Subject: Administrative, Reminder: GOES-12 Imager/Sounder Patch
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Topic: GOES-12 (GOES-South America) Imager/Sounder Patch Temperature
Change
is scheduled for September 20, 2012

Date/Time Issued:  September 19, 2012 1616 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  GOES-12 (GOES-South America)
Imager/Sounder
data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: September 20, 2012  0315 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: Please see details.

Length of Outage: N/A

Details/Specifics of Change: On September 20, 2012 at about 0315
UTC, SOCC
Engineers will change GOES-12 (GOES-South America) Imager and
Sounder patch
temperatures from their MID set points (98.9 K and 98.3 K respectively)
to
their LOW set-points (90.9 K and 88.5 K).

This change will be done during Keep Out Zone (KOZ) time and prior to
eclipse to minimize the impact on users. The temperature transition
will
take approximately 3-4 hours during and after eclipse.	The patch
will be
controlled at this temperature (90.9 K and 88.5 K) until March 2013
when it
will be switched back to MID settings during the next eclipse/KOZ
season.

Please note: Images right after eclipse (Imager: 0458-0600 UTC,
Sounder:
 0530-600 UTC) may show mild "striping/venetian blinding" due to
 decreasing
patch temperature.

MBCC (Midnight Blackbody Calibration Correction) will also be
turned off
for the Imager at the time of the patch temp change, and will be turned
back on approximately 4 days later (on September 24, 2012 at 1615
UTC house
keeping).

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

Web Site(s) for applicable information:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other
satellite related messages.
See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.html for
full GOES
scanning schedules and scan sectors.
See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/eclipse.html for full GOES
eclipse schedules.

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<div>Topic: GOES-12 (GOES-South America) Imager/Sounder Patch
Temperature C=
hange is scheduled for September 20,
2012</div><div><br></div><div>Date/Tim=
e Issued: =A0September 19, 2012 1616
UTC</div><div><br></div><div>Product(s=
) or Data Impacted: =A0GOES-12 (GOES-South America) Imager/Sounder
data</di=
v>

<div><br></div><div>Date/Time of Initial Impact: September 20,
2012 =A00315=
 UTC</div><div><br></div><div>Date/Time of Expected End: Please
 see details=
.</div><div><br></div><div>Length of Outage:
N/A</div><div><br></div><div>

Details/Specifics of Change: On September 20, 2012 at about 0315 UTC,
SOCC =
Engineers will change GOES-12 (GOES-South America) Imager and Sounder
patch=
 temperatures from their MID set points (98.9 K and 98.3 K
 respectively) to=
 their LOW set-points (90.9 K and 88.5 K).</div>

<div><br></div><div>This change will be done during Keep Out Zone
(KOZ) tim=
e and prior to eclipse to minimize the impact on users. The temperature
tra=
nsition will take approximately 3-4 hours during and after
eclipse. =A0The =
patch will be controlled at this temperature (90.9 K and 88.5 K)
until Marc=
h 2013 when it will be switched back to MID settings during the
next eclips=
e/KOZ season.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Please note: Images right after eclipse (Imager:
0458-0=
600 UTC, Sounder: =A00530-600 UTC) may show mild
&quot;striping/venetian bl=
inding&quot; due to decreasing patch
temperature.</div><div><br></div><div>

MBCC (Midnight Blackbody Calibration Correction) will also be turned
off fo=
r the Imager at the time of the patch temp change, and will be turned
back =
on approximately 4 days later (on September 24, 2012 at 1615 UTC
house keep=
ing).</div>

<div><br></div><div>Contact Information for Further Information:
ESPC Opera=
tions at <a
href=3D"mailto:ESPCOperations@noaa.gov">ESPCOperations@noaa.gov=
</a> at 301-817-3880</div><div><br></div><div>Web Site(s) for
applicable in=
formation:</div>

<div>See <a
href=3D"http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html">http://w=
ww.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html</a> for this and other satellite
rela=
ted messages.</div><div>See <a
href=3D"http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/=
GOES/schedules.html">http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.htm=
l</a> for full GOES scanning schedules and scan sectors.</div>

<div>See <a
href=3D"http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/eclipse.html">=
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/eclipse.html</a> for full
GOES ecl=
ipse schedules.</div><div><br></div><div>This message was sent to
<a href=
=3D"mailto:ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov">ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov</a>.
You =
have been sent this and other notifications because you have opted
in to re=
ceive it. =A0If for any reason, you wish to unsubscribe, please
contact ESP=
C Help Desk at <a
href=3D"mailto:ESPCOperations@noaa.gov">ESPCOperations@no=
aa.gov</a> or (301) 817-3880. Please note: it may take up to two
business d=
ays to process your unsubscribe request.</div>



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