Subject: Weekly_Operations_Schedule_20120927125130.txt
Weekly Operations Schedule

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Planned activities for week 40/2012:

GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION
05 October 2012 - 17 October 2012
Sun interference may affect the EUMETCast broadcast satellites.
Users might experience lower signal margin or outages on EUMETCast.
The exact times and durations of the signal degradation or outages
depend on the reception location.
For full details, please see:
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/822035?l=en

EUMETSAT recommends users to increase the maximum memory usage of their
EUMETCast reception stations.
For full details, please see:
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/822668?l=en.

Meteosat Straylight Predictions for Autumn 2012 available on EUMETSAT
Website:
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/ServiceStatus/index.htm?l=en
(See Section "Operational Schedules")

METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE
07 October 2012 - 17 October 2012
Sun Co-linearity
Repeat cycles 11:30 and 11:45 UTC may be interrupted or not available.

METEOSAT RSS
03 October 2012 - 13 October 2012
Sun Co-linearity
Repeat cycles 11:00 to 11:15 UTC may be interrupted or not available.

METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
05 October 2012  18:55-19:45 orbit 30944
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
2 October 2012
OSI-SAF ASCAT Coastal Winds at 12.5 km Swath Grid
Start of distribution on the GTS

05 October 2012  18:55-19:45 orbit 30944
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
Effective immediately
Due to a problem with GOES-13, hourly GOES-14 data are being
disseminated instead, relabelled as GOES-13 with a rectification point
of 75° West, however the Eastern edge of the image will be missing.
There is currently no estimated time for the recovery of GOES-13.

20 August 2012 - 28 October 2012
MTSAT Eclipse Season
14:00 and 15:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.

24 August 2012 - 09 October 2012
GOES West Eclipse Season
09:00 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.

FUTURE EVENTS
SAF PRODUCTS
8 October 2012
O3M-SAF GOME-2 Product Data and Format Upgrade
For full details, please see
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/822781?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