Subject: Administrative: Weekly_Operations_Schedule, Issued: August 15, This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040700060106080201050709 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Topic: *Weekly_Operations_Schedule *Date/Time**Issued:* August 15, 2013 1402 UTC *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*METOP** *Date/Time of Initial Impact:*August 15, 2013 13:30:06 UTC ** *Date/Time of Expected End:*See table in detail for on and off switch times ** *Length of Outage:*N/A *Details/Specifics of Change:* Weekly Operations Schedule Issued on 15/08/13 at 13:30:06 Seq Nr: 1 Planned activities for week 34/2013: GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION The EUMETCast Europe service will be upgraded from DVB-S to the DVB-S2 standard in August 2014. For detailed information, please seehttp://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/DataNewsletter/EUMETCast/DAT_2043191.html Meteosat Straylight. During eclipse seasons, stray light affects the way the spacecraft instrument is commanded. There are periods where the black body calibration is performed after the instrument retrace instead of prior to it. This delays files for the time of the calibration (approximately three minutes) which then affects the data timeliness in the same way. This nominal calibration activity during eclipse seasons will therefore cause periods of noticeable delays to reception of data by Users. Meteosat Straylight Predictions for Autumn/Winter 2013 are available on EUMETSAT Website: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/ServiceStatus/index.htm?l=en (See Section "Straylight Predictions (XML)" METEOSAT RSS 20 August 2013 09:00 UTC - 22 August 2013 09:00 UTC Monthly RSS interruption Meteosat-9 Rapid Scanning Service (RSS) will be suspended for scheduled Full Earth Scanning and Ground Segment Maintenance. Meteosat-8 RSS image data, rectified to 9.5 deg E, replaces the Meteosat-9 service. The RSS meteorological product service is not available during this period. METEOSAT IODC 03 August 2013 - 29 September 2013 Meteosat-7 Autumn 2013 eclipse season Slots 37 to 43 may not be available. METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 20 August 2013 Change in AMSU-A and MHS BUFR products: The antenna correction version number will be set to 2 for Metop-A, 1 for Metop-B and 1 for NOAA-19 (it was previously set to 2 for all satellites). Test data are available on our FTP server:ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/EUM/out/OPS/User/Test_Files_AMSU-A_and_MHS/ 20 August 2013 18:55 - 19:55 UTC (Metop-A) 19:45 - 21:26 UTC (Metop-B) GOME-2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw readout mode (PMDRAW). Near real-time products from O3M SAF (L2 NTO) will be affected (see SAF PRODUCTS below). 24 August 2013 19:12 UTC - 26 August 2013 00:06 UTC (Metop-A) 24 August 2013 20:06 UTC - 26 August 2013 01:01 UTC (Metop-B) IASI External Calibration (Moon Intrusion) Short interruptions can be expected to IASI GDS Level 1C, atmospheric temperature and water vapour, cloud parameters, ozone and trace gases and emissivity products. METOP AND NOAA REGIONAL DATA SERVICE 20 August 2013 Start of distribution of Metop-B data for the following EARS services: EARS-ATOVS, EARS-AVHRR, EARS-IASI, EARS-ASCAT and EARS-NWC. For full details, please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2076402.html?lang=EN METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT For current information please see:http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/UNS/webapps/showData.do?type=17 SAF PRODUCTS 20 August 2013 18:55 - 19:55 UTC (Metop-A) 20 August 2013 19:45 - 21:26 UTC (Metop-B) GOME-2 operations (see above), O3M SAF Near Real Time Total Column products (Total Column Ozone, the Total Column NO2, and the Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable. THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS 17 August 2013 - 23 October 2013 MTSAT-2 Eclipse Operations The 14:00 and 15:00 image may not be available. FUTURE EVENTS GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION 28 August, 2013 15:00 UTC EUMETCast Americas Satellite configuration change. The modulation FEC parameter (Forward Error Corrector) will be changed from FEC 3/4 to FEC 7/8. The quality of service will be maintained. Depending on the initial configuration of the receiving equipment the new FEC will be automatically taken into account, or it will need to be updated manually. Users are recommended to restart their reception stations after this period in case of problems. For more information please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/DataNewsletter/EUMETCast/DAT_2056128.html METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 04 September 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. 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 or EUMETSAT User Services Helpdesk Tel: +49 6151 807 366 Fax: +49 6151 807 379 *Web Site(s) for applicable information:*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. ** ** --------------040700060106080201050709 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic: Weekly_Operations_Schedule

Date/Time Issued:  August 15, 2013    1402 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  METOP

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  August 15, 2013    13:30:06  UTC

Date/Time of Expected End:  See table in detail for on and off switch times

Length of Outage:  N/A

Details/Specifics of Change: 

Weekly Operations Schedule

Issued on 15/08/13 at 13:30:06

Seq Nr: 1

Planned activities for week 34/2013:

GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION
The EUMETCast Europe service will be upgraded from DVB-S to the DVB-S2
standard in August 2014.
For detailed information, please see http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/DataNewsl

Meteosat Straylight.
During eclipse seasons, stray light affects the way the spacecraft
instrument is commanded.  There are periods where the black body
calibration is performed after the instrument retrace instead
of prior to it. This delays files for the time of the calibration
(approximately three minutes) which then affects the data timeliness
in the same way.
This nominal calibration activity during eclipse seasons will therefore
cause periods of noticeable delays to reception of data by Users.
Meteosat Straylight Predictions for Autumn/Winter 2013	are available
on EUMETSAT Website:
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/ServiceStatus/index.htm?l=en
(See Section "Straylight Predictions (XML)"


METEOSAT RSS
20 August 2013	09:00 UTC - 22 August 2013  09:00 UTC
Monthly RSS interruption
Meteosat-9 Rapid Scanning Service (RSS) will be suspended for scheduled
Full Earth Scanning and Ground Segment Maintenance.
Meteosat-8 RSS image data, rectified to 9.5 deg E, replaces the
Meteosat-9 service. The RSS meteorological product service is not
available during this period.


METEOSAT IODC
03 August 2013 - 29 September 2013
Meteosat-7 Autumn 2013 eclipse season
Slots 37 to 43 may not be available.


METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
20 August 2013
Change in AMSU-A and MHS BUFR products:
The antenna correction version number will be set to 2 for Metop-A,
1 for Metop-B and 1 for NOAA-19 (it was previously set to 2 for
all satellites).
Test data are available on our FTP
server: ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/EUM/out/OPS/User/Test_Files

20 August 2013
18:55 - 19:55 UTC (Metop-A)
19:45 - 21:26 UTC (Metop-B)
GOME-2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw
readout mode (PMDRAW).
Near real-time products from O3M SAF (L2 NTO) will be affected (see
SAF PRODUCTS below).

24 August 2013 19:12 UTC - 26 August 2013 00:06 UTC  (Metop-A)
24 August 2013 20:06 UTC - 26 August 2013 01:01 UTC  (Metop-B)
IASI External Calibration (Moon Intrusion)
Short interruptions can be expected to IASI GDS Level 1C, atmospheric
temperature and water vapour, cloud parameters, ozone and trace gases
and emissivity products.

METOP AND NOAA REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
20 August 2013
Start of distribution of Metop-B data for the following EARS services:
EARS-ATOVS, EARS-AVHRR, EARS-IASI, EARS-ASCAT and EARS-NWC.
For full details, please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2076402.html


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


SAF PRODUCTS
20 August 2013	18:55 - 19:55 UTC (Metop-A)
20 August 2013	19:45 - 21:26 UTC (Metop-B)
GOME-2 operations (see above),
O3M SAF Near Real Time Total Column products (Total Column Ozone,
the Total Column NO2, and the Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable.


THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS
17 August 2013 - 23 October 2013
MTSAT-2 Eclipse Operations
The 14:00 and 15:00 image may not be available.


FUTURE EVENTS
GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION
28 August, 2013  15:00 UTC
EUMETCast Americas Satellite configuration change.
The modulation FEC parameter (Forward Error Corrector) will be
changed from FEC 3/4 to FEC 7/8. The quality of service will be
maintained. Depending on the initial configuration of the receiving
equipment the new FEC will be automatically taken into account,
or it will need to be updated manually.
Users are recommended to restart their reception stations after this
period in case of problems.
For more information please see: http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/DataNewsl


METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
04 September 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.



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 or EUMETSAT User Services Helpdesk Tel: +49 6151 807 366 Fax: +49 6151 807 379

Web Site(s) for applicable information: Email: ops@eumetsat.int   www.eumetsat.int

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