Subject: Administrative: S-NPP VIIRS Emissive Band Calibration, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010609080407060707070301 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Topic: ***S-NPP VIIRS Emissive Band Calibration *Date/Time**Issued:***June 14,**2013 1635 UTC** *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*VIIRS SDRs and EDRs *Date/Time of Initial Impact:*June 17, 2013 06:00:00 UTC ** *Date/Time of Expected End:*June 19, 2013 03:00:00 UTC ** *Length of Outage:*1 Day, 21 hours *Details/Specifics of Change:* The VIIRS BB heater will be set to 297.5K on 6/17/2013 at 06:00:00 UTC. The VIIRS BB heater set point will then be increased every three hours: 297.5K at 06:00:00 UTC on 6/17/2013, 302.5K at 09:00:00 UTC on 6/17/2013, 307.5K at 12:00:00 UTC on 6/17/2013, 312.5K at 15:00:00 UTC on 6/17/2013, and finally 315.0K at 18:00:00 UTC on 6/17/2013. The VIIRS BB heater will be turned off at 21:00:00 UTC on 6/17/2013 and allowed to cool. The VIIRS BB heater set point will be set to 272.5K and turned on at 21:00:00 UTC on 6/18/2013. Three hours later, the set point will be increased to 282.5K at 00:00:00 UTC on 6/19/2013. Finally, the set point will be set to the nominal value to 292.5K at 03:00:00 UTC and the VIIRS Emissive Band Calibration will be complete. During the S-NPP VIIRS Emissive Band Calibration, the data quality of VIIRS SDRs and EDRs might be affected. *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. ** ** --------------010609080407060707070301 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic: S-NPP VIIRS Emissive Band Calibration

Date/Time Issued: June 14, 2013 1635 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: VIIRS SDRs and EDRs

Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 17, 2013 06:00:00 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: June 19, 2013 03:00:00 UTC

Length of Outage: 1 Day, 21 hours

Details/Specifics of Change:

The VIIRS BB heater will be set to 297.5K on 6/17/2013 at 06:00:00 UTC. The VIIRS BB heater set point will then be increased every three hours:

297.5K at 06:00:00 UTC on 6/17/2013,

302.5K at 09:00:00 UTC on 6/17/2013,

307.5K at 12:00:00 UTC on 6/17/2013,

312.5K at 15:00:00 UTC on 6/17/2013, and finally

315.0K at 18:00:00 UTC on 6/17/2013.

The VIIRS BB heater will be turned off at 21:00:00 UTC on 6/17/2013 and allowed to cool.

The VIIRS BB heater set point will be set to 272.5K and turned on at 21:00:00 UTC on 6/18/2013. Three hours later, the set point will be increased to 282.5K at 00:00:00 UTC on 6/19/2013. Finally, the set point will be set to the nominal value to 292.5K at 03:00:00 UTC and the VIIRS Emissive Band Calibration will be complete.

During the S-NPP VIIRS Emissive Band Calibration, the data quality of VIIRS SDRs and EDRs might be affected.

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.

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