Subject: Administrative: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule Issued: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060306070200070403080008 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *Topic: *Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule *Date/Time Issued**:*May 07*,*2015 1435 UTC* * *Product(s) or Data Impacted:*See list below. ** *Date/Time of Initial Impact:* May 07, 2015 13:33:20 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 07/05/15 at 13:33:20 Seq Nr: 1 Planned activities for week 20/2015: GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION Meteosat Straylight. Meteosat Straylight Predictions for Winter/Spring 2015 are available on EUMETSAT website: http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Data/ServiceStatus/index.html (See section Meteosat > Straylight Predictions (XML)) Effective immediately New training material available on EUMETCast Training Channel ('TRN-Africa', PID 301, Multicast Address 224.223.222.39): ASMET 7 modules on aviation forecasting in Africa (French version). For more info, see:https://www.meted.ucar.edu/communities/asmet/index.htm. The distribution of the modules is done in sub-sets. 28 May 2015 Launch of the new User Notification Service (UNS) The new UNS will bring a number of functionality enhancements. A four-week parallel operations phase with the current UNS is planned. For more details and for a preview of the new UNS, see:www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2626323.html METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 12 May 2015 06:45 - 08:30 Essential ground segment maintenance During this maintenance period there is a risk of short interruption or delay of all Metop-A products. Metop-A and Metop-B - ASCAT Calibrations to support transponder maintenance Outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1 soil moisture and global and regional winds products can be expected, during satellite passes over Turkey, during these periods: For Metop-A: 04 May - 15 May 2015 For Metop-B: 04 May - 15 May 2015 14 May 2015 05:12 - 09:12 UTC Metop-A - IASI External Calibration IASI GDS Level 1C and Level 2 products will not be available. METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT 12 May 2015 09:37 - 09:43 UTC (Metop-A) 12 May 2015 08:50 - 08:56 UTC (Metop-B) SEM MPED in flight calibration A short outage of all SEM products can be expected at these times. FUTURE EVENTS METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE 27 May 2015 The FTP delivery service of the Active Fire Monitoring product will be terminated. The product is available on EUMETCast Europe and Africa (on EUMETSAT Data Channel 3), in GRIB and CAP formats. Users wishing to receive this product should register for '0 degree Meteosat Meteorological Products' via our Earth Observation Portal (https://eoportal.eumetsat.int). METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE 19 May 2015 Introduction of Version 3 of the AVHRR Atmospheric Motion Vectors algorithm. This version fixes a bug in the temporal vector consistency test. The Quality Index (QI) distribution is therefore modified, increasing the number of vectors with QI greater than 60. This change affects both AVHRR Polar and Global Winds. No product outage is expected during the activation of the change. 26 May 2015 Release of Version 6.0.7 of IASI L2 Product Processing Facility. This release will fix a discrepancy with the encoding of the cloud fraction: The cloud fraction is specified as a percentage in the Product Format Specification (ranging from 0 to 100%) while the cloud coverage is expressed as a fraction (range 0-1) in the current products. With the upcoming release, the cloud coverage will range 0-100% as specified in the PFS. For test data, see:ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/OPS/out/test-data/IASI_L2_V6.0.7_Test-data_May2015/ No outage is expected during the release installation. 25 June 2015 Update to ASCAT Level 2 Soil Moisture Products at 12.5 km and 25 km swath grid. The main change consists in implementing a new model parameter database in the processing chain for Metop-A and B ASCAT soil moisture products. Another change relates to the EPS native format available from the EUMETSAT Data Centre. For full details and test data, see:www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2633340.html METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE 02 June 2015 Metop-B In-plane manoeuvre SEM and GOME data will be unavailable. A temporary degradation of the quality of GRAS Level 1 products is to be expected starting at the time of the manoeuvre. All AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, AVHRR, HIRS, IASI and MHS products may have temporarily degraded quality geo-location data after the time of the manoeuvre. Exact outage times to be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre. COPERNICUS 19 May 2015 Introduction on EUMETCast Europe of the new SNPP4C VIIRS L3U Sea Surface Temperature product in GHRSST format. This product will replace the VIIRS L2P GHRSST product. For full details and test data, see:www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2626498.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 --------------060306070200070403080008 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topic:  Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule

Date/Time Issued:  May 07, 2015  1435 UTC

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  May  07, 2015  13:33:20 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 07/05/15 at 13:33:20

Seq Nr: 1

Planned activities for week 20/2015:

GENERIC SERVICE INFORMATION
Meteosat Straylight.
Meteosat Straylight Predictions for Winter/Spring 2015 are available
on EUMETSAT website:
http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Data/ServiceStatus/in
(See section Meteosat > Straylight Predictions (XML))

Effective immediately
New training material available on EUMETCast Training Channel
('TRN-Africa', PID 301, Multicast Address 224.223.222.39):
ASMET 7 modules on aviation forecasting in Africa (French version).
For more info, see: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/communities/asmet/index.htm.
The distribution of the modules is done in sub-sets.

28 May 2015
Launch of the new User Notification Service (UNS)
The new UNS will bring a number of functionality enhancements.
A four-week parallel operations phase with the current UNS is planned.
For more details and for a preview of the new
UNS, see: www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2626323.html


METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
12 May 2015  06:45 - 08:30
Essential ground segment maintenance
During this maintenance period there is a risk of short interruption
or delay of all Metop-A products.


Metop-A and Metop-B - ASCAT Calibrations to support transponder
maintenance
Outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1 soil moisture and global and regional
winds products can be expected, during satellite passes over Turkey,
during these periods:
For Metop-A: 04 May - 15 May 2015
For Metop-B: 04 May - 15 May 2015

14 May 2015 05:12 - 09:12 UTC
Metop-A - IASI External Calibration
IASI GDS Level 1C and Level 2 products will not be available.


METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT
12 May 2015 09:37 - 09:43 UTC (Metop-A)
12 May 2015 08:50 - 08:56 UTC (Metop-B)
SEM MPED in flight calibration
A short outage of all SEM products can be expected at these times.


FUTURE EVENTS
METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE
27 May 2015
The FTP delivery service of the Active Fire Monitoring product
will be terminated. The product is available on EUMETCast
Europe and Africa (on EUMETSAT Data Channel 3), in GRIB and
CAP formats. Users wishing to receive this product should
register for '0 degree Meteosat Meteorological Products' via
our Earth Observation Portal (https://eoportal.eumetsat.int).


METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
19 May 2015
Introduction of Version 3 of the AVHRR Atmospheric Motion Vectors
algorithm. This version fixes a bug in the temporal vector consistency
test. The Quality Index (QI) distribution is therefore modified,
increasing the number of vectors with QI greater than 60. This change
affects both AVHRR Polar and Global Winds.
No product outage is expected during the activation of the change.

26 May 2015
Release of Version 6.0.7 of IASI L2 Product Processing Facility.
This release will fix a discrepancy with the encoding of the cloud
fraction: The cloud fraction is specified as a percentage in the
Product Format Specification (ranging from 0 to 100%) while the
cloud coverage is expressed as a fraction (range 0-1) in the current
products. With the upcoming release, the cloud coverage will range
0-100% as specified in the PFS.
For test data, see: ftp://ftp.eumetsat.int/pub/OPS/out/test-data/I
No outage is expected during the release installation.

25 June 2015
Update to ASCAT Level 2 Soil Moisture Products at 12.5 km and 25 km
swath grid.
The main change consists in implementing a new model parameter
database in the processing chain for Metop-A and B ASCAT soil moisture
products. Another change relates to the EPS native format available
from the EUMETSAT Data Centre.
For full details and test data, see:
www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2633340.html


METOP, S-NPP AND NOAA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DATA SERVICE
02 June 2015
Metop-B In-plane manoeuvre
SEM and GOME data will be unavailable.
A temporary degradation of the quality of GRAS Level 1 products is
to be expected starting at the time of the manoeuvre.
All AMSU-A, ASCAT, ATOVS, AVHRR, HIRS, IASI and MHS products may
have temporarily degraded quality geo-location data after the time
of the manoeuvre.
Exact outage times to be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre.


COPERNICUS
19 May 2015
Introduction on EUMETCast Europe of the new SNPP4C VIIRS L3U Sea
Surface Temperature product in GHRSST format. This product will
replace the VIIRS L2P GHRSST product.
For full details and test data, see:
www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_2626498.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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