Subject: Administrative, Transition To The New Optimized GOES-13
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Topic: Transition to the new Optimized GOES-13 (GOES-East) Imager
Schedules
is scheduled for May 6, 2014
Date/Time Issued: April 28, 2014 1841 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-13 (GOES-East) Imager data. Revised
GOES-East schedules will shift some sector start times by up to two
minutes, and some sector boundaries by up to 0.5deg. AWIPS users
will see
NO impact on products or distribution, but temporary image shifts
will be
seen by N-AWIPS, LRIT, McIDAS, and GVAR (Direct Readout) users.
Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 6, 2014 1600 UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: Permanent change
Details/Specifics of Change: The Office of Satellite and Product
Operations (OSPO) engineers will transition the new GOES-13 (GOES-East)
Optimized Schedules into operations on May 6, 2014 at 16:00 UTC. The
transition will not be performed on a Critical Weather Day if issued by
NWS, or if there are other significant operational issues warranting
postponement. The backup date will be May 13, 2014 at 1600 UTC.
After close analysis of the current GOES-13 (GOES-East) Imager
schedule and
in consultation with the National Weather Service, OSPO has created
revised, Optimized Schedules that plan to improve data coverage for its
users. The Optimized Schedules are designed to better utilize small
instrument idle times that were not available on previous satellites
(GOES
I-M) due to required commanding. This usage will enable more
coverage in
areas of interest, such as Canada, the Caribbean Sea, Central
America and
South America. In addition, the command timing will be better aligned
between Routine, Rapid Scan, Super Rapid Scan and Full Disk schedules.
In August, 2013, while GOES-14 was out of storage, all schedules were
tested. Adjustments were made to ensure the sequences ran without
error,
and retested successfully. In addition, live testing on GOES-13
(GOES-East) was successfully conducted on March 4, March 6, April
22, and
April 24, 2014.
Most users will not need to make any changes for this transition. If
differences are observed, users are encouraged to report these
unexpected
issues to the ESPC Help Desk.
Contacts for Further Information: ESPC Operations Help Desk at
ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880 for operational concerns,
including outages and administrative information. Satellite Product
s and
Services Division User Services Coordinators at
SPSD.Userservices@noaa.govfor general comments and inquiries.
Additional Web Site Resources:
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other
satellite related messages.
See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.html for GOES
schedules.
See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules_3col.html for a
preview of the new proposed GOES-13 (GOES-East) Optimized Schedules
(not
operational until May 6, 2014)
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Topic: Transition to the new Optimized GOES-13
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Date/Time Issued: April 28, 2014 1841
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GOES-East s=
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on pro=
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LRIT, McIDAS, and GVAR (Direct Readout) users.
Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 6, 2014 1600
UTC
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Date/Time of Expected End: Permanent
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Details/Specifics of Change: =A0The Office of Satellite
and P=
roduct Operations (OSPO) engineers will transition the new GOES-13
(GOES-Ea=
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UTC. =A0The=
transition will not be performed on a Critical Weather Day if issued
by NW=
S, or if there are other significant operational issues warranting
postpone=
ment. =A0The backup date will be May 13, 2014 at 1600 UTC.
After close analysis of the current GOES-13
(GOES-East)=
Imager schedule and in consultation with the National Weather
Service, OSP=
O has created revised, Optimized Schedules that plan to improve
data covera=
ge for its users. The Optimized Schedules are designed to better
utilize sm=
all instrument idle times that were not available on previous
satellites (G=
OES I-M) due to required commanding. =A0This usage will enable more
coverag=
e in areas of interest, such as Canada, the Caribbean Sea, Central
America =
and South America. =A0In addition, the command timing will be better
aligne=
d between Routine, Rapid Scan, Super Rapid Scan and Full Disk
schedules.
In August, 2013, while GOES-14 was out of storage,
all =
schedules were tested. =A0Adjustments were made to ensure the
sequences ran=
without error, and retested successfully. =A0In addition, live
testing on =
GOES-13 (GOES-East) was successfully conducted on March 4, March 6,
April 2=
2, and April 24, 2014.
Most users will not need to make any changes for
this t=
ransition. =A0If differences are observed, users are encouraged to
report t=
hese unexpected issues to the ESPC Help
Desk.
Cont=
acts for Further Information: ESPC Operations Help Desk at
ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301)
817-3880 fo=
r operational concerns, including outages and administrative
information. S=
atellite Product s and Services Division User Services Coordinators
at
SPSD.Userservices@noaa.gov
fo=
r general comments and inquiries.
Additional Web Site Resources:
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. =A0If
for any=
reason, you wish to unsubscribe, please contact ESPC Help Desk at
ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or
(301) 81=
7-3880. Please note: it may take up to two business days to process
your un=
subscribe request.