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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1872 FEBRUARY 7... 2001
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT REVISED GOES-10 IMAGER PATCH TEMP CHANGE NOW ON 02/09/01
DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER IN THE HAWAII
REGION ON 02/08/01... AT THE REQUEST OF THE NWS... THE GOES-10
IMAGER PATCH TEMPERATURE CHANGE SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK
HAS BEEN DELAYED BY 1 DAY. THE NEW PLAN IS AS FOLLOWS
ON FEBRUARY 9... 2001 JD=040... SOCC ENGINEERS WILL CHANGE THE
GOES-10 IMAGER PATCH TEMPERATURE FROM ITS MID 101 K TO ITS
LOW 94 K SET POINT AT ABOUT 1550 GMT. THIS TRANSITION WILL
TAKE ABOUT 4 HOURS AND 10 MINUTES. AFTER THE LOW SET POINT
IS REACHED... THE PATCH WILL BE CONTROLLED AT THIS TEMPERATURE
UNTIL ABOUT NOVEMBER 2001.
USERS SHOULD EXPECT SLIGHT TO MODERATE DATA DEGRADATION
IN THE FRAMES FROM 16 00 TO APPROXIMATELY 17 50.
ERIC CHIPMAN
NOAA/NESDIS/OFFICE OF SATELLITE OPERATIONS
ECHIPMAN/AT SYMBOL/NESDIS.NOAA.GOV
TOM RENKEVENS
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH
SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD
THOMAS.RENKEVENS/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS SYSTEMS OPERATIONS
CENTER CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML
DATA MANAGEMENT
DATA DISSEMINATION BRANCH
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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