Subject: Administrative: SNPP VIIRS Emissive Band Calibration This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060907080401020404080000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Topic: *SNPP VIIRS Emissive Band Calibration 9/16-9/18 *Date/Time Issued:*September 12, 2013 18:57:00 UTC *Product(s) or Data Impacted: *VIIRS BB Temperature will be increasing and decreasing and could affect science data quality. *Date/Time of Initial Impact: *September 16,2013 06:00UTC *Date/Time of Expected End: *September 18,2013 03:00UTC *Length of Outage: *1 Day, 21 hours *Details/Specifics of Change: *The VIIRS BB heater will be set to 297.5K on 9/16/2013 at 06:00:00 GMT. The VIIRS BB heater set point will then be increased every three hours: 302.5K at 09:00:00 GMT, 307.5K at 12:00:00 GMT, 312.5K at 15:00:00 GMT, and finally 315.0K at 18:00:00 GMT. After an additional three hours at this set point, the BB heater will be turned off at 21:00:00 GMT and allowed to cool. After 24 hours of cooling, the BB heater set point will be set to 272.5K and turned on at 21:00:00 GMT on 9/17/2013. Three hours later, the set point will be increased to 282.5K at 00:00:00 GMT on 9/18/2013. Finally, the set point will be set to the nominal value to 292.5K at 03:00:00 GMT. At this point in time, the quarterly VIIRS Emissive band cal will be complete. * Contact Information for Further Information:*ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 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. --------------060907080401020404080000 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic: SNPP VIIRS Emissive Band Calibration 9/16-9/18

Date/Time Issued: September 12, 2013 18:57:00 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: VIIRS BB Temperature will be increasing and decreasing and could affect science data quality.

Date/Time of Initial Impact: September 16,2013 06:00 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: September 18,2013 03:00 UTC

Length of Outage: 1 Day, 21 hours

Details/Specifics of Change: The VIIRS BB heater will be set to 297.5K on 9/16/2013 at 06:00:00 GMT. The VIIRS BB heater set point will then be increased every three hours: 302.5K at 09:00:00 GMT, 307.5K at 12:00:00 GMT, 312.5K at 15:00:00 GMT, and finally 315.0K at 18:00:00 GMT. After an additional three hours at this set point, the BB heater will be turned off at 21:00:00 GMT and allowed to cool. After 24 hours of cooling, the BB heater set point will be set to 272.5K and turned on at 21:00:00 GMT on 9/17/2013. Three hours later, the set point will be increased to 282.5K at 00:00:00 GMT on 9/18/2013. Finally, the set point will be set to the nominal value to 292.5K at 03:00:00 GMT. At this point in time, the quarterly VIIRS Emissive band cal will be complete.

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880 Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A

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