Subject: Administrative: Retirement of NOAA-15 ATOVS; Issued: March This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_KgFXV2hPPxFCclweHq3KyQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *ESPC PRODUCT RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT* *Topic:* Termination of NOAA-15 ATOVS Sounding Products on May 30, 2013 *Date/Time Issued: *1645 UTC March 5, 2013 *Product(s) or Data Impacted:* NESDIS ATOVS Sounding Products *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* 1700 UTC, May 30, 2013 *Date/Time of Expected End:* N/A *Length of Outage:* N/A *Details/Specifics of Change:* NOAA-15 ATOVS capability will be replaced with a MetOp capabilities (i.e., MetOp-A and MetOp-B ATOVS capability) in order to optimize resources to accommodate the MetOp- capabilities. A decision has been made by NESDIS to terminate the NOAA-15 ATOVS sounding products generation and dissemination on May 30, 2013. Please contact ESPC Operations if you require more information please contact the ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880. *Contact Information for Further Information:* ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 *Web Site(s) for applicable information:*N/A This message was sent from 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 make take up to two business days to process your unsubscribe request. --Boundary_(ID_KgFXV2hPPxFCclweHq3KyQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT ESPC PRODUCT RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

Topic: Termination of NOAA-15 ATOVS Sounding Products on May 30, 2013

Date/Time Issued: 1645 UTC March 5, 2013

Product(s) or Data Impacted: NESDIS ATOVS Sounding Products

Date/Time of Initial Impact: 1700 UTC, May 30, 2013

Date/Time of Expected End: N/A

Length of Outage: N/A

Details/Specifics of Change: NOAA-15 ATOVS capability will be replaced with a MetOp capabilities (i.e., MetOp-A and MetOp-B ATOVS capability) in order to optimize resources to accommodate the MetOp- capabilities. A decision has been made by NESDIS to terminate the NOAA-15 ATOVS sounding products generation and dissemination on May 30, 2013. Please contact ESPC Operations if you require more information please contact the ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880.

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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