Subject: Weekly_Operations_Schedule_20120809140724.txt
Weekly Operations Schedule

Issued on 09/08/12 at 14:07:24

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Planned activities for week 33/2012:
METEOSAT LRIT DIRECT DISSEMINATION
15 August 2012 07:00 - 11:00 UTC
16 August 2012 07:00 - 11:00 UTC
Meteosat-9 LRIT direct dissemination users are advised that the testing
of the MSG3 LRIT transponder could interfere with the MSG2 LRIT direct
dissemination reception during these times.

METEOSAT IODC
06 August 2012 - 29 September 2012
Meteosat-7 Autumn 2012 eclipse season
Slots 37 to 43 may not be available.

METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
16 August 2012 06:30 - 15:30 UTC
Essential maintenance GRAS PPF upgrade to v2.19. Risk of interruption
or
degraded quality in all GRAS products.

13 August 2012 ? 15 August 2012
EPS essential ground segment maintenance
During this maintenance period there is a risk of delay to all
METOP and
NOAA products.

13 August 2012 05:38 UTC orbit 30183
ASCAT Gain Compression A short outage of all ASCAT products can
be expected.

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

DATA CENTRE
New demonstration netCDF product format (IASI Level 2 ? Metop (IASI
Combined Sounding Products)) is now available for validation and user
feedback.
For full details, please see:
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/DataAccess/EUMETSATDataCentre/SP_201201139948887

Demonstration IASI Level 2 products download:
http://vgsics.eumetsat.int/thredds/catalog/DemoIASILevel2/catalog.html

FUTURE EVENTS
SAF PRODUCTS
21 August 2012
New H-SAF products available on EUMETCast:
- Precipitation rate at ground by MW conical scanners
- Precipitation rate at ground by MW cross-track scanners
- Snow detection (snow mask) by VIS/IR radiometry
For full details, please see:
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/820955?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