Subject: Administrative, UPDATE: Transition to the new Optimized
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Update: The new Optimized GOES-13 (GOES-East) Imager Schedules are
operational.  This is a follow up on websites. All of the web
pages with
the Optimized schedules are in place. Please see Additional Website
Resources below.

Topic: Transition to the new Optimized GOES-13 (GOES-East) Imager
Schedules
is scheduled for May 6, 2014

Date/Time Issued: May 6, 2014 1845 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 Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at
16:00 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 the primary page
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.htmlfor GOES-West,
GOES-East and GOES-14 schedules
See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules_east.html for a
Comparison of GOES-East and GOES-East Optimized Schedules
The www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules_3col.html  page has the
central column updated to point to renamed pages, keeping the original
names for the optimized pages.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Update: The new Optimized GOES-13 (GOES-East)
Imager =
Schedules are operational. =C2=A0This is a follow up on websites. All
of th=
e web pages with the Optimized schedules are in place. Please see
Additiona=
l Website Resources below.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Topic: Transition to the new Optimized GOES-13
(GOES-Ea=
st) Imager Schedules is scheduled for May 6,
2014</div><div><br></div><div>=
Date/Time Issued: May 6, 2014 1845
UTC</div><div><br></div><div>Product(s) =
or Data Impacted: GOES-13 (GOES-East) Imager data. Revised GOES-East
schedu=
les will shift some sector start times by up to two minutes, and
some secto=
r boundaries by up to 0.5deg. =C2=A0AWIPS users will see NO impact
on produ=
cts or distribution, but temporary image shifts will be seen by
N-AWIPS, LR=
IT, McIDAS, and GVAR (Direct Readout) users.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 6, 2014 1600
UTC</div>=
<div><br></div><div>Date/Time of Expected End: Permanent
change</div><div><=
br></div><div>Details/Specifics of Change: =C2=A0The Office of
Satellite an=
d Product Operations (OSPO) engineers will transition the new GOES-13
(GOES=
-East) Optimized Schedules into operations on Tuesday, May 6, 2014
at 16:00=
 UTC.</div>

<div><br></div><div>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. =C2=A0This usage will enable
more cove=
rage in areas of interest, such as Canada, the Caribbean Sea,
Central Ameri=
ca and South America. =C2=A0In addition, the command timing will be
better =
aligned between Routine, Rapid Scan, Super Rapid Scan and Full Disk
schedul=
es.</div>

<div><br></div><div>In August, 2013, while GOES-14 was out of storage,
all =
schedules were tested. =C2=A0Adjustments were made to ensure the
sequences =
ran without error, and retested successfully. =C2=A0In addition,
live testi=
ng on GOES-13 (GOES-East) was successfully conducted on March 4,
March 6, A=
pril 22, and April 24, 2014.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Most users will not need to make any changes for
this t=
ransition. =C2=A0If differences are observed, users are encouraged
to repor=
t these unexpected issues to the ESPC Help
Desk.</div><div><br></div><div>C=
ontacts for Further Information: ESPC Operations Help Desk at <a
href=3D"ma=
ilto:ESPCOperations@noaa.gov">ESPCOperations@noaa.gov</a> or (301)
817-3880=
 for operational concerns, including outages and administrative
 information=
. Satellite Product s and Services Division User Services Coordinators
at <=
a
href=3D"mailto:SPSD.Userservices@noaa.gov">SPSD.Userservices@noaa.gov</a>=
 for general comments and inquiries.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Additional Web Site Resources:</div><div>See
<a href=3D=
"http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html">http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/=
SATS/messages.html</a> for this and other satellite related
messages.</div>

<div>See the primary page <a
href=3D"http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GO=
ES/schedules.html">http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules.html<=
/a> for GOES-West, GOES-East and GOES-14 schedules</div><div>See
<a href=3D=
"http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules_east.html">http://www.o=
spo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules_east.html</a> for a Comparison
of GO=
ES-East and GOES-East Optimized Schedules</div>

<div>The <a
href=3D"http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules_3col=
.html">www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/GOES/schedules_3col.html</a>
=C2=A0page=
 has the central column updated to point to renamed pages, keeping
 the orig=
inal names for the optimized pages.=C2=A0</div>

<div><br></div><div>This message was sent to <a
href=3D"mailto:ESPC.Notific=
ation@noaa.gov">ESPC.Notification@noaa.gov</a>. You have been sent
this and=
 other notifications because you have opted in to receive it. =C2=A0If
 for =
any reason, you wish to unsubscribe, please contact ESPC Help Desk
at <a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:ESPCOperations@noaa.gov">ESPCOperations@noaa.gov</a> or
(301) =
817-3880. Please note: it may take up to two business days to process
your =
unsubscribe request.=C2=A0</div>


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