Subject: Administrative: EUMETSAT Weekly Operations Schedule, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_q4n+Ci2qAg/ts1iR8q3Htg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT *Topic: *EUMETSAT Weekly Operations Schedule *Date/Time**Issued:*December 13, 2012 1505 UTC *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*N/A** *Date/Time of Initial Impact:*****December 13, 2012 14:45:51 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 13/12/12 at 14:45:51 Seq Nr: 1 Planned activities for week 51/2012: 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. METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE 18 December 2012 10:00 UTC Start of parallel dissemination on EUMETCast-Europe of SEVIRI image data and meteorological products from MSG-3 (renamed Meteosat-10). For full details, please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/826037?l=en METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 10 December 2012 - 07 January 2013 Metop B - ASCAT Extensive Calibration Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture, global and regional winds products can be expected. For full details, please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/groups/ops/documents/document/pdf_ascat_transponder_passes.pdf 17 December 2012 04:42 UTC orbit 1286 Metop B - ASCAT Gain Compression A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected. 18 December 2012 - 20 December 2012 Metop A - ASCAT external calibration. Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture and global and regional winds products can be expected. 18 December 2012 18:17 orbit 31995 19 December 2012 08:15 orbit 32002 20 December 2012 19:15 orbit 32024 18 December 2012 ASCAT Level 2 soil moisture products from Metop-B available on EUMETCast and on GTS-RMDCN. For full details, please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/826840?l=en 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 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. METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT For current information please see:http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/UNS/webapps/showData.do?type=17 SAF PRODUCTS 17 December 2012 Update to O3M SAF Near Real Time Total Column Product For full details, please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/826423?l=en DATA CENTRE A number of EPS level 1 and level 2 products are now available for ordering in the NetCDF format from the Data Centre through the Online Ordering Application. For full details, please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/826843?l=en THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS 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. JASON-2 19 December 2012 17:21 UTC. Jason-2 Manoeuvre is foreseen. OGDR products may be degraded for about 2 hours after the manoeuvre. FUTURE EVENTS 31 January 2013 (date to be confirmed in due course) Start of Meteosat-8 RSS yearly 1-month interruption to avoid downlink interference during relocation of Meteosat-8 and Meteosat-9 following Meteosat-10 deployment into service. For full details on the future Meteosat Second Generation spacecraft manoeuvres and relocations, please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Satellites/SP_2012113011418367?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 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_q4n+Ci2qAg/ts1iR8q3Htg) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Topic:  EUMETSAT Weekly Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued:  December 13, 2012  1505  UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: N/A

Date/Time of Initial Impact:   December 13, 2012   14:45:51  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 13/12/12 at 14:45:51

Seq Nr: 1

Planned activities for week 51/2012:

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

METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE
18 December 2012  10:00 UTC
Start of parallel dissemination on EUMETCast-Europe of SEVIRI image
data and meteorological products from MSG-3 (renamed Meteosat-10).
For full details, please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNe

METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
10 December 2012 - 07 January 2013
Metop B - ASCAT Extensive Calibration
Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture, global and
regional winds products can be expected.
For full details, please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/groups/ops/doc

17 December 2012   04:42 UTC orbit 1286
Metop B - ASCAT Gain Compression
A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected.

18 December 2012 - 20 December 2012
Metop A - ASCAT external calibration.
Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture and global and
regional winds products can be expected.
18 December 2012 18:17 orbit 31995
19 December 2012 08:15 orbit 32002
20 December 2012 19:15 orbit 32024

18 December 2012
ASCAT Level 2 soil moisture products from Metop-B available on
EUMETCast and on GTS-RMDCN.
For full details, please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNe

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 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.

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

SAF PRODUCTS
17 December 2012
Update to O3M SAF Near Real Time Total Column Product
For full details, please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNe

DATA CENTRE
A number of EPS level 1 and level 2 products are now available for
ordering in the NetCDF format from the Data Centre through the Online
Ordering Application.
For full details, please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNe

THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS
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.

JASON-2
19 December 2012  17:21 UTC.
Jason-2 Manoeuvre is foreseen.
OGDR products may be degraded for about 2 hours after the manoeuvre.

FUTURE EVENTS
31 January 2013 (date to be confirmed in due course)
Start of Meteosat-8 RSS yearly 1-month interruption to avoid downlink
interference during relocation of Meteosat-8 and Meteosat-9 following
Meteosat-10 deployment into service.

For full details on the future Meteosat Second
Generation spacecraft manoeuvres and relocations,
please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Satellites/SP_2012113



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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