*TOPIC :** *
Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MIRS) v2.0 products are
operational available
*DATE/TIME (UTC) MESSAGE ISSUED:
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March 31, 2008/1900 UTC
*SATELLITE (S) INVOLVED:*
NOAA-18, MetOp
*PRODUCTS (S) INVOLVED/AFFECTED:
*
MIRS v2.0 products – Temperature and moisture profiles over ocean and
non-coastal land, Total Precipitable Water (TPW) over ocean and
non-coastal land, Cloud Liquid Water (CLW) over ocean, Land Surface
Temperature (LST), Surface Emissivity over land and snow, Snow Water
Equivalent (SWE), Sea Ice Concentration (SIC), Snow Cover.
*DATE/TIME (UTC) OF INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION:*
March 31, 2008/1700 UTC
*DETAILS/SPECIFICS OF CHANGE:** *
The MIRS is updated from v1.0 to v2.0 with the following changes:
1. Enhancements to the MIRS v1.0 operational products, including
temperature
profiles over ocean, humidity profiles over ocean, TPW over ocean, Land
Surface Temperature, Surface Emissivity over land and snow.
2. New products and capability, including temperature and humidity
profiles over non-coastal land, TPW over non-coastal land, Cloud Liquid
Water (over ocean), Snow Water Equivalent (SWE), Sea Ice Concentration
(SIC), Snow Cover.
The first orbits implemented with the MIRS v2.0 products are as follows:
NOAA-18:
NPR.MIRS.V2.SND.AAMH.NN.D08091.S1518.E1649.B1475354.NS.he4
NPR.MIRS.V2.IMG.AAMH.NN.D08091.S1518.E1649.B1475354.NS.he4
MetOP-A:
NPR.MIRS.V2.SND.AAMH.M2.D08091.S1418.E1558.B0751415.NS.he4
NPR.MIRS.V2.IMG.AAMH.M2.D08091.S1418.E1558.B0751415.NS.he4
The MIRS operational image products are available on the Internet:
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/mirs
More details on the MIRS, its algorithms and ongoing research can be
found at:
http://mirs.nesdis.noaa.gov/
*Contact Person(s) Name/Email/Phone Number for Questions:*
Limin Zhao (limin.zhao@xxxxxxxx <mailto:limin.zhao@xxxxxxx>),
301-763-8142 ext 125
*Web site(s) that contain other relevant information (where applicable):*
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/mirs - MIRS operational page
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html - All user notices
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poesstatus/ - SOCC polar satellites status
*Contact Point for Questions:
ESPC Operations OCL (Operations Crew Leader), 301-817-3880*
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