Update #1: A friendly reminder that the on-prem Sentinel 1A SAR Winds will be retired on Nov. 10, 2022

Topic: 
Operational Implementation of the Sentinel 1A SAR Winds in NCCF (NESDIS Common Cloud Framework)

Date/Time Issued:  October 03, 2022 1547z
 
Product(s) or Data Impacted: Sentinel 1A SAR Winds 
 
Date/Time Initial Impact:  August 30, 2022 TBD

Date/Time of Expected End:   August 30, 2022 TBD

Length of Event: TBD

Details/Specifics of Change: We have implemented Sentinel 1A SAR Winds in the NCCF (NESDIS Common Cloud Framework) User Acceptance Testing (UAT) environment. The products are now available on PDA I&T and short names are listed below. We plan to transition the Sentinel 1A SAR Winds product generation into the NCCF Production (PROD) environment by August 30th, replacing the operational Sentinel 1A SAR Winds products with the NCCF Sentinel 1A SAR Winds products.

Note: Current Sentinel 1A SAR Winds products will be turned off on October 31, 2022 and replaced with the NCCF Sentinel 1A SAR Winds. Both versions will be distributed on the PDA from August 30, 2022 through October 31, 2022. The NCCF Sentinel SAR Winds products will be operationally distributed on the PDA for the first time starting on August 30, 2022.
(More Attention: Only for Sentinel 1A SAR Winds and No Change on RadarSAT-2 SAR Winds Products)

Please make the required updates to your processing/operations as soon as possible. Let us know if you have any questions.

PDA ShortName for NCCFNCCF FilenameCurrent PDA ShortName for on-premCurrent Filename for on-prem
SAROPS_SAR_WINDS

SAR-Wind-\w{2}-\w{3}-\w{4}_v\dr\d_\w{3}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}\.nc$


SAR_Hi-Res_Winds_Level2_NetCDF
\w+_wind_level2[_norcs]*.nc$
SAROPS_SAR_WINDS_GEOTIFF

SAR-Wind-\w{2}-\w{3}-\w{4}_v\dr\d_\w{3}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}\.tif$


SAR_Hi-Res_Winds_Geotiff
\w+_wind\.tif$





Please Note: This promotion might not be performed during Critical Weather Day (CWD). Also, the products of this promotion are subject to change based on user readiness, customer feedback, and management approval. 

Additional ESPC notifications will provide further details and updates concerning this promotion.  User feedback and questions should be directed to Hongming Qi Hongming.Qi@noaa.gov

Contact Information: For information on the status of this work, please contact Hongming Qi at Hongming.Qi@noaa.gov, or ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880

Web Site(s) for Applicable Information: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/ocean/sar/