Subject: Administrative: EUMETSAT Weekly Operations Schedule, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_bQzHwkBx6wwnN1L2GWVLhQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT *Topic: *EUMETSAT Weekly Operations Schedule *Date/Time**Issued:*November 29, 2012 1655 UTC *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*N/A** *Date/Time of Initial Impact:*****November 29, 2012 14:44:57 UTC *Time of Expected End:*See table in detail for on and off times ** *Length of Outage:*N/A *Details/Specifics of Change:* Weekly Operations Schedule Issued on 29/11/12 at 14:44:57 Seq Nr: 1 Planned activities for week 49/2012: GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION 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. METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 2 December 2012 23:42 UTC - 04 December 2012 01:04 UTC METOP-A IASI External Calibration (Moon Intrusion) Short interruptions can be expected to IASI GDS Level 1C atmospheric temperature and water vapour, cloud parameters, ozone and trace gases and emissivity products. 03 December 2012 05:20 UTC orbit 31774 ASCAT Gain Compression A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected. 04 December 2012 ASCAT Level 1B products from Metop-B available on EUMETCast and on GTS-RMDCN For full details, please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/826039?l=en METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT For current information please see:http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/UNS/webapps/showData.do?type=17 THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS 06 December 2012 04:14 UTC - 07 December 2012 13:14 UTC MTSAT Lunar Intrusion Images may be degraded. 18 October 2012 03:00 UTC - 26 December 2012 02:00 UTC JMA will switch operations from MTSAT-2 to MTSAT-1R due to ground segment maintenance. MTSAT-1R image data labelled as MTSAT-2 and rectified to 145° East will be disseminated. Operations will be switched back to MTSAT-2 on 26 December 2012. FUTURE EVENTS METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE 18 December 2012 (date to be confirmed in due course) Start of parallel dissemination on EUMETCast-Europe of SEVIRI image data and meteorological products from MSG-3. For full details, please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/826037?l=en 31 January 2013 (date to be confirmed in due course) Start of Meteosat-8 RSS 1-month yearly interruption to prepare MSG-3 deployment into service. METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE 19 December 2012 Metop-B 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. * Contact Information for Further Information**:*ESPC Operations atESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 *Web Site(s) for applicable information:*N/A This message was sent by 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. ** ** --Boundary_(ID_bQzHwkBx6wwnN1L2GWVLhQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Topic:  EUMETSAT Weekly Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued:  November 29, 2012  1655  UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: N/A

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  November 29, 2012   14:44:57  UTC

Time of Expected End:  See table in detail for on and off  times

Length of Outage:  N/A

Details/Specifics of Change: 

Weekly Operations Schedule

Issued on 29/11/12 at 14:44:57

Seq Nr: 1

Planned activities for week 49/2012:

GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION
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/ProductServiceNe

METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
2 December 2012 23:42 UTC - 04 December 2012 01:04 UTC
METOP-A IASI External Calibration (Moon Intrusion)
Short interruptions can be expected to IASI GDS Level 1C atmospheric
temperature and water vapour, cloud parameters, ozone and trace gases
and emissivity products.

03 December 2012  05:20 UTC orbit 31774
ASCAT Gain Compression
A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected.

04 December 2012
ASCAT Level 1B products from Metop-B available on EUMETCast and
on GTS-RMDCN
For full details, please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNe

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

THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS
06 December 2012 04:14 UTC - 07 December 2012 13:14 UTC
MTSAT Lunar Intrusion
Images may be degraded.

18 October 2012 03:00 UTC - 26 December 2012 02:00 UTC
JMA will switch operations from MTSAT-2 to MTSAT-1R due to ground
segment maintenance.
MTSAT-1R image data labelled as MTSAT-2 and rectified to 145°
East will be disseminated.
Operations will be switched back to MTSAT-2 on 26 December 2012.

FUTURE EVENTS
METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE
18 December 2012 (date to be confirmed in due course)
Start of parallel dissemination on EUMETCast-Europe of SEVIRI image
data and meteorological products from MSG-3.
For full details, please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNe

31 January 2013 (date to be confirmed in due course)
Start of Meteosat-8 RSS 1-month yearly interruption to prepare	MSG-3
deployment into service.

METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
19 December 2012
Metop-B 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.



Contact Information for Further
Information:ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov
      and 301-817-3880
Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A

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