Update #2: The NOAA-21 ATMS RDR/TDR/SDR and ATMS SDR GEO products have started distribution on PDA OPS with the user access level Beta on December 14, 2022. The NOAA-21 ATMS BUFR products will plan to be available on PDA OPS with the user access level Beta on December 15, 2022

Update #1: Reminder : On December 15, 2022, the NOAA-21 ATMS BUFR products will be available on PDA OPS with the user access level Beta. Users are advised to subscribe to these products by adding the new subscriptions.

Topic: Planning Operational Release of NOAA-21 ATMS RDR/TDR/SDR Products

Date/Time Issued: December 14, 2022 2226Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: None

Date/Time of Initial Impact: December 15, 2022 1600 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: December 15, 2022 1700 UTC

Length of Outage: 1 hour

Details/Specifics of Change:

The NOAA-21 ATMS RDR/TDR/SDR products with Beta Maturity will be available on PDA I&T on December 1, 2022. Please pay attention to the information provided in the table below for the product filenames and PDA short names. Users can start subscribing to the data from PDA I&T and the test data product short names will be appended with “_TEST”. The tentatively planned products with provisional maturity will be available on December 15, 2022 on PDA OPS without filename changes.

A reminder for Beta Maturity level: any posting of images/plots must contain the caveat: “NOAA-21 Preliminary, Non-Operational Data” and there should be no public sharing of the underlying data files.

New products included in this release are:

NOAA-21 ATMS RDR/TDR/SDR Products:

Impact on users: Yes

Platform | PDA shortname | Product Filename
NOAA-21 | ATMS_BUFR | ATMS_v1r0_n21_sxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx_exxxxxxxxxxxxxxx_cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.bufr
ATMS-SCIENCE-RDR | RATMS-RNSCA_j02_d_________t________e________b______c_____________________%____.h5
ATMS-SDR | SATMS_j02_d_________t________e________b______c_____________________%.h5
ATMS-SDR-GEO | GATMO_j02_d_________t________e________b______c_____________________%.h5
ATMS-TDR | TATMS_j02_d_________t________e________b______c_____________________%.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 Changyi Tan (Changyi.Tan@noaa.gov).

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

Web Site(s) for Applicable Information: N/A

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