Topic: GOES-16 GLM impacts from EXIS calibration scan scheduled for February 12, 2018

Date/Time Issued: February 9, 2018 1412 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: All GOES-16 SEISS data

Date/Time of Initial Impact: February 12, 2018 1432 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: February 12, 2018 1609 UTC

Length of Outage: M-B1 hour and 37 minutes

Details/Specifics of Change:

A GOES-16 EXIS cruciform scan will occur on February 12, 2018 from 1432-1609 UTC which will impact GLM products. During this scan, GLM will generate false alarms every few minutes, generally around the edges of illuminated clouds.

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Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or 301-817-3880

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Web Site(s) for applicable information:

See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages.

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