Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 42

 

Date/Time Issued: October 20, 2022 1458Z

 

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 20, 2022 1458Z 
(from the Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message)


Date/Time of Expected End: TBD 
See table in detail for on and off switch time(s).

Details/Specifics of Change: SEE BELOW

 

Message number:

9738

Message creation:

Thu Oct 20 14:46:44 UTC 2022



Type:

Planned Maintenance

Ann Nr:

7582

Rev:

8

Start Time:

2021-12-07 00:00:00.0

End Time:

2023-01-01 00:00:00.0

Satellites:

Metop-C

Subsystem:

ASCAT

Impact:

risk-of-interruption

Detail:

Event End date updated.

Revision History:

[Original] Calibrations to support transponder test.. Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture and global and regional winds products can be expected, during satellite passes over Turkey. [Rev. 2] Event End date updated. [Rev. 3] Event End date updated. [Rev.4] Event End date updated. [Rev.5] Event End date updated [Rev.6] Event End date updated [Rev.7] Event End date updated

Status:

scheduled

Issue Time:

2022-09-02 07:54:54.0

Services:

ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C
ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C

 

Type:

Service Enhancement

Ann Nr:

8444

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-07-28 09:00:00.0

End Time:

2023-01-03 09:00:00.0

Subject:

general-announcement

Detail:

GOES-18 ABI L1b data will be distributed in parallel to GOES-17 ABI L1b data from 28 July 2022 to 3 January 2023. Users wishing to receive the parallel GOES-18 ABI L1b data stream should contact our User Service Helpdesk (ops@eumetsat.int). For full details, see the URL provided below.

Revision History:

Url:

https://www.eumetsat.int/parallel-dissemination-goes-18-abi-data

Issue Time:

2022-07-13 15:48:18.0

Services:

GOES Products

 

Type:

Planned Maintenance

Ann Nr:

8761

Rev:

1

Start Time:

2022-10-14 06:00:00.0

End Time:

2022-11-20 12:00:00.0

Satellites:

GOES-17

Subject:

instrument-special-operation

Impact:

risk-of-interruption

Detail:

[REV 1] change of dates. NOAA will conduct a GOES-West ABI Cooling Timeline Operation from 14 October – 20 November 2022, every day from 06:00 to 12:00 UTC. During this phase, GOES-17 operations mode will change from MODE 6 to MODE 3, and this will affect the GOES-West ABI data distribution on EUMETCast. GOES-17 L2 products (ASR and CSR) are expected to be missing throughout the GOES-17 ABI cooling timeline periods. For full details, see the URL provided below. Users wishing to receive the MODE 3 data should contact our User Helpdesk at ops@eumetsat.int.

Revision History:

[Original] NOAA will conduct a GOES-West ABI Cooling Timeline Operation from 16 October – 09 November 2022, every day from 06:00 to 12:00 UTC. During this phase, GOES-17 operations mode will change from MODE 6 to MODE 3, and this will affect the GOES-West ABI data distribution on EUMETCast. GOES-17 L2 products (ASR and CSR) are expected to be missing throughout the GOES-17 ABI cooling timeline periods. For full details, see the URL provided below. Users wishing to receive the MODE 3 data should contact our User Helpdesk at ops@eumetsat.int.

Url:

https://www.eumetsat.int/goes-17-abi-mode-3-cooling-timeline-implementation-2022

Status:

scheduled

Issue Time:

2022-10-07 10:10:16.0

Services:

GOES Products

 

Type:

Service Enhancement

Ann Nr:

7414

Rev:

5

Start Time:

2022-10-20 08:00:00.0

End Time:

2022-10-20 10:00:00.0

Subject:

product-change

Impact:

data-unavailable

Detail:

[REV 5] The operational switch to the new WMO compliant format for the Meteosat meteorological products distributed on EUMETCast will take place on 20 October 2022 between 08:00 UTC to 10:00 UTC. During this time there is a high risk that the meteorological products for 0degree, IODC and RSS service will be unavailable.

Revision History:

[Rev.1] File formats of Meteosat meteorological products distributed on EUMETCast are planned to be updated in October 2022. At the same time, there will be a small change in the timestamp of the AMV products distributed on the GTS. For full details and test data, see the URL provided below. [Rev.2] The operational switch to the new WMO compliant format for the Meteosat meteorological products distributed on EUMETCast will take place on 20 October 2022. There will be a parallel dissemination on EUMETCast of the old and new formats from 19 July to 20 October 2022. [Rev.4] Updates to start and end times of the parallel dissemination of the old and new formats of Meteosat meteorological products. The times indicated (08:00 UTC) should be read as being 08:00 - 10:00 UTC.

Url:

https://www.eumetsat.int/change-file-formats-meteosat-meteorological-products

Status:

scheduled

Issue Time:

2022-10-18 14:33:59.0

Services:

0° Meteosat Meteorological Products
RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products
IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products

 

Type:

Service Enhancement

Ann Nr:

8753

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-10-20 09:00:00.0

End Time:

2022-10-20 09:00:00.0

Subject:

general-announcement

Detail:

Metop-B global HIRS L1 data to be available again. For full details, see the URL provided below.

Revision History:

Url:

https://www.eumetsat.int/metop-b-global-hirs-l1-data-be-available-again

Issue Time:

2022-10-05 14:00:46.0

Services:

HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B

 

Type:

Planned Maintenance

Ann Nr:

8784

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-10-24 05:00:00.0

End Time:

2022-10-24 15:00:00.0

Subject:

ground-segment-maintenance

Impact:

risk-of-interruption

Detail:

EARS Athens Core Station UPS Maintenance. Risk of all EARS services interruption.

Revision History:

Status:

scheduled

Issue Time:

2022-10-19 12:27:09.0

Services:

EARS-ATOVS
EARS-AVHRR
EARS-MWRI
EARS-ASCAT
EARS-CrlS
EARS-IASI
EARS-ATMS
EARS-VIIRS
EARS-NWC
EARS-VASS
EARS-MERSI

 

Type:

Planned Maintenance

Ann Nr:

8795

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-10-24 20:00:00.0

End Time:

2022-10-28 03:00:00.0

Satellites:

Metop-B

Subject:

ground-segment-maintenance

Impact:

data-delayed

Detail:

McMurdo Critical Maintenance. The enhanced timeliness achieved for Metop-B data through the Antarctic Data Acquisition (ADA) system will be interrupted. Therefore only nominal Arctic timeliness will be available during this period. The maintenance period is the following: on DOY 297/24 October: 2000-2100Z, on DOY 298/25 October 0100- 0200Z, 0300-0400Z and 2130-2230Z, on DOY 299/ 26 October 0100-0200Z, 0230-0330Z, 1930-2030Z and 2115-2215Z, on DOY 300/ 27 October 0215-0315Z, 1730-2130Z and 2230-2330Z, and on DOY 301/ 28 October 0200-0300Z.

Revision History:

Status:

scheduled

Issue Time:

2022-10-20 13:12:23.0

Services:

SEM L0 - Metop-B
AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B
AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B
MHS Level 1 - Metop-B
HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B
ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B
IASI Level 1 - Metop-B
GRAS Level 1 - Metop-B
GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-B
ATOVS Sounding products - Metop-B
ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B
IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B
AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B
Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-B
Multi-Metop Wind Products

 

Type:

Planned Maintenance

Ann Nr:

8785

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-10-25 07:41:00.0

End Time:

2022-10-25 08:29:00.0

Satellites:

MET-9

Subject:

lunar-eclipse

Impact:

data-unavailable

Detail:

Moon eclipse. 07:41 to 08:29 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.

Revision History:

Status:

scheduled

Issue Time:

2022-10-19 12:41:30.0

Services:

IODC SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data
IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products

 

Type:

Planned Maintenance

Ann Nr:

8788

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-10-25 08:10:00.0

End Time:

2022-10-25 08:17:00.0

Satellites:

Metop-B

Subsystem:

SEM

Component:

MEPED

Subject:

instrument-calibration

Impact:

data-unavailable

Detail:

SEM MEPED in flight calibration.

Revision History:

Status:

scheduled

Issue Time:

2022-10-19 12:49:07.0

Services:

SEM L0 - Metop-B
SEM AHRPT Metop-B

 

Type:

Planned Maintenance

Ann Nr:

8789

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-10-25 09:02:00.0

End Time:

2022-10-25 09:09:00.0

Satellites:

Metop-C

Subsystem:

SEM

Component:

MEPED

Subject:

instrument-calibration

Impact:

data-unavailable

Detail:

SEM MEPED in flight calibration.

Revision History:

Status:

scheduled

Issue Time:

2022-10-19 12:50:54.0

Services:

SEM L0 - Metop-C
SEM AHRPT Metop-C

 

Type:

Planned Maintenance

Ann Nr:

8790

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-10-25 09:02:00.0

End Time:

2022-10-25 10:45:00.0

Satellites:

Metop-C

Subsystem:

SEM

Component:

TED

Subject:

instrument-calibration

Impact:

data-unavailable

Detail:

SEM TED in flight calibration.

Revision History:

Status:

scheduled

Issue Time:

2022-10-19 12:54:07.0

Services:

SEM L0 - Metop-C
SEM AHRPT Metop-C

 

Type:

Planned Maintenance

Ann Nr:

8786

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-10-25 19:34:00.0

End Time:

2022-10-25 20:16:00.0

Satellites:

MET-10

Subject:

lunar-eclipse

Impact:

data-unavailable

Detail:

Moon eclipse. 19:34 to 20:16 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.

Revision History:

Status:

scheduled

Issue Time:

2022-10-19 12:42:39.0

Services:

RSS SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data
RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products

 

Type:

Planned Maintenance

Ann Nr:

8787

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-10-25 20:03:00.0

End Time:

2022-10-25 20:39:00.0

Satellites:

MET-11

Subject:

lunar-eclipse

Impact:

data-unavailable

Detail:

Moon eclipse. 20:03 to 20:39 UTC image data may be unavailable or incomplete.

Revision History:

Status:

scheduled

Issue Time:

2022-10-19 12:43:28.0

Services:

0° SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data
0° Meteosat Meteorological Products

 

Type:

Planned Maintenance

Ann Nr:

8791

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-10-26 05:12:00.0

End Time:

2022-10-26 09:12:00.0

Satellites:

Metop-C

Subsystem:

IASI

Subject:

instrument-calibration

Impact:

data-unavailable

Detail:

External Calibration.

Revision History:

Status:

scheduled

Issue Time:

2022-10-19 12:57:48.0

Services:

IASI Level 1 - Metop-C
IASI Sounding products- Metop-C
EARS-IASI
IASI AHRPT Metop-C
OSI SAF - Products

 

Type:

Planned Maintenance

Ann Nr:

8793

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-10-26 08:00:00.0

End Time:

2022-10-26 10:00:00.0

Subject:

ground-segment-maintenance

Impact:

data-delayed

Detail:

Planned maintenance activity on EUMETView. The service performance may be degraded during the maintenance period.

Revision History:

Status:

scheduled

Issue Time:

2022-10-19 14:21:21.0

Services:

EUMETView

 

Type:

Service Enhancement

Ann Nr:

8792

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-10-27 09:00:00.0

End Time:

2022-10-27 09:00:00.0

Subject:

new-product

Detail:

SNPP Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) Limb Profiler data to be available on EUMETCast Terrestrial. For full details, see the URL provided below.

Revision History:

Url:

https://www.eumetsat.int/snpp-omps-limb-profiler-data-eumetcast-soon

Issue Time:

2022-10-19 13:04:16.0

Services:

 

Type:

Service Enhancement

Ann Nr:

8726

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-11-01 09:00:00.0

End Time:

2022-11-01 09:00:00.0

Subject:

product-change

Detail:

Interim Climate Data Records (ICDRs) generated by the CM SAF will be updated to a new version in the coming months. Among those, the SEVIRI Clouds ICDR is planned to be updated in November 2022 (exact date to be announced in due course). For full details, see the URL provided below.

Revision History:

Url:

https://www.eumetsat.int/cm-saf-icdrs-upgrade

Issue Time:

2022-09-28 14:23:17.0

Services:

CM SAF - Products

 

Type:

Service Enhancement

Ann Nr:

8760

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-11-08 09:00:00.0

End Time:

2022-11-08 09:00:00.0

Subject:

product-change

Detail:

Change to UK Met Office Model data: a sub-set of UK Met Office Model data distributed via EUMETCast will be replaced with model data from DWD. For full details, see the URL provided below.

Revision History:

Url:

https://www.eumetsat.int/change-uk-met-office-model-data

Issue Time:

2022-10-06 08:11:21.0

Services:

WMO RA I Products

 

Type:

Service Enhancement

Ann Nr:

7033

Rev:

7

Start Time:

2022-11-24 09:00:00.0

End Time:

2022-11-24 09:00:00.0

Subject:

product-change

Detail:

The update will take place on 24 November 2022. For full details, see the URL provided below.

Revision History:

[Rev.1] Principal Component (PC) compressed IASI L1C data will be updated in November 2021 (exact date to be announced in due course). For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 2]: The update is being deferred to Q1 2022, with exact date to be announced in due course. [Rev. 3]: A live test data stream has been put in place. For details on how to access the data and how to use them, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 4]: The update is being deferred to Q4 2022, with exact date to be announced in due course. [Rev.5] New date: Principal Component (PC) compressed IASI L1C data will be updated on 15 August 2022. For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev.6] New date: Principal Component (PC) compressed IASI L1C data will be updated in mid-November 2022, with exact date to be announced in due course. For full details, see the URL provided below.

Url:

https://www.eumetsat.int/changes-pc-compressed-iasi-l1c-data

Status:

scheduled

Issue Time:

2022-10-18 08:52:45.0

Services:

IASI Level 1 - Metop-A
IASI Level 1 - Metop-B
IASI Level 1 - Metop-C

 

Type:

Service Enhancement

Ann Nr:

8752

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2022-12-13 09:00:00.0

End Time:

2022-12-13 11:00:00.0

Subject:

service-change

Impact:

risk-of-interruption

Detail:

Himawari-9 AHI data to replace Himawari-8 AHI data. For full details, see the URL provided below. There will be a risk of data outage from 09:00 to 11:00 UTC on the day of the switch to Himawari-9.

Revision History:

Url:

https://www.eumetsat.int/himawari-9-data-replace-himawari-8-data-soon

Issue Time:

2022-10-05 13:58:30.0

Services:

Himawari Products

 

Type:

Service Enhancement

Ann Nr:

7329

Rev:

2

Start Time:

2022-12-23 09:00:00.0

End Time:

2022-12-23 09:00:00.0

Subject:

general-announcement

Detail:

The transponder migration for the EUMETCast Europe High Volume Service will include a parallel downlink period where the old and new transponders will be used from 24 November to 23 December 2022. The service on the old transponder will stop on 23 December 2022.

Revision History:

[Rev.1] Transponder migration for the EUMETCast Europe High Volume Service planned for Q3 2022. For full details, see the URL provided below.

Url:

https://www.eumetsat.int/eumetcast-europe-service-transponder-migration

Status:

scheduled

Issue Time:

2022-05-12 11:44:14.0

Services:

EUMETCast-Europe

 

Type:

Service Enhancement

Ann Nr:

8794

Rev:

0

Start Time:

2023-01-31 09:00:00.0

End Time:

2023-01-31 09:00:00.0

Subject:

general-announcement

Detail:

A sub-set of precipitation products from the H SAF will be discontinued on 31 January 2023. For full details, see the URL provided below.

Revision History:

Url:

https://www.eumetsat.int/h-saf-precipitation-products-be-discontinued

Issue Time:

2022-10-19 16:05:17.0

Services:

H-SAF - Products

 

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