Subject:
GI: GOES Spring 2007 Eclipse and Keep Out Zone Schedules - Issued 2/13/07
From:
Brian Hughes <Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx>
Date:
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:58:46 -0500
To:
Brian Hughes <Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx>
Topic: GOES Spring 2007 Eclipse and Keep Out Zone Schedules
Message Issued: February 13, 2007 1600 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-12 and GOES-11
Products Impacted: GOES-12 and GOES-11 Imager and Sounder Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 13, 2007
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Details:
GOES-12 and GOES-11 data users:
The Spring 2007 Eclipse and Keep Out Zone (KOZ) schedules are now
available on our web page at http://www.ssd.noaa.gov or more directly at
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/eclipse.html
The schedules are for both the Imager and the Sounder instruments, and
are for GOES-12 and GOES-11. (Eclipse schedules for GOES-10 can also be
found under the link "GOES-East, Goes-West and GOES-10 in one spreadsheet")
The schedules can be found by clicking on the blue bar for "Sat Info",
and clicking on the entry for 'Routine Eclipse Schedules", or by
directly following the link:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/eclipse.html Note that all documents can
be printed on 8.5" x 11" paper in a landscape paper setting. For your
convenience, the eclipse schedules provided in HTML, Excel, and Adobe
PDF format.
Following are times of GOES-12 full disk scanning operations for the
period February 25, 2007 to April 27, 2007 in order to provide
additional coverage during GOES-11 Keep Out Zone (KOZ) and Eclipse periods:
DATE J-DAY TIME
FEB 25 – FEB 27 056-058 0845 to 1014Z
FEB 28 – FEB 28 059-059 0815 to 1014Z
MAR 01 - APR 06 060-096 0815 to 1044Z
APR 07 - APR 17 097-107 0815 to 1014Z
APR 18 - APR 27 108-117 0815 to 0944Z
Following are times of GOES-11 full disk scanning operations for the
period February 24, 2007 to April 29, 2007 in order to provide
additional coverage during GOES-12 Keep Out Zone (KOZ) and Eclipse periods:
DATE J-DAY TIME
FEB 24 – FEB 26 055-057 0430 to 0559Z
FEB 27 - MAR 02 058-061 0400 to 0629Z
MAR 03 - APR 08 062-098 0400 to 0659Z
APR 09 - APR 23 099-113 0400 to 0629Z
APR 24 - APR 29 114-119 0430 to 0529Z
For more details on GOES-12 and GOES-11 KOZ and Eclipse time
periods, please see: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/eclipse.html
Meteosat eclipse schedules for Spring 2007 are also available.
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Contact Information:
Brian Hughes
Satellite Analysis Branch
Satellite Services Division
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD
301-763-8081 x106
Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx
See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/eclipse.html for full eclipse
schedules.
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.
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