 meteorological product generation,
the following changes will be
   introduced on the 2nd November 2009:
> - The maximum size of the GTS bulletins shall be increased from 15
KB to 50 KB.
> - Within the Multi-sensor Precipitation Estimate (MPE) product
generation the data from SSMI/S will	   be used in addition to
SSM/I data, leading to an improved product
coverage.
> - With respect to the GRIB products, the last two empty bytes in
the header of the file before the
     GRIB data will be removed.
> - To the GRIB encoded divergence product (DIV) an additional field
will be added: The wind speed field
      has been added (Parameter ID 15).
> - The surface type field in the AMV BUFR product will not any longer
be set to undefined, but will adopt
     one of the following values: 0 for land surface, 1 for sea
     surface,
2 for coastal surface, 3 for missing
     information. In addition the treatment of the search area near the
border of the processing mask close
     to 65 degrees has been improved, leading to more AMV derivations
     in
the area between 62 and 65 degrees.
> - To the BUFR encoded global instability (GII) product, the layer
precipitable water for the following
     layers have been added:
> Surface - 850 hPa
> 850 - 500 hPa
> 500 hPa - Top of Atmosphere
> Test files for the affected GRIB and BUFR products are available
on FTP :
>
ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/EUM/out/OPS/User/Met_Product_Update_02-11-09/
>
> The Meteosat-8 Rapid Scanning Service will be interrupted from 17
November 2009 until 17 December 2009 for
   the annual one month full earth scanning.
> Full earth scanning data (if any) will not be disseminated.
>
>
> 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