Topic: WF-ABBA Termination on December 21, 2021

Date/Time Issued: October 20, 2021 2024Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF-ABBA) from Meteosat-11


Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 21, 2021 1200Z

Date/Time of Expected End: N/A

Length of Outage: N/A

Details/Specifics of Change:  Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF-ABBA) from Meteosat-11 has been only used as inputs for GBBEPx-v3. STAR scientists recently decided ABBA would not be used in GBBEPx-v3 algorithms. NESDIS will terminate WF-ABBA from Meteosat-11 on December 21, 2021. Please contact the ESPC Operation if you require more information.

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

Web Site(s) for applicable information: https://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/Layers/ABBA/abba.html

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