Topic: GOES-16 and GOES-17 ABI transition to mode 6 operations
Date/Time Issued: March 13, 2019 1835 UTC
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 and GOES-17 ABI data
Date/Time of Initial Impact: Week of April 1, 2019 TBD UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: N/A
Length of Event: N/A
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Details/Specifics of Change:
NESDIS expects the GOES-16 (GOES-East) and GOES-17 (GOES-West) Advanced Baseline Imagers (ABI) will permanently transition from Flex Mode (mode 3) operations to 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) operations during the week of April 1, 2019. Continuous Full Disk Mode (mode 4) will continue to be a secondary operational mode. 10-minute Flex Mode (mode 6) operations is a Full Disk every 10 minutes, CONUS every 5 minutes, and 2 meso domains every minute (or 1 domain every 30 seconds).
A specific day and time of transition will be communicated at a later date.
Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or 301-817-3880
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