Topic: GOES-16 SUVI flat field calibrations scheduled for January 31 and February 01, 2024

Date/Time Issued: January 23, 2024 2055Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 SUVI product outage and EXIS product degradation

Date/Time of Initial Impact: January 31, 2024 2300Z

Date/Time of Expected End: February 01, 2023 0241Z

Length of Outage: 41 to 98 minutes each calibration

Details/Specifics of Change:

On January 31 through February 01, SUVI flat field calibrations for the 094A and 131A channels will be performed. All GOES-16 SUVI products will experience an outage during the calibration. All EXIS products will be flagged for offpoint during the calibration. The outages are listed below.


094 Flat Field: DOY 31 - 23:00 UTC to DOY 32 01:38 UTC - 98 minutes

131A Flat Field: DOY 32 - 02:00 UTC to 02:41 UTC - 41 minutes


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