Subject: Administrative: Weekly_Operations_Schedule_201304041434, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090603030204080006090302 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Weekly Operations Schedule Issued on 04/04/13 at 13:35:34 Seq Nr: 1 Planned activities for week 15/2013: GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION Meteosat Straylight Predictions for Winter/Spring 2013 available on EUMETSAT Website: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/ServiceStatus/index.htm?l=en (See Section "Operational Schedules") METEOSAT RSS 09 April 2013 09:50 UTC Meteosat-9 will take over the Rapid Scanning Service (RSS) For full details on the service swap (timing and associated risk of outage), please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Satellites/SP_2012113011418367?l=en METEOSAT IODC 09 April 2013 02:58 UTC Meteosat-7 East West Station Keeping Manoeuvre Users may observe degraded image quality for up to 6 hours following the manoeuvre. METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE New ASCAT Level 1 products currently available on EUMETCast, in parallel to the operational ASCAT Level 1 products. Users wishing to receive the parallel data stream should register with the User Service Helpdesk (ops@eumetsat.int). For full details, please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/829109?l=en 08 April 2013 04:27 UTC orbit 2877 Metop-B - ASCAT Gain Compression A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected. 12 April 2013 - 15 April 2013 Metop-A - ASCAT external calibration. Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture and global winds products can be expected. 12 April 2013 08:16 UTC orbit 33622 13 April 2013 18:17 UTC orbit 33643 14 April 2013 08:15 UTC orbit 33651 15 April 2013 19:15 UTC orbit 33672 METOP AND NOAA REGIONAL DATA SERVICE 12 April 2013 - 15 April 2013 Metop-A - ASCAT external calibration. Short outages of the ASCAT regional winds products can be expected. 12 April 2013 08:16 UTC orbit 33622 13 April 2013 18:17 UTC orbit 33643 14 April 2013 08:15 UTC orbit 33651 15 April 2013 19:15 UTC orbit 33672 METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT For current information please see:http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/UNS/webapps/showData.do?type=17 THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS 05 April 2013 - 13 April 2013 GOES 13 Eclipse 05:00 UTC image data may be unavailable 08 April 2013 - 19 April 2013 MTSAT Eclipse 15:00 UTC image data may be unavailable 12 April 2013 - 16 April 2013 GOES 15 Eclipse 09:00 UTC image data may be unavailable FUTURE EVENTS METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE 16 April 2013 Change in the computation of the height assignment of the AMV (Atmospheric Motion Vector) product. The inversion correction for low-level AMVs will be re-introduced in the AMV algorithm. Only low-level winds are impacted. They will appear slightly lower in the atmosphere. The product format will remain unchanged. METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE 16 April 2013 Metop-A In-plane manoeuvre SEM and GOME data 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. 23 April 2013 Metop-B In-plane manoeuvre SEM and GOME data 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. 24 April 2013 12:00 UTC Metop-B becomes operational. The enhanced data timeliness currently available for Metop-A, through the Antarctic Data Acquisition (ADA), will stop for Metop-A and will be transferred to Metop-B. Details on user registration for Metop-B services will be provided in due course. S-NPP PROVISIONAL DATA 16 April 2013 12:30 UTC - 18:30 UTC NOAA NDE Critical Infrastructure Protection testing No S-NPP data will be available. SAF PRODUCTS 18 April 2013 SM-DAS-2 product (Profile Index in the roots region by scatterometer data assimilation) from H-SAF available on EUMETCast. For full details, please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/831011?l=en THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS 01 May 2013 Stop of McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI) from CSIR. For full details, please seehttp://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/830206?l=en 06 May 2013 Stop of the PHENOLOGY products from VITO. For full details, please seehttp://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNews/830204?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 *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 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. ** ** --------------090603030204080006090302 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 
Weekly Operations Schedule

Issued on 04/04/13 at 13:35:34

Seq Nr: 1

Planned activities for week 15/2013:

GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION
Meteosat Straylight Predictions for Winter/Spring 2013 available on
EUMETSAT Website:
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/ServiceStatus/index.htm?l=en
(See Section "Operational Schedules")

METEOSAT RSS
09 April 2013 09:50 UTC
Meteosat-9 will take over the  Rapid Scanning Service (RSS) For full
details on the service swap (timing and associated risk of outage),
please see:
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Satellites/SP_2012113

METEOSAT IODC
09 April 2013 02:58 UTC
Meteosat-7 East West Station Keeping Manoeuvre
Users may observe degraded image quality for up to 6 hours following
the manoeuvre.

METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
New ASCAT Level 1 products currently available on EUMETCast, in
parallel to the operational ASCAT Level 1 products.
Users wishing to receive the parallel data stream should register
with the User Service Helpdesk (ops@eumetsat.int).
For full details, please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNe

08 April 2013	04:27 UTC orbit 2877
Metop-B - ASCAT Gain Compression
A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected.

12 April 2013 - 15 April 2013
Metop-A - ASCAT external calibration.
Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture and global
winds products can be expected.
12 April 2013 08:16 UTC orbit 33622
13 April 2013 18:17 UTC orbit 33643
14 April 2013 08:15 UTC orbit 33651
15 April 2013 19:15 UTC orbit 33672

METOP AND NOAA REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
12 April 2013 - 15 April 2013
Metop-A - ASCAT external calibration.
Short outages of the ASCAT regional winds products can be expected.
12 April 2013 08:16 UTC orbit 33622
13 April 2013 18:17 UTC orbit 33643
14 April 2013 08:15 UTC orbit 33651
15 April 2013 19:15 UTC orbit 33672

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

THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS
05 April 2013 - 13 April 2013
GOES 13 Eclipse
05:00 UTC image data may be unavailable

08 April 2013 - 19 April 2013
MTSAT Eclipse
15:00 UTC image data may be unavailable

12 April 2013 - 16 April 2013
GOES 15 Eclipse
09:00 UTC image data may be unavailable


FUTURE EVENTS
METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE
16 April 2013
Change in the computation of the height assignment of the AMV
(Atmospheric Motion Vector) product.
The inversion correction for low-level AMVs will be re-introduced
in the AMV algorithm. Only low-level winds are impacted. They will
appear slightly lower in the atmosphere. The product format will
remain unchanged.

METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
16 April 2013
Metop-A In-plane manoeuvre
SEM and GOME data 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.

23 April 2013
Metop-B In-plane manoeuvre
SEM and GOME data 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.

24 April 2013 12:00 UTC
Metop-B becomes operational.
The enhanced data timeliness currently available for Metop-A, through
the Antarctic Data Acquisition (ADA), will stop for Metop-A and will
be transferred to Metop-B.
Details on user registration for Metop-B services will be provided
in due course.

S-NPP PROVISIONAL DATA
16 April 2013 12:30 UTC - 18:30 UTC
NOAA NDE Critical Infrastructure Protection testing
No S-NPP data will be available.

SAF PRODUCTS
18 April 2013
SM-DAS-2 product (Profile Index in the roots region by scatterometer
data assimilation) from H-SAF available on EUMETCast.
For full details, please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNe

THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS
01 May 2013
Stop of McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI) from CSIR.
For full details, please see http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNe

06 May 2013
Stop of the PHENOLOGY products from VITO.
For full details, please see http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/News/ProductServiceNe



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

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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