Subject: Administrative: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule Issued: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050707050104020403010704 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Topic: *Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule *Date/Time Issued**:*November 18, 2013 1105UTC* * *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*See list below. ** *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* November 18, 2013 10:40:38 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 18/11/13 at 10:40:38 Seq Nr: 3 Planned activities for week 47/2013: 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/TechnicalBulletins/EUMETCast/DAT_2082113.html A new version of the EUMETSAT Product Navigator is now available for mobiles and can be accessed via:http://navigator.eumetsat.int METEOSAT IODC 21 November 2013 10:00 UTC The Meteosat IODC 6-hourly data distributed on EUMETCast will become part of the 3-hourly data. Users registered for the 6-hourly data only will receive 3-hourly data automatically. Non-registered users interested in receiving IODC 3-hourly data should register via our EO Portal:https://eoportal.eumetsat.int METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 18 November 2013 15:19 UTC orbit 6066 Metop-B - ASCAT Gain Compression A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected. 18 November - 29 November 2013 *** CANCELLED *** Metop A and Metop B - ASCAT Calibration to support transponder Maintenance. Outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1 soil moisture and global and regional winds products can be expected, during satellite passes over Turkey. 22 November 2013 12:37 - 19:31 UTC (Metop-A) 22 November 2013 13:31 - 22:08 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. For exact times, please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Data/ServiceStatus/IASIExternalCalibrationMoonIntrusion/index.html SAF PRODUCTS 20 November 2013 Change of filename of OSI SAF North Atlantic and Regional Sea Surface Temperature (NAR SST) product. The NAR SST based on NOAA-19 data will be superseded by the NAR SST based on S-NPP data. The NAR SST product filename will change to reflect this. New filename example: S-OSI_-FRA_-NPP_-NARSST_FIELD-201311050200Z.grb.gz Test files are available at:ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/EUM/out/OPS/User/OSI_SAF_NAR_SST_Test_Files_Nov2013/ THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS 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. S-NPP Provisional Data (*** UPDATE ***) 18 November 2013 After 14:30 UTC (exact time to be confirmed) Update to the ATMS Processing Coefficient Table (PCT) in the S-NPP ground system This update will provide the coefficients necessary to obtain properly-corrected brightness temperatures and to distinguish the SDR (Sensor Data Records) from the TDR (Temperature Data Records). This change is necessary to reach validated maturity for the ATMS-SDR and could result in a change in the characteristics of brightness temperatures. FUTURE EVENTS GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION 30 November 2013 07:00 - 11:00 UTC EUMETSAT firewall replacement During this timeframe, all web applications will be unavailable. Data transfers between the SAFs and the EUMETSAT Data Centre will be affected as well. Short outages may also occur during the following 48 hours. METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 03 December 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 --------------050707050104020403010704 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic:  Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued: November 18,  2013  1105UTC

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  November 18,  2013  10:40:38 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 18/11/13 at 10:40:38

Seq Nr: 3

Planned activities for week 47/2013:

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/Techn

A new version of the EUMETSAT Product Navigator is now available for
mobiles and can be accessed via: http://navigator.eumetsat.int


METEOSAT IODC
21 November 2013 10:00 UTC
The Meteosat IODC 6-hourly data distributed on EUMETCast will become
part of the 3-hourly data.
Users registered for the 6-hourly data only will
receive 3-hourly data automatically. Non-registered users
interested in receiving IODC 3-hourly data should register
via our EO Portal: https://eoportal.eumetsat.int


METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
18 November 2013  15:19 UTC orbit 6066
Metop-B - ASCAT Gain Compression
A short outage of all ASCAT products can be expected.

18 November - 29 November 2013	*** CANCELLED ***
Metop A and Metop B - ASCAT Calibration to support transponder
Maintenance.
Outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1 soil moisture and global and regional
winds products can be expected, during satellite passes over Turkey.

22 November 2013 12:37 - 19:31 UTC (Metop-A)
22 November 2013 13:31 - 22:08 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.
For exact times, please see:  http://www.eumetsat.i


SAF PRODUCTS
20 November 2013
Change of filename of OSI SAF North Atlantic and Regional Sea Surface
Temperature (NAR SST) product.
The NAR SST based on NOAA-19 data will be superseded
by the NAR SST based on S-NPP data. The NAR SST product
filename will change to reflect this. New filename example:
S-OSI_-FRA_-NPP_-NARSST_FIELD-201311050200Z.grb.gz
Test files are available at: ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/EUM/out/OPS/User/O


THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS
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.


S-NPP Provisional Data	(*** UPDATE ***)
18 November 2013  After 14:30 UTC (exact time to be confirmed)
Update to the ATMS Processing Coefficient Table (PCT) in the S-NPP
ground system
This update will provide the coefficients necessary to obtain
properly-corrected brightness temperatures and to distinguish the SDR
(Sensor Data Records) from the TDR (Temperature Data Records). This
change is necessary to reach validated maturity for the ATMS-SDR
and could result in a change in the characteristics of brightness
temperatures.


FUTURE EVENTS
GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION
30 November 2013 07:00 - 11:00 UTC
EUMETSAT firewall replacement
During this timeframe, all web applications will be unavailable. Data
transfers between the SAFs and the EUMETSAT Data Centre will be
affected as well. Short outages may also occur during the following
48 hours.


METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
03 December 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
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