Subject: Administrative: NOAA-18 ESA (Earth Sensor Array) Quadrant This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------020005050408060300020906 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Topic: ***NOAA-18 ESA (Earth Sensor Array) Quadrant 1 Bias flight software Update *Date/Time Issued*: April 2, 2014 0302 UTC *Product(s) or Data Impacted: *All data and products from NOAA-18 (AVHRR, AMSU-A, HIRS, MHS, & SBUV) ATOVS Polar Soundings Radiation Budget Fire Identification Mapping and Monitoring Algorithm (FIMMA) for Hazard Mapping system (HMS) input CLAVR-X SST and Coastwatch Microwave Surface and Precipitation Products (MSPPS) Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MIRS) Blended TPW Ozone: SBUV/2 Ozone: TOAST Ensemble Tropical Rainfall Potential (eTRaP) Global Vegetation Index Products (GVI) AVHRR Winds *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* April 02, 2014, 1340 UTC * Date/Time of Expected End *April 02, 2014, 1940 UTC *Length of Outage: * 6 hours *Details/Specifics of Change:* Commanding will be done on REV 45689 at the Fairbanks Satellite Command and Data Acquisition Station (CDAS), Acquisition of Signal (AOS) at 13:40:30 UTC on 02 April 2014. ESA quadrant 1 (Earth Sensor Array) will be disabled while the new coefficients are being uplinked, and re-enabled after installation of the new coefficients is complete. The update is necessary to compensate for quadrant 1 lens fogging, and to more closely match quadrant one to the other three quadrants. The new coefficients will not cause any noticeable changes operationally except for possibly slightly larger than normal yaw updates for several orbits after the new coefficients are installed. Small changes in roll/pitch pointing vectors are also expected. These changes will be evaluated in imaging. If the procedure is preempted by Critical Weather Day it will be rescheduled. *Contact Information for Further Information:* ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880* Web Site(s) for applicable information:* N/A 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. *Contact Information for Further Information:* ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880 Carl Gliniak at carl.gliniak@noaa.gov at 301-817-4207 Dejiang Han at dejiang.han@noaa.gov at 301-817-4119 *Web Site(s) for applicable information:*N/A This message was sent to 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. --------------020005050408060300020906 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic: NOAA-18 ESA (Earth Sensor Array) Quadrant 1 Bias flight software Update

Date/Time Issued:  April 2, 2014   0302 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  All data and products from NOAA-18 (AVHRR, AMSU-A, HIRS, MHS, & SBUV)

ATOVS Polar Soundings
Radiation Budget
Fire Identification Mapping and Monitoring Algorithm (FIMMA) for Hazard Mapping system (HMS) input
CLAVR-X
SST and Coastwatch
Microwave Surface and Precipitation Products (MSPPS)
Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MIRS)
Blended TPW
Ozone: SBUV/2
Ozone: TOAST
Ensemble Tropical Rainfall Potential (eTRaP)
Global Vegetation Index Products (GVI)
AVHRR Winds

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  April 02, 2014,  1340 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End   April 02, 2014,  1940 UTC

Length of Outage:  6 hours

Details/Specifics of Change:  Commanding will be done on REV 45689 at the Fairbanks Satellite Command and Data Acquisition Station (CDAS), Acquisition of Signal (AOS) at 13:40:30 UTC on 02 April 2014.  ESA quadrant 1 (Earth Sensor Array) will be disabled while the new coefficients are being uplinked, and re-enabled after installation of the new coefficients is complete.  The update is necessary to compensate for quadrant 1 lens fogging, and to more closely match quadrant one to the other three quadrants.

The new coefficients will not cause any noticeable changes operationally except for possibly slightly larger than normal yaw updates for several orbits after the new coefficients are installed. Small changes in roll/pitch pointing vectors are also expected. These changes will be evaluated in imaging. 

If the procedure is preempted by Critical Weather Day it will be rescheduled. 

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

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.

Contact Information for Further Information:

ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880
Carl Gliniak at carl.gliniak@noaa.gov at 301-817-4207
Dejiang Han at dejiang.han@noaa.gov at 301-817-4119

Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A

This message was sent to 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.



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