Topic:
Warm target data gross filtered causing erroneous flags
Date/Time(UTC) Message Issued:
18 September 2007, 1900 UTC
Satellite(s) Involved:
NOAA-16
Instrument(s) Involved:
AMSU-B
Product(s) Involved/Affected:
All Products
Date/Time(UTC) of Initial Implementation:
14 September 2007, Time 1245 UTC
Details/Specifics of Change:
Beginning on 14 September with orbit 35972, AMSU-B Warm Black Body data for channels 18 and 19 began to consistently exceed the limits set by NOAA causing gross filtering of good data. This problem was corrected on 18 September around 1621 UTC beginning with the following orbits:
NSS.HRPT.NL.D07261.S1526.E1540.B3603030.GC
NSS.GHRR.NL.D07261.S1359.E1524.B3602930.GC
As much data as possible will be reprocessed and replace the erroneous data in the CLASS archive. Please accept our apologies for any problems this may have caused your processing.
Contact Person(s) Name/Email/Phone Number for Questions:
Emily Harrod Emily.Harrod@noaa.gov 301-817-3882 IPD operations support
Web site(s) that contain other relevant information (where applicable):
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/PPP/PPP.html - History of level 1B notices
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html - All user notices
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/index.htm - SOCC polar satellite status
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/index.htm - SOCC geostationary satellite status
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/daily-news/index.asp - SOCC morning reports
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* Emily D. Harrod
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