Subject: Administrative: Operational Implementation of GOES LST for This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060903010505000808000005 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Topic: *Operational Implementation of GOES LST for GOES West ** *Date/Time**Issued:***July 31, 2013 1635 UTC *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*Operation capability for land surface temperature observations from GOES West satellites/sensors ** *Date/Time of Initial Impact:*August 1, 2013, 22:00:00 UTC *Date/Time of Expected End:*N/A** *Length of Outage:*N/A *Details/Specifics of Change:*The GLST products will allow expansion of high spatial resolution to 4km at nadir; and allow estimates of Diurnal Temperature Range (DTR), which is an important climate change indicator. Therefore, they will substantially improve the prediction accuracy of NCEP global and mesoscale models, and improve the impact over land of satellite-measured brightness temperature in surface-sensitive satellite channels in the data assimilation in NCEP global and regional data assimilation systems. On August 1, 2013, 22:00:00 UTC, the GLST (West) will be implemented into the ESPC operation and supported under 24x7. *Products unavailable during maintenance:* The products are available every hour for GOES West Extended Norther Hemisphere and every 3 hours for GOES West Full Disk, and provided to users through ESPC Data Distribution Server (DDS). ** *Contact Information for Further Information:* ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 ** *Web Site(s) for applicable information:* http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/glst/index.html 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. --------------060903010505000808000005 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic:  Operational Implementation of GOES LST for GOES West

Date/Time Issued:  July  31, 2013 1635 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  Operation capability for land surface temperature observations from GOES West satellites/sensors

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  August 1, 2013, 22:00:00 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End:  N/A

Length of Outage:  N/A

Details/Specifics of Change: The GLST products will allow expansion of high spatial resolution to 4km at nadir; and allow estimates of Diurnal Temperature Range (DTR), which is an important climate change indicator. Therefore, they will substantially improve the prediction accuracy of NCEP global and mesoscale models, and improve the impact over land of satellite-measured brightness temperature in surface-sensitive satellite channels in the data assimilation in NCEP global and regional data assimilation systems. On August 1, 2013, 22:00:00 UTC, the GLST (West) will be implemented into the ESPC operation and supported under 24x7.   

Products unavailable during maintenance: The products are available every hour for GOES West Extended Norther Hemisphere and every 3 hours for GOES West Full Disk, and provided to users through ESPC Data Distribution Server (DDS).

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880 

Web Site(s) for applicable information: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/glst/index.htmlA

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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