Subject: Administrative: Termination of the MSPPS NOAA-16 AMSU-B This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080704010700050108040204 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic: Termination of the MSPPS NOAA-16 AMSU-B Products on Feb 16, 2012 Date/Time Issued: 1430 UTC January 17, 2012 1930 UTC Product(s) or Data Impacted: MSPPS NOAA-16 AMSU-B products (Rain Rate, Ice Water Path, Snow Cover, Snow Water Equivalent, and Snowfall) Date/Time of Initial Impact: Feb 16, 2012 1430 UTC, Date/Time of Expected End: N/A Length of the Outage: N/A Details/Specifics of Change:* The NOAA-16 AMSU-B moisture channels are getting very noisy as the instrument ages. This affects the retrieval quality in addition to causing large data dropouts. As a result, the NOAA-16 AMSU-B products are unable to meet the operational requirements for quality and coverage. A decision has been made by NESDIS to terminate the MSPPS NOAA-16 AMSU-B products generation and dissemination on February 16, 2012. Please contact the ESPC Operation if you require more information. Contact Information for Further Information: ESPCOperations@noaa.gov 301-817-3880 Web Site(s) for applicable information: NONE This message was sent from ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov. You have been sent this and other notifications because you have opted in to receive it. If for any reason, you wish to unsubscribe, please contact ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880. Please note: it may take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request. --------------080704010700050108040204 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit  
Topic: Termination of the MSPPS NOAA-16 AMSU-B Products on Feb 16, 2012

Date/Time Issued: 1430 UTC January 17, 2012 1930 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: MSPPS NOAA-16 AMSU-B  products (Rain Rate, Ice Water Path, Snow Cover, Snow Water Equivalent, and Snowfall)

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  Feb 16, 2012 1430 UTC,

Date/Time of Expected End:  N/A

Length of the Outage: N/A

Details/Specifics of Change:* The NOAA-16  AMSU-B moisture channels are getting very noisy as the instrument ages. This affects the retrieval quality in addition to causing large data dropouts.  As a result, the NOAA-16 AMSU-B products are unable to meet the operational requirements for quality and coverage.  A decision has been made by NESDIS to terminate the MSPPS NOAA-16 AMSU-B products generation and dissemination on February 16, 2012. Please contact the ESPC Operation if you require more information.

Contact Information for Further Information:

ESPCOperations@noaa.gov <mailto:ESPCOperations@noaa.gov>   301-817-3880

Web Site(s) for applicable information:  NONE

This message was sent from ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov. You have been sent this and other notifications because you have opted in to receive it. If for any reason, you wish to unsubscribe, please contact ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880. Please note: it may take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request.

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