Topic: Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule - Week 30 Issue 2 (added announcements 8498 and 8499)

Date/Time Issued: July 27, 2022 1401Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: See list below.
Date/Time of Initial Impact: July 27, 2022 1350Z (from the Eumetsat Weekly Operations Schedule message)
Date/Time of Expected End: See table in detail for on and off switch time
Details/Specifics of Change:

Message number: | 9443
Message creation: | Wed Jul 27 13:50:58 UTC 2022

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 7582
Rev: | 7
Start Time: | 2021-12-07 00:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-03 00:00:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | Event End date updated
Revision History: | [Original] Calibrations to support transponder test.. Short outages of the ASCAT GDS Level 1, soil moisture and global and regional winds products can be expected, during satellite passes over Turkey. [Rev. 2] Event End date updated. [Rev. 3] Event End date updated. [Rev.4] Event End date updated. [Rev.5] Event End date updated [Rev.6] Event End date updated
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-12 08:08:02.0
Services: | ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8230
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-04-25 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-07-31 23:59:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | Jupyter Notebook Competition: EUMETSAT, in partnership with ECMWF, EEA and Mercator Ocean International, is running a new Jupyter Notebook Competition. The aim of the competition is to try to build a community-driven resource of notebooks on the Copernicus WEkEO online platform that will empower others to start their own journeys with Earth observation data. The competition runs until 31 July 2022. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/science-blog/new-jupyter-notebook-competition
Issue Time: | 2022-05-19 13:43:36.0
Services: |

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7414
Rev: | 4
Start Time: | 2022-07-19 08:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-20 08:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | Updates to start and end times of the parallel dissemination of the old and new formats of Meteosat meteorological products. The times indicated (08:00 UTC) should be read as being 08:00 - 10:00 UTC.
Revision History: | [Rev.1] File formats of Meteosat meteorological products distributed on EUMETCast are planned to be updated in October 2022. At the same time, there will be a small change in the timestamp of the AMV products distributed on the GTS. For full details and test data, see the URL provided below. [Rev.2] The operational switch to the new WMO compliant format for the Meteosat meteorological products distributed on EUMETCast will take place on 20 October 2022. There will be a parallel dissemination on EUMETCast of the old and new formats from 19 July to 20 October 2022.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/change-file-formats-meteosat-meteorological-products
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-07 13:44:14.0
Services: | 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8481
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-07-25 07:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-07-25 13:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | service-degraded
Revision History: | [Original] Planned maintenance activity on Data Tailor. The system performance can be reduced during the maintenance period.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-25 11:14:53.0
Services: | Data Store and Data Tailor Web Service

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8479
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-07-25 07:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-07-29 15:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | EARS Athens Station Maintenance. There may be disruption to the listed EUMETSAT based services.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-20 13:12:45.0
Services: | EARS-ATOVS EARS-AVHRR EARS-MWRI EARS-ASCAT EARS-IASI EARS-ATMS EARS-CrlS EARS-VIIRS EARS-NWC EARS-VASS EARS-MERSI

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8478
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-07-25 14:22:00.0
End Time: | 2022-07-25 14:29:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | ASCAT
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | Gain Compression
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-20 13:08:00.0
Services: | ASCAT Level 1 - Metop-C ASCAT Soil Moisture - Metop-C EARS-ASCAT ASCAT AHRPT Metop-C OSI SAF - Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8480
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-07-26 07:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-07-26 12:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | risk-of-interruption
Detail: | EARS Lannion Network Maintenance. There may be disruption to the listed EUMETSAT based services.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-20 13:14:17.0
Services: | EARS-ATOVS EARS-MWRI EARS-AVHRR EARS-IASI EARS-ASCAT EARS-ATMS EARS-VIIRS EARS-CrlS EARS-NWC EARS-MERSI EARS-VASS

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8477
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-07-26 08:45:00.0
End Time: | 2022-07-26 08:52:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-C
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-20 13:06:43.0
Services: | SEM AHRPT Metop-C SEM L0 - Metop-C

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8476
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-07-26 09:33:00.0
End Time: | 2022-07-26 09:40:00.0
Satellites: | Metop-B
Subsystem: | SEM
Component: | MEPED
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | SEM MEPED in flight calibration.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-20 13:05:47.0
Services: | SEM AHRPT Metop-B SEM L0 - Metop-B

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8482
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-07-27 07:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-07-27 13:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | service-degraded
Revision History: | [Original] Planned maintenance activity on Data Tailor. The service may become temporarily unavailable during the maintenance period.
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-25 11:13:53.0
Services: | Data Store and Data Tailor Web Service

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8483
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-07-27 07:30:00.0
End Time: | 2022-07-27 12:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | service-unavailable
Detail: | Planned maintenance activity on Data Store, Data Tailor and Eumetview. Services will be temporarily unavailable during the maintenance period.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-20 15:15:26.0
Services: | Data Store and Data Tailor Web Service EUMETView

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8447
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-07-27 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-07-27 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | JAXA will update the GCOM-W1 AMSR-2 Sea Surface Temperature product to version 4.1. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/update-jaxas-amsr-2-sst-product
Issue Time: | 2022-07-14 14:38:54.0
Services: | GCOM-W1 AMSR-2 Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8444
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-07-28 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2023-01-03 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | GOES-18 ABI L1b data will be distributed in parallel to GOES-17 ABI L1b data from 28 July 2022 to 3 January 2023. Users wishing to receive the parallel GOES-18 ABI L1b data stream should contact our User Service Helpdesk (ops@eumetsat.int). For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: |
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/parallel-dissemination-goes-18-abi-data
Issue Time: | 2022-07-13 15:48:18.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8498
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-07-29 17:27:00.0
End Time: | 2022-07-29 18:28:00.0
Satellites: | GOES-16
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | NOAA has planned a quarterly FOV Mapping calibration for the GOES-16 space weather EXIS instrument. A EXIS and SUVI product outage can be expected in the given timeframe.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-27 13:47:53.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8499
Rev: | 0
Start Time: | 2022-07-30 16:25:00.0
End Time: | 2022-07-30 18:08:00.0
Satellites: | GOES-16
Subject: | instrument-calibration
Impact: | data-unavailable
Detail: | NOAA has planned a quarterly cruciform scan calibration for the GOES-16 space weather EXIS instrument. A EXIS and SUVI product outage can be expected in the given timeframe.
Revision History: |
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-27 08:01:41.0
Services: | GOES Products

Type: | Planned Maintenance
Ann Nr: | 8386
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2022-08-24 10:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-08-24 14:00:00.0
Subject: | ground-segment-maintenance
Impact: | service-degraded
Detail: | This activity has been cancelled.
Revision History: | [Original] Planned maintenance activity on the EOPortal. The service will become temporarily unavailable during the maintenance period, impacting the authentication on the Data Store, Data Tailor, EUMETView, CODA and Data Centre services. [Rev.1] Event start and end date updated.
Status: | cancelled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-08 14:23:16.0
Services: | Web Service EUMETSAT Data Centre Copernicus Online Data Access EUMETView Data Store and Data Tailor Web Service

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 8060
Rev: | 1
Start Time: | 2022-10-05 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-10-05 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | [REV 1] The CSR product will be discontinued on 5 October 2022 instead of the originally planned date of 30 June 2022.
Revision History: | [Original] Meteosat SEVIRI Clear Sky Radiances (CSR) product to be discontinued. For more details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/meteosat-csr-product-be-discontinued
Issue Time: | 2022-06-23 08:18:18.0
Services: | 0° Meteosat Meteorological Products RSS Meteosat Meteorological Products IODC Meteosat Meteorological Products

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7033
Rev: | 6
Start Time: | 2022-11-15 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-11-15 09:00:00.0
Subject: | product-change
Detail: | New date: Principal Component (PC) compressed IASI L1C data will be updated in mid-November 2022, with exact date to be announced in due course. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Revision History: | [Rev.1] Principal Component (PC) compressed IASI L1C data will be updated in November 2021 (exact date to be announced in due course). For full details, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 2]: The update is being deferred to Q1 2022, with exact date to be announced in due course. [Rev. 3]: A live test data stream has been put in place. For details on how to access the data and how to use them, see the URL provided below. [Rev. 4]: The update is being deferred to Q4 2022, with exact date to be announced in due course. [Rev.5] New date: Principal Component (PC) compressed IASI L1C data will be updated on 15 August 2022. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/changes-pc-compressed-iasi-l1c-data
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-07-13 15:38:21.0
Services: | IASI Level 1 - Metop-A IASI Level 1 - Metop-B IASI Level 1 - Metop-C

Type: | Service Enhancement
Ann Nr: | 7329
Rev: | 2
Start Time: | 2022-12-23 09:00:00.0
End Time: | 2022-12-23 09:00:00.0
Subject: | general-announcement
Detail: | The transponder migration for the EUMETCast Europe High Volume Service will include a parallel downlink period where the old and new transponders will be used from 24 November to 23 December 2022. The service on the old transponder will stop on 23 December 2022.
Revision History: | [Rev.1] Transponder migration for the EUMETCast Europe High Volume Service planned for Q3 2022. For full details, see the URL provided below.
Url: | https://www.eumetsat.int/eumetcast-europe-service-transponder-migration
Status: | scheduled
Issue Time: | 2022-05-12 11:44:14.0
Services: | EUMETCast-Europe

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