Update #1: The anomaly reported on DOY278 has been rectified and Metop-B data are again available with Antarctic timeliness.

This has resulted in only nominal Arctic timeliness availability for Metop-B data between sensing time 16:51 UTC, and 18:30 UTC , DOY278.

Topic: Metop-B Antarctic Data Acquisition

Date/Time Issued: October 5, 2019 2005Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.

Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 5, 2019 1651Z

Date/Time of Expected End: October 05, 2019 1830Z

Length of Outage: 1 Hour 39 Minutes

Details and Specifics of Change: The enhanced timeliness achieved through the availability of Antarctic Data Acquisition data has been interrupted. This has resulted in only nominal Arctic timeliness availability for Metop-B data from sensing time 16:51 UTC until further notice.


Message number: 6258

Message creation: Sat Oct 05 18:15:41 GMT+00:00 2019

Type: Service Alert
Ann Nr: 5218
Rev: 1
Start Time: 2019-10-05 16:51:00.0
Satellites: Metop-B
Subject: ground-segment-anomaly
Impact: data-delayed
Detail: The Antarctic Data Acquisition has been interrupted. ADA timeliness is no longer available for the indicated satellite.
Status: ongoing
Issue Time: 2019-10-05 18:15:25.0
Services: SEM L0 - Metop-B
ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B
AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B
MHS Level 1 - Metop-B
HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B
IASI Level 1 - Metop-B
AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B
GRAS Level 1 - Metop-B
GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-B
IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B
AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B
ATOVS Sounding products - Metop-B
Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-B
ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B

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