Subject: Administrative : Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030802040409080006080002 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Topic: *Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule *Date/Time Issued**:*January 05, 2012 1422 UTC* * *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*See list below. ** *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* ****January 05, 2012 14:03:20 (from theEumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message) ** *Date/Time of Expected End:***See table in detail for information dates and times****** *Length of Outage:*N/A* * *Details/Specifics of Change:* Weekly_Operations_Schedule_20120105140320.txt Weekly Operations Schedule Issued on 05/01/12 at 14:03:20 Seq Nr: 1 Planned activities for week 02/2012: GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION Until 11 January 2012 EUMETSAT website We are currently developing a new website and would appreciate your feedback on two alternative designs. Find out how to take part:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/Features/814107?l=en METEOSAT RSS 10 January 2012 09:00 UTC - 12 January 2012 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. Upon resuming the Rapid Scanning Service, most meteorological products may take up to 30 minutes to resume. Note, the Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimate (MPE) may take up to 18 hours to fully resume. METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 31 October 2011 - 14 January 2012 ASCAT Extensive Calibration Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1 soil moisture and global and regional winds products can be expected. For full details please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/groups/ops/documents/document/ascat_transponder_passes_2011.pdf 12 January 2012 05:10 - 09:10 UTC IASI External Calibration Outage to IASI GDS Level 1C atmospheric temperature and water vapour, cloud parameters, ozone and trace gases, and emissivity products. METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT For current information please see:http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/UNS/webapps/showData.do?type=17 DATA CENTRE 10 January 2012 09:00 - 11:00 UTC Essential EUMETSAT Data Centre Archive maintenance During this time, no orders will be processed. FUTURE EVENTS METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 24 January 2012 Upgrade of the GOME-2 level 0 to 1B processor to version 5.3. This involves an improvement of the radiometric accuracy of polarisation measurement device (PMD) radiance data and a replacement of the reported absolute accuracy of radiance values with their random noise contribution in the level 1B product. For full details please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Satellites/Metop/Instruments/sp_2011011017745548 08 February 2012 File naming change for all BUFR-formatted EPS global products disseminated on EUMETCast For full details and test data, please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/814405?l=en SAF PRODUCTS 16 January 2012 Atlantic High Latitude products available on EUMETCast For full details please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/814203?l=en THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS 19 January 2012 New Forecast Products for Africa available on EUMETCast For full details please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/814403?l=en 24 January 2012 Change of format and frequency of AVISO Products For full details please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/814207?l=en 25 January 2012 New MTSAT Spectral Channel available on EUMETCast For full details, please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/814401?l=en 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 *Contact Information for Further Information:* ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 --------------030802040409080006080002 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic:  Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued:  January 05, 2012  1422 UTC

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact:   January 05, 2012  14:03:20   (from the Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message)

Date/Time of Expected End:  See table in detail for information dates and times  

Length of Outage:  N/A

Details/Specifics of Change: Weekly_Operations_Schedule_20120105140320.txt


Weekly Operations Schedule

Issued on 05/01/12 at 14:03:20

Seq Nr: 1

Planned activities for week 02/2012:

GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION
Until 11 January 2012
EUMETSAT website
We are currently developing a new website and would appreciate your
feedback on two alternative designs.
Find out how to take part:  http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/Features/814107?l=en

METEOSAT RSS
10 January 2012  09:00 UTC - 12 January 2012  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. Upon resuming
the Rapid Scanning Service, most meteorological products may take up
to 30 minutes to resume.
Note, the Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimate (MPE) may take up to
18 hours to fully resume.

METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
31 October 2011 - 14 January 2012
ASCAT Extensive Calibration
Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1 soil moisture and global and
regional winds products can be expected.
For full details please see:  http://www.eumetsat.int/groups/ops/do

12 January 2012 05:10 - 09:10 UTC
IASI External Calibration
Outage to IASI GDS Level 1C atmospheric temperature and water vapour,
cloud parameters, ozone and trace gases, and emissivity products.

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

DATA CENTRE
10 January 2012  09:00 - 11:00 UTC
Essential EUMETSAT Data Centre Archive maintenance
During this time, no orders will be processed.

FUTURE EVENTS
METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
24 January 2012
Upgrade of the GOME-2 level 0 to 1B processor to version 5.3. This
involves an improvement of the radiometric accuracy of polarisation
measurement device (PMD) radiance data and a replacement of the
reported absolute accuracy of radiance values with their random noise
contribution in the level 1B product.
For full details please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Satellit

08 February 2012
File naming change for all BUFR-formatted EPS global products
disseminated on EUMETCast
For full details and test data, please
see: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNe

SAF PRODUCTS
16 January 2012
Atlantic High Latitude products available on EUMETCast
For full details please see:  http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNe

THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS
19 January 2012
New Forecast Products for Africa available on EUMETCast
For full details please see:  http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNe

24 January 2012
Change of format and frequency of AVISO Products
For full details please see:  http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNe

25 January 2012
New MTSAT Spectral Channel available on EUMETCast
For full details, please see:  http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNe


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

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 

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