Subject: Administrative: Suomi-NPP VIIRS Emissive Band Calibration This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_SLw3H+nt3Co+na6X9ltdFQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT *T*opic:Suomi-NPP VIIRSEmissive Band Calibration scheduled for March 16-18, 2015 Date/Time Issued: March 13, 2015 1320 UTC Product(s) or Data Impacted: Suomi-NPP VIIRS Sensor Data *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* March 16, 2015 0600 UTC *Date/Time of Expected End*: March 18, 2015 0300 UTC *Length of Outage*: N/A *Details/Specifics of Change*: The VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP will be conducting its quarterly emissive band calibration on March 16-18th. Due to the VIIRS Blackbody temperature changes during the calibration, the VIIRS science data quality may be affected for certain applications, but the data is expected to remain within specification. See below for scheduled Blackbody temperature changes. VIIRS Blackbody Set Point(K) Time (UTC) 297.5 03/16 06:00:00 302.5 03/16 09:00:00 307.5 03/16 12:00:00 312.5 03/16 15:00:00 315.0 03/16 18:00:00 OFF 03/16 21:00:00 272.5 03/17 21:00:00 282.5 03/18 00:00:00 292.5 03/18 03:00:00 Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880 Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/AThis 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. --Boundary_(ID_SLw3H+nt3Co+na6X9ltdFQ) Content-type: multipart/related; boundary="Boundary_(ID_tfFLzlhmZ+2uR8G9uPNJYA)" --Boundary_(ID_tfFLzlhmZ+2uR8G9uPNJYA) Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT

Topic:
      Suomi-NPP VIIRS Emissive Band Calibration scheduled for
      March 16-18, 2015

Date/Time Issued: March 13, 2015 1320 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: Suomi-NPP VIIRS Sensor Data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 16, 2015 0600 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: March 18, 2015 0300 UTC

Length of Outage: N/A

Details/Specifics of Change: The VIIRS sensor on Suomi-NPP will be conducting its quarterly emissive band calibration on March 16-18th. Due to the VIIRS Blackbody temperature changes during the calibration, the VIIRS science data quality may be affected for certain applications, but the data is expected to remain within specification.

See below for scheduled Blackbody temperature changes.

VIIRS Blackbody Set Point(K) Time (UTC)
297.5       03/16 06:00:00
302.5       03/16 09:00:00
307.5     03/16 12:00:00
312.5     03/16 15:00:00
315.0 03/16 18:00:00
OFF 03/16 21:00:00
272.5    03/17 21:00:00
282.5    03/18 00:00:00
292.5    03/18 03:00:00

Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880

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