Update #2: This software release will go live today at 1701 UTC for GOES-18 & GOES-19 ABI L1b and SpWx L1b products and at 1731 UTC for GOES-18 & GOES-19 ABI L2+ products.
Administrative: Update #1: GOES-R Software Build DO.15.00.00 Implementation - Issued: May 15, 2025 hhmmZ
Update #1: Reminder of this software release, which is on schedule for an operational deployment on May 21, 2025
Administrative: GOES-R Software Build DO.15.00.00 Implementation - Issued: May 5, 2025 1849Z
Topic: Install of DO.15.00.00 software build for GOES-18 and GOES-19
Date/Time Issued: May 5, 2025 1849Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-18 & GOES-19 ABI L1b, ABI L2+, and SpWx L1b products
Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 21, 2025
Date/Time of Expected End: N/A
Length of Outage: N/A
Details/Specifics: On May 21, 2025, the DO.15.00.00 software update will be placed into operations on the GOES-R Ground System (GS). This release will bring improvements to the product generation and distribution of ABI L1b and L2+ products and Space Weather (SpWx) L1b products. A summary of the changes users should be aware of is provided below:
ABI L1b
Improvement to the spacelook count filtering logic to remove spikes due to lunar contamination or saturation
ABI L2+
A new default global snow mask will be made available as a backup to the NISE in case of unavailability
Implementation of creation, versioning, and distribution of algorithm packages (APs) and parameter packages (PPs)
Make permanent the changes promoted in PR.14.01, which includes:
LSA & BRF algorithm updates and changes to the DQF definition
Updated LUT for Cloud Mask for GOES-19 to improve subpixel statistics for visible bands
Updated DQFs for products produced by the COMP algorithm
GOES-19 updates for AOD coefficients and subpoint longitude
Distribution of intermediate data products needed by NCCF for generation of CONUS Sky Cover products
SpWx L1b
Update to the formula for computing SUVI instrument response metadata (INSTRESP)
EXIS eclipse/lunar transit/calibration spike filtering
Removal of a dependency for MPS-Hi contamination correction on SGPS data (this is part 1 of a 2 part solution, the second part will be delivered in DO.16)
Correction of the computation of energy bounds for the lowest two Helium channels (HE1 and HE2). The fluxes for these channels are now computed from SGPS rather than EHIS. This change will also captured in an update to the Product User’s Guide (PUG)
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