Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 48

Date/Time Issued: November 21, 2019 1636Z

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 21, 2019 1617Z (from the Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message)

Date/Time of Expected End: See table in detail for on and off switch time

Length of Outage: N/A

Details/Specifics of Change:

Message number: | 6397
Message creation: | Thu Nov 21 16:17:29 GMT+00:00 2019

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 4920
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-06-27 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-06-27 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | There is an issue with the latest EUMETCast software package, affecting Linux operating systems when the Tellicast client software (version 2.14.5) is used in combination with the Safenet drivers. A new alpha version of Tellicast, with a fix of the issue, is available for download. See the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_4451027.html
Issue Time: | 2019-06-27 11:18:18.0
Services: |

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 4952
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-07-13 12:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-30 13:00:00.0
Satellites: | GOES17
Subject: | general-announcement
Impact: | data-degraded
Detail: | GOES-17 ABI Loop Heat Pipe anomaly will impact bands 8 through 16 in the given time period every day around 12:40 UTC. There will be a gradual degradation in image quality over one or several images with some complete outages. This process will cycle through varied degradation through November 30, 2019. The duration of the degradation and outage periods will vary by channel and by date.
Url: | https://www.goes-r.gov/users/GOES-17-ABI-Performance.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-07-12 12:09:09.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 5128
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-09-30 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-12-15 09:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subject: | general-announcement
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Metop-A Technology Test Campaign I (one) execution: possible data disruptions or outages. More information will be given in specific instruments announcements.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-09-04 12:26:30.0
Services: |

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5355
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-14 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-04-15 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | GOME-2
Subject: | general-announcement
Impact: | risk-of-degradation
Detail: | The Metop-A satellite with GOME-2 on-board is currently in drifting orbit. As a consequence there are periods during which the GOME-2 instrument is not able to carry out its daily solar calibration measurement. The third such period will be from 14 November 2019 to 14 April 2020. During this period, the solar mean reference spectrum provided in the Metop-A GOME-2 level-1B product will be automatically replaced by a modelled solar spectrum using information on solar activity from Metop-B. Therefore, it is expected that the quality of both level-1B and level-2 products might undergo slight changes during this period, and there will be an associated risk of degraded product quality for Metop-A GOME-2 products.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-21 10:14:44.0
Services: | GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-A GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-A AC SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5354
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-16 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-24 05:15:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | data-delayed
Detail: | McMurdo annual preventive 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 will take place daily between around 00:00 and 05:15 UTC in the maintenance period.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-14 16:27:31.0
Services: | AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B SEM L0 - Metop-B AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B MHS Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-B HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Level 1 - Metop-B GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-B GRAS Level 1 - Metop-B ATOVS Sounding products - Metop-B ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-B IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B Multi-Metop Wind Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5323
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2019-11-18 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-12-16 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Subject: | general-announcement
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Calibrations to support transponder test. Outages of products can be expected, during satellite passes over Turkey. [Rev. 2]: End date updated.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-13 14:58:20.0
Services: | ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-A ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-A

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 5373
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-21 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-21 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Release of Metop-A AVHRR Polar Atmospheric Motion Vectors Climate Data Record Release 1. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_4732039.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 15:54:23.0
Services: | AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-A

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 5374
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-21 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-21 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Release of Metop-A GRAS Level 1B Bending Angle Climate Data Record Release 1. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_4732040.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 15:59:41.0
Services: | GRAS Level 1 - Metop-A

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 5375
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-21 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-21 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Release of Metop-A IASI Level 1C Climate Data Record Release 1. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_4732031.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 16:01:44.0
Services: | IASI Level 1 - Metop-A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5315
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-25 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-12-04 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | AMSU-A
Subject: | general-announcement
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | End of Life technology test for AMSU.Short interruptions can be expected during the testing.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-10-30 13:40:07.0
Services: | AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-A AMSU-A AHRPT Metop-A OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5365
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-25 14:27:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-25 14:34:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Gain Compression
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 14:45:18.0
Services: | ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-A ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-A EARS-ASCAT ASCAT AHRPT Metop-A OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5366
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-26 08:23:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-26 08:30:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 14:47:39.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-B SEM AHRPT Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5362
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-26 08:50:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-26 08:57:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 14:41:42.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-A SEM AHRPT Metop-A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5363
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-26 08:50:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-26 10:33:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | TED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM TED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 14:42:37.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-A SEM AHRPT Metop-A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5368
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-26 09:30:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-26 09:37:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 14:49:54.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5345
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2019-11-27 07:58:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-27 08:12:00.0
Satellites: | Sentinel-3A
Subject: | in-plane-manoeuvre
Impact: | data-degraded
Detail: | The exact times will be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre. [Rev. 2] Revised Start/End times. Reduced data quality for OLCI and SRAL should be expected for data sensed during this period. Reduced data quality for SLSTR can be expected from 07:58 to approximately 10:06
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 13:20:49.0
Services: | SLSTR Level 1 Products - S3A OLCI Level 1 Products - S3A SLSTR Level 2 Marine Products - S3A SRAL Level 1 Products - S3A OLCI Level 2 Marine Products - S3A SRAL Level 2 Marine Products - S3A

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5376
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-27 12:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-27 16:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Comms link Maintenance. The enhanced timeliness achieved for Metop-B data through the Antarctic Data Acquisition (ADA) system might be interrupted. Therefore only nominal Arctic timeliness might be available during this period.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 16:24:16.0
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 IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B ATOVS Sounding products - Metop-B ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-B AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B Multi-Sensor Products - Metop-B

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 5378
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-28 04:00:00.0
Satellites: | GOES17
Subject: | new-product
Detail: | Addition on EUMETCast of Daily Logs for GOES-West (GOES-17) GLM Level 2 lightning products. Example filename: E-UNS_-GOES_17_-GLM_L2_____E-DAILY_LOG-191119_01-201911200426-___; EUMETCast Channel: E1H-INFO-2, multicast address: 224.223.223.2, PID:601.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-21 13:06:21.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5371
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-28 06:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-28 08:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Power Test on Eumetsat premises. There is a low risk that some missions might be partly affected during the maintenance period.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 15:29:02.0
Services: |

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5377
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-28 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-28 11:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Comms link Maintenance. The enhanced timeliness achieved for Metop-B data through the Antarctic Data Acquisition (ADA) system might be interrupted. Therefore only nominal Arctic timeliness might be available during this period.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 16:27:04.0
Services: | AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-B SEM L0 - Metop-B HIRS Level 1 - Metop-B AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-B MHS Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Level 1 - Metop-B ASCAT 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

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 5319
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-28 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-28 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | The MODIS Total Precipitable Water products from NASA will stop being distributed on EUMETCast Europe.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-10-30 16:09:06.0
Services: | MODIS Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 5356
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-28 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-28 09:00:00.0
Subject: | new-product
Detail: | New Heat Flux products from LSA SAF to be available on EUMETCast. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_4721427.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-13 16:59:23.0
Services: | LSA SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 5357
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-28 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-28 09:00:00.0
Subject: | new-product
Detail: | Metop-C ASCAT Winds from OSI SAF to be available on EUMETCast. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_4721035.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-13 17:02:06.0
Services: | OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 5370
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-28 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-28 09:00:00.0
Subject: | new-product
Detail: | Metop-C regional EARS-IASI Level 2 data to be available on EUMETCast Europe. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_4731833.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 15:05:02.0
Services: | EARS-IASI

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5364
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-28 18:17:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-28 19:16:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-A
Subsystem: | GOME-2
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | GOME2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw readout mode (PMDRAW). The AC SAF Near Real Time Total Column products (Total Column Ozone, the Total Column NO2, and the Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 14:43:57.0
Services: | GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-A GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-A AC SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5369
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-28 19:15:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-28 20:14:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | GOME-2
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | GOME2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw readout mode (PMDRAW). The AC SAF Near Real Time Total Column products (Total Column Ozone, the Total Column NO2, and the Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 14:51:03.0
Services: | GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-C GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-C AC SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5367
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-11-28 19:44:00.0
End Time: | 2019-11-28 20:43:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | GOME-2
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | GOME2 monthly measurements of GOME-2 polarisation (PMD) data in raw readout mode (PMDRAW). The AC SAF Near Real Time Total Column products (Total Column Ozone, the Total Column NO2, and the Tropospheric NO2) will be unavailable.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 14:48:45.0
Services: | GOME-2 Level 1 - Metop-B GOME-2 AHRPT Metop-B AC SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 5295
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2019-12-04 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-12-04 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Release of new IASI Level 2 PPF (Product Processing Facility) version 6.5. For full details and test data, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 2]: Date changed from 05/12/2020 to 04/12/2020.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_4686627.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-21 13:11:00.0
Services: | IASI Sounding Products - Metop-A IASI Sounding products- Metop-C IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B AC SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 5372
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-12-04 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-12-04 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Change at NOAA to the VIIRS Active Fire product from SNPP and NOAA-20: addition of a persistent anomaly flag and change to filenames: 'v1r1' will become 'v1r2', e.g.: AF_v1r2_npp_s201910220013452_e201910220015094_c201910220110200-122800_0.nc.gz
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-20 15:37:48.0
Services: | VIIRS EDR - JPSS VIIRS EDR - Suomi-NPP

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5330
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-12-04 12:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-12-04 12:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subject: | out-of-plane-manoeuvre
Detail: | Out-of-plane manoeuvre. Some instrument data will be unavailable or degraded during this period.The exact burn time and instrument affected outage will be announced closer to the day of the manoeuvre. Reduced data quality should be expected for data sensed during this period
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-06 14:52:03.0
Services: | SEM L0 - Metop-C AVHRR Level 1 - Metop-C IASI Sounding products- Metop-C AMSU-A Level 1 - Metop-C MHS Level 1 - Metop-C Multi-sensor Products - Metop-C IASI Level 1 - Metop-C EARS-AVHRR EARS-ATOVS EARS-IASI AVHRR AHRPT Metop-C A-DCS AHRPT Metop-C HIRS AHRPT Metop-C AMSU-A AHRPT Metop-C IASI AHRPT Metop-C MHS AHRPT Metop-C SEM AHRPT Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 5353
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-12-10 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-12-10 09:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | IASI
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | IASI TOP upload (on-board processing update). Users should expect an instrument outage of around 50 minute at some point on that day. The coding table will be updated. There will be no change to the reduced spectra. The exact time will be announced closer to the event
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-11-13 15:21:50.0
Services: | IASI Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Sounding Products - Metop-B EARS-IASI IASI AHRPT Metop-B OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 5293
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2019-12-12 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2019-12-12 09:00:00.0
Subject: | service-change
Detail: | Regional EARS data from the USA will no longer be available on EUMETCast from 12/12/2019. For more details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_4682634.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-10-23 12:49:46.0
Services: | EARS-ATOVS

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 5159
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2020-06-01 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2020-06-01 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | A new BUFR encoding sequence will be introduced in June 2020 for all EUMETSATM-bM-^@M-^Ys wind products. For full details and sample files, see the URL provided below.
Url: | http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_4593260.html
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2019-09-11 16:22:14.0
Services: | 0M-0 Meteosat Meteorological Products RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-A AVHRR Polar Winds - Metop-B AVHRR Polar winds - Metop-C Multi-Metop Wind Products

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