Topic: GOES-16 (EAST) Geostationary Lightning Mapper Test  

Date/Time Issued: March 17, 2023 2048Z  

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 GLM 

Date/Time of Initial Impact:   March 21, 2023 0600Z 

Date/Time of Expected End: March 22, 2023 1730Z 

Length of Outage:  This test consists of four short one hour tests, one at solar midnight, one at the next solar noon, one at the next solar midnight, and one at the next solar noon; they are required to be consecutive.  

Details/Specifics of Change: Starting on Wednesday March 21, at 0600 UTC, GOES-16 GLM will perform testing to improve the data product. The outages period are listed below:
This testing will be postponed in the event of a critical weather day being declared prior to the start of each test

Contact Information:  ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or 301-817-3880


Web Site(s) for applicable information: N/A


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