Weekly Operations Schedule
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Planned activities for week 31/2009:
METEOSAT 0 DEG SERVICE
28 July 2009 09:00-10:00 UTC
Maintenance of the MSG Ground Segment
Risk of interruptions on the following services: Met-9 SEVIRI data,
Met-9 Meteorological Products, LRIT Direct Dissemination, FSD products,
MDD, DCPs and GTS Bulletins.
30 July 2009 09:00-09:30 UTC
EUMETSAT intends to replace the present operational radiative transfer
model, used within the Meteosat-8 and Meteosat-9 meteorological product
derivation. The main user impact of this change is a marked increase in
the number of detected possible and probable fires in the Active Fire
Monitoring (FIR) product. In addition, there is a small improvement in
the cloud detection, especially for pixels that were unclassified before
and for pixels over the ocean towards the limb of the Meteosat
processing area.
***UPDATED***
The introduction of the BUFR edition 4 for the encoding of the relevant
Meteosat-8 and Meteosat-9 products is delayed until further notice.
METEOSAT RSS
28 July-30 July 2009 09:00-09:00 UTC
Monthly RSS interruption
Rapid Scanning Service will be suspended for scheduled full earth
scanning and Ground Segment maintenance.
Full earth images, if any, will not be disseminated.
30 July 2009 09:00-09:30 UTC
EUMETSAT intends to replace the present operational radiative transfer
model, used within the Meteosat-8 and Meteosat-9 meteorological product
derivation. The main user impact of this change is a marked increase in
the number of detected possible and probable fires in the Active Fire
Monitoring (FIR) product. In addition, there is a small improvement in
the cloud detection, especially for pixels that were unclassified before
and for pixels over the ocean towards the limb of the Meteosat
processing area.
***UPDATED***
The introduction of the BUFR edition 4 for the encoding of the relevant
Meteosat-8 and Meteosat-9 products is delayed until further notice.
METOP AND NOAA GLOBAL DATA SERVICE
27 July 2009 05:13-09:11 UTC
IASI External Calibration.
IASI Earth views will not be available during this period.
27 July 2009 06:30 - 15:30 UTC
Major ground station communications and network upgrade and maintenance
Risk of interruption for all products.
28 July 2009 06:30 - 15:30 UTC
Essential maintenance. ATOVS L2 PPF upgrade to v5.5.1
Risk of interruption to ATOVS L2 products.
29 July 2009 06:30 - 15:30 UTC
Essential maintenance. GRAS PPF upgrade to v2.15
Risk of interruption or degraded quality in all GRAS products.
METOP AHRPT DIRECT READOUT
For current information please see:
http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/UNS/webapps/showData.do?type=17
INFORMATION:
For further information, please contact the EUMETSAT User Services Helpdesk
Tel: +49 6151 807 366
Fax: +49 6151 807 379
Email: ops@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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