Subject: Administrative: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule Issued: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040305030107040005010401 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Topic: *Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule *Date/Time Issued**:*October 17 2013 1510 UTC* * *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*See list below. ** *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* October 17 2013 13:23:32 UTC(from theEumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message) ** *Date/Time of Expected End:***See table in detail for on and off switch time****** *Length of Outage:*N/A* * *Details/Specifics of Change:* Weekly Operations Schedule Issued on 17/10/13 at 13:23:32 Seq Nr: 1 Planned activities for week 43/2013: 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: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:www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/ServiceStatus/index.htm?l=en (See Section "Straylight Predictions (XML)") METEOSAT RSS 24 October 2013 09:00 - 13:00 UTC Due to essential Maintenance of the Meteosat-9 Image processing chain, there is a high risk of interruption to the Meteosat-9 Level 1.5 data. METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 21 October 2013 03:30 UTC orbit 5661 Metop-B - ASCAT Gain Compression A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected. METOP AND NOAA REGIONAL DATA SERVICE 22 October 2013 Update of AAPP to V7.5 This update will improve the METOP-B AVHRR and AMSU-A calibration and adjust to the degradation of AMSU-A1-2 on NOAA 15. In addition it will change the BUFR encoding of CrIS and ATMS products by setting the data category to 21, sub-category to 6 (ATMS) and to 5 (CrIS), for consistency with NOAA BUFR products. For details please check the AAPP V7.5 release note on:www.nwpsaf.org. S-NPP DATA 20 October 2013 There will be 3 orbits of CrIS SDR data missing (approximately 300 minutes) due to a known limitation in the time processing software. THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS Unavailability of several VITO-provided products due to US Government shutdown. The Copernicus Global Land service uses some data from US government services (NASA and NOAA) to create some of its SPOT-VEGETATION derived products. Due to the lapse in US federal government funding, several federal US agencies have been shut down and hence do not provide any data at this moment. Because of this, the production of the FCOVER, LAI and Albedo (both the currently provided version 0 as well as upcoming version 1) and their delivery via EUMETCast, in Near Real Time, are interrupted, starting from the last dekad of September or first dekad of October. The missing products will be provided as soon as the US government services are re-started. 17 August 2013 - 23 October 2013 MTSAT-2 Eclipse Operations The 14:00 and 15:00 images may not be available. 22 October 2013 03:00 UTC - 19 December 2013 02:00 UTC JMA will switch operations from MTSAT-2 to MTSAT-1R due to ground segment maintenance. MTSAT-1R image data labelled as MTSAT-2 and rectified to 145 degree East will be disseminated. Operations will be switched back to MTSAT-2 on 19 December 2013. 22 October 2013 11:45 UTC Due to a GOES-15 manoeuvre, data may not be available for up to 6 hours after the manoeuvre. 30 October 2013 MicroWave Radiation Imager (MWRI) data from FY-3B available via EUMETCast-Europe Access to these data are restricted to the NMSs of EUMETSAT's Member and Cooperating States. For full details, please see:www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2081653.html FUTURE EVENTS METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE 29 October 2013 Update of Operations Software - Local Reception Station (OPS-LRS) to V7.0, including configuration files This new software version will improve the navigation accuracy and will provide a better compatibility between regional and global products. 05 November 2013 09:00-16:00 UTC Metop-B - Out-of-plane manoeuvre All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, GOME-2, GRAS, IASI, MHS, SEM, in the Metop Global Data Service and Regional Data Service, will not be available. The AVHRR GDS Level 1 products and AVHRR regional data from Metop-B will be temporarily degraded. A touch-up in-plane manoeuvre may be performed two days later. This will be confirmed in due time. 05 November 2013 10:00 UTC - 8 November 2013 17:00 UTC Metop-A IASI - upload of new software version to the Instrument Management System. All products from Metop-A IASI in the Metop Global Data Service and Regional Data Service will not be available. Exact outage times to be announced. 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 --------------040305030107040005010401 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic:  Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued: October 17  2013   1510 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  See list below.

Date/Time of Initial Impact:   October 17  2013   13:23:32 UTC (from the Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message)

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

Length of Outage:  N/A

Details/Specifics of Change:


Weekly Operations Schedule

Issued on 17/10/13 at 13:23:32

Seq Nr: 1

Planned activities for week 43/2013:
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:
www.eumetsat.int/website/home/DataNewsletter/E

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: www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/ServiceStatus/index.htm?l=en
(See Section "Straylight Predictions (XML)")

METEOSAT RSS
24 October 2013 09:00 - 13:00 UTC
Due to essential Maintenance of the Meteosat-9 Image processing chain,
there is a high risk of interruption to the Meteosat-9 Level 1.5 data.

METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
21 October 2013  03:30 UTC orbit 5661
Metop-B - ASCAT Gain Compression
A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected.

METOP AND NOAA REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
22 October 2013
Update of AAPP to V7.5
This update will improve the METOP-B  AVHRR and AMSU-A	calibration
and adjust to the degradation of AMSU-A1-2 on NOAA 15.
In addition it will change the BUFR encoding of CrIS and ATMS products
by setting the data category to 21, sub-category to 6 (ATMS) and to 5
(CrIS), for consistency with NOAA BUFR products.
For details please check the AAPP V7.5 release
note on: www.nwpsaf.org.

S-NPP DATA
20 October 2013
There will be 3 orbits of CrIS SDR data missing (approximately 300
minutes) due to a known limitation in the time processing software.

THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS
Unavailability of several VITO-provided products due to US Government
shutdown.
The Copernicus Global Land service uses some data from US government
services (NASA and NOAA) to create some of its SPOT-VEGETATION derived
products. Due to the lapse in US federal government funding, several
federal US agencies have been shut down and hence do not provide any
data at this moment. Because of this, the production of the FCOVER,
LAI and Albedo (both the currently provided version 0 as well as
upcoming version 1) and their delivery via EUMETCast,  in Near Real
Time, are interrupted, starting from the last dekad of September or
first dekad of October. The missing products will be provided as soon
as the US government services are re-started.

17 August 2013 - 23 October 2013
MTSAT-2 Eclipse Operations
The 14:00 and 15:00 images may not be available.

22 October 2013 03:00 UTC - 19 December 2013 02:00 UTC
JMA will switch operations from MTSAT-2 to MTSAT-1R due to ground
segment maintenance.
MTSAT-1R image data labelled as MTSAT-2 and rectified to 145 degree
East will be disseminated.
Operations will be switched back to MTSAT-2 on 19 December 2013.

22 October 2013 11:45 UTC
Due to a GOES-15 manoeuvre, data may not be available for up to 6
hours after the manoeuvre.

30 October 2013
MicroWave Radiation Imager (MWRI) data from FY-3B available via
EUMETCast-Europe
Access to these data are restricted to the NMSs of EUMETSAT's Member
and Cooperating States.
For full details, please see: www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2081653.html


FUTURE EVENTS
METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
29 October 2013
Update of Operations Software - Local Reception Station (OPS-LRS)
to V7.0, including configuration files
This new software version will improve the navigation accuracy and will
provide a better compatibility between regional and global products.

05 November 2013  09:00-16:00 UTC
Metop-B - Out-of-plane manoeuvre
All products from AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, GOME-2, GRAS, IASI, MHS,
SEM, in the Metop Global Data Service and Regional Data Service,
will not be available.
The AVHRR GDS Level 1 products and AVHRR regional data from Metop-B
will be temporarily degraded.
A touch-up in-plane manoeuvre may be performed two days later. This
will be confirmed in due time.

05 November 2013  10:00 UTC - 8 November 2013 17:00 UTC
Metop-A IASI - upload of new software version to the Instrument
Management System.
All products from Metop-A IASI in the Metop Global Data Service and
Regional Data Service will not be available.
Exact outage times to be announced.


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
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