Update #4: This is a reminder for NDE System Upgrade scheduled for Thursday July 18 from 1400 to 1630 UTC.


Update #3: Algorithm changes to NUCAPS low resolution products in NetCDF and BUFR formats will not occur in this release.

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Update #2:M-B This notification serves as a two week reminder.M-B Additionally, please note that GCOM product updates have been withdrawn from this release since more validation and user coordination are needed.

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Update #1:M-B Correction to Algorithm changes made below.


Topic: NDE System Upgrade

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Date/Time Issued: July 16, 2019 1623 UTC

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Product(s) or Data Impacted:M-B All NDE products

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Date/Time of Initial Impact:M-B July 18, 2019 1400 UTC

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Date/Time of Expected End: July 18, 2019 1630 UTC

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Length of Outage: M-B 2.5 hours

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Details/Specifics of Change:

Install NDE release 2.0.18

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This installation is planned to be done during back orbits. NDE will not be ingesting, processing or distributing data during installation.M-B No data loss expected, but there will be a possible backlog of processing when installation is complete.

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Algorithm changes are as follows:

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1) NUCAPS low resolution products in NetCDF and BUFR formats:

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The products will have IDPS generated VIIRS Cloud Mask and Cloud Height replaced with JPSSRR (JPSS Risk Reduction) generated Enterprise VIIRS Cloud Mask and Cloud Height.

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Please note: Existing PDA subscriptions need not to change by the users because the file short names in PDA for these products will not be changed.

The newly generated NetCDF4 and BUFR products have the following filenames and corresponding PDA product shortnames:

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New (NUCAPS 4.3):

File name NUCAPS-C0399_v2r0_npp_s*.bufrM-B M-B M-B M-B Shortname CrIS_C0399_BUFR

File name NUCAPS-C1305_v2r0_npp_s*.bufrM-B M-B M-B M-B Shortname CrIS_C1305_BUFR

File name NUCAPS-ALL-LR_v2r0_npp_s*.ncM-B M-B M-B M-B Shortname NUCAPS_ALL

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OLD (NUCAPS 3):

File name NUCAPS-C0399_v1r0_npp_s*.bufrM-B M-B M-B M-B Shortname CrIS_C0399_BUFR

File name NUCAPS-C1305_v1r0_npp_s*.bufrM-B M-B M-B M-B Shortname CrIS_C1305_BUFR

File name NUCAPS_ALL_?????????_*.ncM-B M-B M-B M-B M-B M-B Shortname NUCAPS_ALL

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2) GCOM AMSR2 products will be updated to include the following changes (WITHDRAWN FROM RELEASE):

  • An update to the Ocean SSW algorithm

  • An update to the Precipitation (GPROF) algorithm

  • A few minor updates to fix a typo in the seaice algorithm and the netCDF metadata, and also keep the version number same across all data files.

  • A change to the version number from v2r0 to v2r2 for the MBT, SOIL, SNOW, SEAICE and SST data files, and v2r1 to v2r2 for SST, OCEAN and PRECIP data files. The MBT BUFR files remain in v2r0. No changes to their PDA shortnames

Current filenames:

File Name: AMSR2-MBT-89A_v2r0_*

File Name: AMSR2-MBT-89B_v2r0_*

File Name: AMSR2-MBT-LR_v2r0_*

File Name: AMSR2-MBT_v2r0_*M-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-B

File Name: AMSR2-SOIL-v2r0_*

File Name: AMSR2-SNOW_v2r0_*

File Name: AMSR2-SEAICE-NH_v2r0_*

File Name: AMSR2-SEAICE-SH_v2r0_*

File Name: AMSR2-OCEAN_v2r1_*

File Name: AMSR2-PRECIP_v2r1_*

File Name: AMSR2-SST_v2r1_*

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New filenames:

File Name: AMSR2-MBT-89A_v2r0_*

File Name: AMSR2-MBT-89B_v2r0_*

File Name: AMSR2-MBT-LR_v2r0_*

File Name: AMSR2-MBT_v2r2_*M-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-BM-B

File Name: AMSR2-SOIL-v2r2_*

File Name: AMSR2-SNOW_v2r2_*

File Name: AMSR2-SEAICE-NH_v2r2_*

File Name: AMSR2-SEAICE-SH_v2r2_*

File Name: AMSR2-OCEAN_v2r2_*

File Name: AMSR2-PRECIP_v2r2_*

File Name: AMSR2-SST_v2r2_*M-B

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3) MiRS ATMS products will be updated from v11r3 to v11r4 with the following changes:

  • Updated radiometric bias corrections for NOAA-20/ATMS.

  • NOAA-20 Snowfall Rate maturity status updated from Beta to provisional.

  • Addition of two new QC flags for Snowfall Rate for S-NPP and NOAA-20.

  • Addition of probability of snowfall for S-NPP and NOAA-20.

  • Addition of metadata attribute "coordinates" for all relevant variables in the output netCDF4 files to enhance CF compliance.

  • An updated sea ice climatology mask based on 9 years of operational IMS analyses. The mask has a higher spatial (1 degree) and temporal (weekly) resolution than the previous climatology.

  • Fix for the problem with occasional S-NPP granules in which the end time attribute metadata was incorrect.

  • A change to the version number from v11r3 to V11r4 for the granule files. No changes to the 33-mins files and PDA shortname.

Current filenames:

File Name:M-B NPR-MIRS-IMG_v11r3_*

File Name:M-B NPR-MIRS-SND_v11r3_*

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New filenames:

File Name:M-B NPR-MIRS-IMG_v11r4_*

File Name:M-B NPR-MIRS-SND_v11r4_*

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The MIRS 33-mins files remain the same while the content are updated from v11r3 to v11r4.

NPR-MIRS-IMG_33min_v11_*

NPR-MIRS-SND_33min_v11_*

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4) Post Maneuver TLEs Passthrough from IDPS for SNPP and NOAA-20 will be added:

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Filename pattern:

Pred-Post-Mnvr-TLE-Sets_npp%ee%.h5

Pred-Post-Mnvr-TLE-Sets_j01%ee%.h5

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Shortname on PDA:

Pred-Post-Mnvr-TLE-Sets

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5) *SNPP VIIRSI_BUFR and VIIRSM_BUFR will be removed from PDA/NDE with this upgrade.

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Please note: This upgrade will not be performed during Critical Weather Day (CWD).M-BM-B

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Additionally, the contents of this release are subject to change based on user readiness, customer feedback, and management approval.M-B Additional ESPC notifications will provide further details and updates concerning this release. User feedback and questions should be emailed to Shuang Qiu shuang.qiu@noaa.gov.

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Contact Information:M-B For information on the status of this work, please contact Shuang Qiu shuang.qiu@noaa.gov or ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or 301-817-3880

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