Subject: Weekly_Operations_Schedule_20120405125253.tx This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010106000007030200010306 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Weekly Operations Schedule Issued on 05/04/12 at 12:52:53 Seq Nr: 1 Planned activities for week 15/2012: GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION 10 April 2012 08:00 - 12:00 UTC Essential EUMETCast Maintenance At 08:00 UTC and 12:00 UTC short interruptions and delay of data reception up to 5 min. No losses expected. 11 April 2012 All EUMETCast Daily Logs will be changed to ensure compatibility with the file naming change of BUFR-formatted EPS global products to the WMO file format. The record format shall change from CSV (comma-separated values) to DSV (delimiter-separated values) with ?|? selected as the delimiter. For full details, please see the updated EUMETCast Daily Log User Guide:http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=pdf_eumetcast_daily_log_ug&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased Meteosat Straylight Predictions for Winter/Spring 2012 available on EUMETSAT Website: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/ServiceStatus/index.htm?l=en (See Section "Operational Schedules") METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE 11 April 2012 12:00 - 12:30 UTC Essential Image Processing software upgrade Risk of interruption of image data. METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 14 April 2012 18:55 - 19:45 UTC Orbit 28472 GOME2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw readout mode (PMDRAW). Near real-time products from O3M SAF (L2 NTO) will be affected (see SAF PRODUCTS below). METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT For current information please see:http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/UNS/webapps/showData.do?type=17 SAF PRODUCTS 14 April 2012 18:55 - 19:45 UTC Orbit 28472 GOME2 operations (see above), O3M SAF Near Real Time Total Column products (Total Column Ozone, the Total Column NO2, and the Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable. THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS 10 February 2012 - 27 April 2012 GOES West Eclipse Season 08:00 UTC and 09:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete. 14 February 2012 - 26 April 2012 MTSAT Eclipse Season 14:00 UTC and 15:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete. 24 February 2012 - 15 April 2012 GOES East Eclipse Season 05:00 UTC and 06:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete. FUTURE EVENTS METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE 25 April 2012 Metop-A In-plane manoeuvre SEM data will be unavailable. GOME data and products 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. Exact outage times to be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre. 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 --------------010106000007030200010306 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 
Weekly Operations Schedule

Issued on 05/04/12 at 12:52:53

Seq Nr: 1

Planned activities for week 15/2012:

GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION
10 April 2012  08:00 - 12:00 UTC
Essential EUMETCast Maintenance
At 08:00 UTC and 12:00 UTC short interruptions and delay of data
reception up to 5 min. No losses expected.

11 April 2012
All EUMETCast Daily Logs will be changed to ensure compatibility
with the file naming change of BUFR-formatted EPS global products
to the WMO file format. The record format shall change from CSV
(comma-separated values) to DSV (delimiter-separated values) with
?|? selected as the delimiter. For full details, please see the updated
EUMETCast Daily Log User Guide: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/ServiceStatus/index.htm?l=en
(See Section "Operational Schedules")

METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE
11 April 2012  12:00 - 12:30 UTC
Essential Image Processing software upgrade
Risk of interruption of image data.

METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
14 April 2012  18:55 - 19:45 UTC Orbit 28472
GOME2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw
readout mode (PMDRAW).
Near real-time products from O3M SAF (L2 NTO) will be affected (see
SAF PRODUCTS below).

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

SAF PRODUCTS
14 April 2012  18:55 - 19:45 UTC Orbit 28472
GOME2 operations (see above), O3M SAF Near Real Time Total Column
products (Total Column Ozone, the Total Column NO2, and the
Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable.

THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS
10 February 2012 - 27 April 2012
GOES West Eclipse Season
08:00 UTC and 09:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.

14 February 2012 - 26 April 2012
MTSAT Eclipse Season
14:00 UTC and 15:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.

24 February 2012 - 15 April 2012
GOES East Eclipse Season
05:00 UTC and 06:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.

FUTURE EVENTS
METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
25 April 2012
Metop-A In-plane manoeuvre
SEM data will be unavailable.
GOME data and products 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.
Exact outage times to be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre.


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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