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User Notification About QuikSCAT Products
*Date/Time(UTC) Message Issued:
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5 November 2009/1435 UTC
*Satellite(s) Involved:
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QuikSCAT
*Product(s) Involved/Affected:
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All QuikSCAT products
*Details:
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QuikSCAT products being provided today remain of the same quality as
those provided from
the beginning of the mission. However, QuikSCAT is currently in its
10^th year of operation and
showing signs of aging. Increased friction in the antenna spin mechanism
will most likely result
in a cessation of normal QuikSCAT operations within the next 6 months.
As a preemptive move,
the QuikSCAT processing system has been modified to prevent the
propagation of any degraded
products that would arise from a significant reduction in the antenna
spin rate. This notice is to
alert users to the status of QuikSCAT and the preemptive actions that
have been taken in operational
processing system.
Please feel free to contact Paul Chang (STAR) and Hongming Qi (OSDPD) if
you have any questions.
More details on the QuikSCAT products can be found at:
http://manati.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/quikscat/
*Contact Person(s) Name/Email/Phone Number for Questions:
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Paul Chang (STAR), Paul.S.Chang@xxxxxxxx
Hongming Qi (OSDPD), Hongming.Qi@xxxxxxxx, 301-7638142 ext. 114
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