Topic: Legacy Products Retirement

Date/Time Issued: July 11, 2023 1606 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: See details below

Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 3, 2024

Date/Time of Expected End: Permanent

Details/Specifics of Change:

ESPC plans to terminate the legacy satellite capabilities for the following products (see table below) on April 3, 2024.

NESDIS will collect user feedback for at least 30 days following the issuance of this notification. If you have any concerns, please provide your feedback and comments to the corresponding Product Area Leads (PALs) (contact info listed in the table below) and User Services via email: (spsd.userservices@noaa.gov) by August 31, 2023. User feedback will be evaluated by PALs and the NESDIS Satellite Products and Services Review Board (SPSRB).

Algorithms/Products	Data Source to be Retired	Existing Missions /Mitigation	PALs (POC)
Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MIRS)	NOAA 19, DMSP 17/18	SNPP and N20 , Metop-B/C and GPM MIRS Products	liqin.ma@noaa.gov
Blended Hydrometorological Products - Blended Rain Rate & Blended TPW	NOAA 19, DMSP 17/18 MIRS	SNPP, N20,Metop-B/C, GPM, GCOM-W1	liqin.ma@noaa.gov
Ensemble Tropical Rainfall Potential (eTRaP)	NOAA 19, DMSP 17/18 MIRS	MetOp-B/C, GOES-16, GOES-17/18, METEOSAT-9/11,Himawari-8/9, S-NPP, NOAA-20,GCOM-W,GPM	Aiwu.Li@noaa.gov
AVHRR Cloud Drift Polar Winds	NOAA 15/18/19	SNPP and N20 VPW (NDE) Metop-B/C AVHRR Winds (NCCF)	Hongming.Qi@noaa.gov
AMSU TC	NOAA 19 MIRS	MetOp-B/C AMSU	Aiwu.Li@noaa.gov
Ocean Heat Content	SARAL	JASON-CS/MF Sentinel-6A Poseidon 4	David.Donahue@noaa.gov

Contact Information for Further Information and Feedback:

SPSD User Services (spsd.userservices@noaa.gov) and PALs (please see the table above)

Web Site(s) for applicable information:

Please reference the following link for all legacy retirements: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/retirements.html

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