All,
FYI.
Administrative, Updated GOES Fall 2010 Eclipse and Keep Out Zone/Stray
LightExclusion Schedules, Issued 9/17/10.eml
Subject:
Administrative, Updated GOES Fall 2010 Eclipse and Keep Out Zone/Stray
Light Exclusion Schedules, Issued 9/17/10
From:
Brian Hughes <Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx>
Date:
Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:43:57 -0400
To:
Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx
Topic: Updated GOES Fall 2010 Eclipse and Keep Out Zone/Stray Light
Exclusion Schedules
Message Issued: September 17, 2010 1845 UTC
Satellites Impacted: GOES-13, GOES-11, and GOES-12
Products Impacted: GOES-13 (GOES-East), GOES-11 (GOES-West), and GOES-12
(GOES-South America) Imager and Sounder Data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: August 12, 2010
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Details:
UPDATE: Due to the change of the GOES-13 Stray Light Zone (SLZ)
schedule, the GOES-11 Full Disk schedule has been modified to cover the
additional cancellations of GOES-13 imagery. Specifically, the GOES-11
Full Disk schedule between 9/17/10 and 9/22/10 has been extended to end
at 0529 UTC (instead of 0429 UTC). These changes have been highlighted
and are reflected at: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/FL10-FD.html
Previous Notification:
Update for the GOES-13 Stray Light Schedules: The GOES-13 Stray Light
Exclusion Zone (SLZ) impacts have been re-calculated and there are
changes to the GOES-13 imager and sounder schedules. For example, the
0515 UTC GOES-13 Northern Hemisphere image will be replaced by a space
scan and canceled until 10/14/10. Updated GOES-13 charts can be found
at: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/eclipse.html
Original Notification:
GOES-13, GOES-11, and GOES-12 data users:
The Fall 2010 Eclipse and Keep Out Zone (KOZ)/Stray Light Exclusion
(SLZ) 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-13 (East), GOES-11 (West), and GOES-12 (South America)
imager. The GOES-13 (East) schedules are provided to cover Stray Light
Exclusion (SLZ) frame cancellations (stray light and space scanning).
GOES-13 (East) is not affected by eclipse.
The schedules can be found by clicking on the blue bar for "Satellite
Services", and clicking on the entry for "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 (2007+), and
Adobe PDF format.
Links to Meteosat and MTSAT-2 eclipse schedules for Fall 2010 are also
available (updated when the information becomes available)
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Contact Information:
Brian Hughes 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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Linda Miller - lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Community Services, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303-497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690