Topic: NOAA-21 OMPS SDRs Operational Release from PDA


Date/Time Issued: March 29, 2023 2050 UTC


Product(s) or Data Impacted:  None


Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 4, 2023 TBD UTC


Date/Time of Expected End: April 4, 2023 TBD UTC


Length of Outage: N/A


Details/Specifics of Change:


The NOAA-21 OMPS SDRs are planned to be released from PDA OPS on April 4, 2023, pending provisional maturity approval.



PDA will perform best efforts to sustain the three satellites (SNPP, NOAA-20 and NOAA-21). However, if the PDA resource capacity reaches the ceiling of maximum, the tertiary satellite data will be dropped from PDA OPS and be distributed to PDA I&T only.



Updated products included in this release are:

Operational NOAA-21 OMPS SDRs (HDF5):

Impact on users: No

No PDA shortname change

PDA ShortName

Product FileName

OMPS-NP-GEO

GONPO_j02_dxxxxxxxx_txxxxxxx_exxxxxxx_bxxxxx_cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx_teic_int.h5

OMPS-NP-SDR

SOMPS_j02_dxxxxxxxx_txxxxxxx_exxxxxxx_bxxxxx_cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx_teic_int.h5

OMPS-TC-GEO

GOTCO_j02_dxxxxxxxx_txxxxxxx_exxxxxxx_bxxxxx_cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx_teic_int.h5

OMPS-TC-SDR

SOMTC_j02_dxxxxxxxx_txxxxxxx_exxxxxxx_bxxxxx_cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx_teic_int.h5

List of Scientific Changes: None.  



Please note: This upgrade will not be performed during Critical Weather Day (CWD).

Also, the contents of this release are subject to change based on user readiness, customer feedback, and management approval.

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

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

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

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