Topic: GOES-9 to MTSAT-1R Transition Update
Message Issued: November 10, 2005, 1900 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-9 and MTSAT-1R
Products Impacted: Current GOES-9 Imagery and access of MTSAT-1R data and products
via SSD/ESPC
Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 15, 2005 1906 UTC
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** We have now received a time when the GVAR will be terminated from GOES-9. On
November 15, 2005, the GVAR will terminate at approximately 19:06 UTC **
Direct broadcast users still pointing to GOES-9 after November 15th may receive
"leftover" GVAR signal until November 17, but are reminded that the GVAR is not
supported and may contain severe INR errors.
Direct services (DCS, SARSAT, etc) will remain operational on board GOES-9
indefinitely.
Previous message:
NOAA's operation of GOES-9 as the operational West Pacific Geostationary satellite
at 155 degrees East will terminate on November 15, 2005. The Japanese Meteorological
Agency's MTSAT-1R, launched in February 2005 and placed at 140 degrees East, was
declared operational by JMA on June 28, 2005.
Agencies and users with operational interests for satellite weather surveillance in
the West Pacific, Eastern Asia, or Australia should already be receiving MTSAT-1R
HiRID data via direct broadcast, DOMSAT, or from SSD/ESPC (formerly SSD/SATEPS).
Information on the operation, scheduling, imager channels, and other data from
MTSAT-1R can be found at the JMA Satellite Activities website at:
http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/satellite/index.html
SSD/ESPC users receiving GOES-9 data can access the new MTSAT-1R HiRID datasets via
McIDAS from the following server:
DATALOC ADD MTS 140.90.195.191
The satellite currently has three sectors that have been put into the following
datasets - the data group for all MTSAT imagery is MTS
Full Disk:_
_MTGLOB01V
MTGLOB04I2
MTGLOB04I3
MTGLOB04I4
MTGLOB04I5
Northern Hemisphere:
MTNHEM01V
MTNHEM04I2
MTNHEM04I3
MTNHEM04I4
MTNHEM04I5
Southern Hemisphere:
MTSHEM01V
MTSHEM04I2
MTSHEM04I3
MTSHEM04I4
MTSHEM04I5
The following remaps are being produced on the server:
MTHIML10V MTINDN17I2
MTINDN17I3
MTINDN17I4
MTINDN17V
MTKAMC10V
MTNCPC20I2
MTNCPC20I3
MTNCPC20I4
MTNCPC20V
MTNWPC20I2
MTNWPC20I3
MTNWPC20I4
MTNWPC20V
There will also be new areas for special derived imagery for volcanic ash detection.
These images will be added to the volcano products server (DPD server at
gp12.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov), contact me for more information.
MTSAT-1R data will also be made available on the public FTP and McIDAS server
gp16.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov
NOAA and other U.S. Government agencies are working to procure hardware for the
MTSAT-1R HRIT (3.5 Mbps) data stream. Information will be passed onto users when
details are known.
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Contact Information:
Brian Hughes
Satellite Services Division
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD
301-763-8051 x106
brian.hughes@xxxxxxxx
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite
related messages.
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov for full GOES scanning schedules.