Subject: Administrative: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule Issued: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080003070407020306050808 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Topic: *Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule *Date/Time Issued**:*March 27, 2014 1315 UTC* * *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*See list below. ** *Date/Time of Initial Impact: *March 27, 2014 12:46:38 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 27/03/14 at 12:46:38 Seq Nr: 1 Planned activities for week 14/2014: 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 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 season will therefore cause periods of noticeable delays to reception of data by Users. Meteosat Straylight Predictions for Winter/Spring 2014 are available on EUMETSAT Website: www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/ServiceStatus/index.htm?l=en (See section "Straylight Predictions (XML)") 03 April 2014 Removal of the MSG Administration Messages and change of format for MSG news messages sent via EUMETCast. For more details, please see:www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2107074.html 31 March 2014 06:00 - 14:00 UTC Essential ground segment maintenance on EUMETCast uplink station. During this maintenance period there is a risk of several short interruptions to the EUMETCast service. 01 April 2014 08:00 UTC and 12:00 UTC Essential ground segment maintenance on EUMETCast uplink station. During this times there is a risk of short interruptions and delays of data reception of up to 5 minutes in the EUMETCast service. No losses are expected. METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 02 April 2014 09:00 UTC - 12:00 UTC GSN System Maintenance work Medium risk for GRAS data outages and periods of degraded data for up to 6 hours. 03 April 2014 05:12 - 09:12 UTC Metop-A - IASI External Calibration IASI GDS Level 1C and Level 2 products will not be available. METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE From 26 March 2014 METOP-B EARS ATOVS data is available from Gilmore Creek HRPT station. 09 April 2014 METOP-A - 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-A will be temporarily degraded. FUTURE EVENTS THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS 24 April 2014 (postponed from the initial date of 13 March 2014) Update to SARAL BUFR products. For more details and test data, please see:http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2095904.html 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 --------------080003070407020306050808 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued: March 27, 2014 1315 UTC

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 27, 2014 12:46:38 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 27/03/14 at 12:46:38

Seq Nr: 1

Planned activities for week 14/2014:

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

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 season will
therefore cause periods of noticeable delays to reception of data
by Users.
Meteosat Straylight Predictions for Winter/Spring 2014 are available
on EUMETSAT Website:
www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/ServiceStatus/index.htm?l=en
(See section "Straylight Predictions (XML)")

03 April 2014
Removal of the MSG Administration Messages and change of format for
MSG news messages sent via EUMETCast.
For more details, please see: www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2107074.html

31 March 2014  06:00 - 14:00 UTC
Essential ground segment maintenance on EUMETCast uplink station.
During this maintenance period there is a risk of several short
interruptions to the EUMETCast service.

01 April 2014  08:00 UTC and 12:00 UTC
Essential ground segment maintenance on EUMETCast uplink station.
During this times there is a risk of short interruptions and delays
of data reception of up to 5 minutes in the EUMETCast service.
No losses are expected.


METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
02 April 2014 09:00 UTC - 12:00 UTC
GSN System Maintenance work
Medium risk for GRAS data outages and periods of degraded data for
up to 6 hours.

03 April 2014 05:12 - 09:12 UTC
Metop-A - IASI External Calibration
IASI GDS Level 1C and Level 2 products will not be available.


METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
>From 26 March 2014
METOP-B EARS  ATOVS data is available from Gilmore Creek HRPT station.


09 April 2014
METOP-A - 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-A
will be temporarily degraded.


FUTURE EVENTS
THIRD-PARTY DATA AND PRODUCTS
24 April 2014 (postponed from the initial date of 13 March 2014)
Update to SARAL BUFR products.
For more details and test data, please
see: http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2095904.html


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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