Subject: ESPC Notification (GOES-12/13 OUTAGE) UPDATE #12
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*UPDATE #12 1/5/2009 @ 1230 UTC*
GOES-12 has undergone a successful anti-ice decontamination of the
imager, and is slated to return to imaging and sounding on Monday,
January 5, 2009 at 1500 UTC. At this time, GOES-12 will be placed on
an Image and Navigation Recovery (INR) schedule (19 minute Full Disk
scans at XX:15 and XX:45, CONUS Soundings at XX:46). The length of the
INR recovery schedule will depend on the successful INR recovery of
GOES-12. GOES-13 will be maintained as GOES-East through the GOES-12
INR recovery period.
For users pointing directly to GOES-12 and obtaining GOES-13 GVAR:
At 1500 UTC on 1/5/09, GOES-12 GVAR will commence directly from
GOES-12, but image navigation and registration may be out of desired
specifications for a period of time. Users may want to consider
adjusting their antennae to obtain GVAR directly from GOES-13.
** ESPC will continue to produce operational GOES-East product
from GOES-13 (Remapper, GINI/AWIPS, radiances, derived products,
interpretive products) during the GOES-12 INR recovery. ESPC will
monitor GOES-12 data, and if INR recovery is successful, switch
GOES-East operations back to GOES-12 on or about Tuesday, January 6
at 1500 UTC. **
GOES-12 will be maintained at Midnight Black Body Calibration
Correction (MBCC) Mode 1 (instant averaging) until Thursday, January
8th when SOCC will switch calibration mode back to MBCC Mode 3 (4
day averaging). SOCC reports a 10-20 percent signal gain on GOES-12
following the successful decontamination.
Background Notes:
GOES-13 is located at 105 degrees West and has WMO Satellite ID #257
GOES-12 is located at 75 degrees West and has WMO Satellite ID #256
Resources at the following web sites may help in determining your
specific elevation and angle for your receiving dish:
http://www.satcomresources.com/Look-Angle-Calculator
http://www.satsig.net/ssazelm.htm
Satellite imagery is being produced for AWIPS and SATEPSDIST users from
GOES-13.
GOES derived products (winds, soundings) from NESDIS are being produced
from GOES-13.
For ground ingest software, you may need to contact your ingest
hardware/software provider for any relevant updates to your system in
order to ingest GOES-13 data.
To account for some noted striping in imager and sounder data from
GOES-13, the SOCC implemented SPS Calibration Bias Mode (from 2 instead
of 1) and MBCC (Midnight Blackbody Calibration Correction) at 1900 UTC
on Wednesday December 17.
GVAR and Calibration information for GOES satellites can be found at:
http://www.osd.noaa.gov/gvar/gvardownload.htm
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/goes-calibration/index.htm
Coverage and corner points of sector scans for GOES-13 are now
found at:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/g13sectors.html
Prior messages on this event can be found at:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/bulletins.html
An update will be provided as details of the recovery are made
available, or
sooner if conditions warrant.
Data Affected by the Outage:
All products from GOES-12
Date and Time of the Outage:
12/14/08, 2218 UTC , 5:18 pm EST
Length of the Outage:
Unknown
Contact Point for Questions:
ESPC Operations OCL
ESPCOperations@noaa.gov
(301) 817-3880*
UPDATE #11 12/29/2008 @ 1930 UTC
*OSO/SOCC will perform a decontamination of the GOES-12 imager starting
on January 2, 2009 at approx. 17:00 UTC for a period of 48 hours. If
decontamination is successful, GOES-12 will resume imaging and sounding
schedules on January 5.
GOES-12 images will be calibrated with Mode 1 for the first-order gains
PLUS with the MBCC inactivated till January 12, 2009. During this
period, the impact on the users products, if there is any, will be
mainly confined in the 6-hour time window centered at 05:00Z (the
GOES-12 midnight time).
Details are yet to be finalized, but there will likely be a day of INR
(Image Navigation and Registration) recovery on January 5 where data
from GOES-12 may be poorly navigated, and users may desire to repoint
their antenna to GOES-13 during that time period. Products from ESPC
(including for AWIPS production) may stay on GOES-13 for that time
period until imagery from GOES-12 is deemed stable for product
generation. In addition, products will be closely monitored following
the aforementioned decontamination of the GOES-12 imager.
ESPC Operations will be running in the current configuration until
further notice. GOES-13 GVAR data will continue to be sent out to users
via both GOES-12 and GOES-13. Broadcast services of LRIT, EMWIN,
and DCS
are being routed through GOES-12. GOES-East direct broadcast users may
want to adjust their antennas to obtain data directly from GOES-13.
Notes:
GOES-13 is located at 105 degrees West and has WMO Satellite ID #257
GOES-12 is located at 75 degrees West and has WMO Satellite ID #256
Resources at the following web sites may help in determining your
specific elevation and angle for your receiving dish:
http://www.satcomresources.com/Look-Angle-Calculator
http://www.satsig.net/ssazelm.htm
Satellite imagery is being produced for AWIPS and SATEPSDIST users from
GOES-13.
GOES derived products (winds, soundings) from NESDIS are being produced
from GOES-13.
For ground ingest software, you may need to contact your ingest
hardware/software provider for any relevant updates to your system in
order to ingest GOES-13 data.
To account for some noted striping in imager and sounder data from
GOES-13, the SOCC implemented SPS Calibration Bias Mode (from 2 instead
of 1) and MBCC (Midnight Blackbody Calibration Correction) at 1900 UTC
on Wednesday December 17.
GVAR and Calibration information for GOES satellites can be found at:
http://www.osd.noaa.gov/gvar/gvardownload.htm
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/goes-calibration/index.htm
Coverage and corner points of sector scans for GOES-13 are now
found at:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/g13sectors.html
Prior messages on this event can be found at:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/bulletins.html
Updates will be provided as details of the recovery are made available,
or sooner if conditions warrant.
*Data Affected by the Outage:
*
All products from GOES-12
*Date and Time of the Outage:
*
2218 UTC , 5:18 pm EST
*Length of the Outage:
*Unknown* *
*Contact Point for Questions:
ESPC Operations OCL (Operation Crew Leader)*
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UPDATE #12 1/5/2009 @ 1230 UTC
GOES-12 has undergone a successful anti-ice decontamination of the
imager, and is slated to return to imaging and sounding on Monday,
January 5, 2009 at 1500 UTC. At this time, GOES-12 will be placed on
an Image and Navigation Recovery (INR) schedule (19 minute Full Disk
scans at XX:15 and XX:45, CONUS Soundings at XX:46). The length of the
INR recovery schedule will depend on the successful INR recovery of
GOES-12. GOES-13 will be maintained as GOES-East through the GOES-12
INR recovery period.
For users pointing directly to GOES-12 and obtaining GOES-13 GVAR:
At 1500 UTC on 1/5/09, GOES-12 GVAR will commence directly from
GOES-12, but image navigation and registration may be out of desired
specifications for a period of time. Users may want to consider
adjusting their antennae to obtain GVAR directly from GOES-13.
** ESPC will continue to produce operational GOES-East product
from GOES-13 (Remapper, GINI/AWIPS, radiances, derived products,
interpretive products) during the GOES-12 INR recovery. ESPC will
monitor GOES-12 data, and if INR recovery is successful, switch
GOES-East operations back to GOES-12 on or about Tuesday, January 6
at 1500 UTC. **
GOES-12 will be maintained at Midnight Black Body Calibration
Correction (MBCC) Mode 1 (instant averaging) until Thursday, January
8th when SOCC will switch calibration mode back to MBCC Mode 3 (4
day averaging). SOCC reports a 10-20 percent signal gain on GOES-12
following the successful decontamination.
Background Notes:
GOES-13 is located at 105 degrees West and has WMO Satellite ID #257
GOES-12 is located at 75 degrees West and has WMO Satellite ID #256
Resources at the following web sites may help in determining your
specific elevation and angle for your receiving dish:
http://www.satcomresources.com/Look-Angle-Calculator
http://www.satsig.net/ssazelm.htm
Satellite imagery is being produced for AWIPS and SATEPSDIST users from
GOES-13.
GOES derived products (winds, soundings) from NESDIS are being produced
from GOES-13.
For ground ingest software, you may need to contact your ingest
hardware/software provider for any relevant updates to your system in
order to ingest GOES-13 data.
To account for some noted striping in imager and sounder data from
GOES-13, the SOCC implemented SPS Calibration Bias Mode (from 2 instead
of 1) and MBCC (Midnight Blackbody Calibration Correction) at 1900 UTC
on Wednesday December 17.
GVAR and Calibration information for GOES satellites can be found at:
http://www.osd.noaa.gov/gvar/gvardownload.htm
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/goes-calibration/index.htm
Coverage and corner points of sector scans for GOES-13 are now
found at:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/g13sectors.html
Prior messages on this event can be found
at: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/bulletins.html
An update will be provided as details of the recovery are made
available, or
sooner if conditions warrant.
Data Affected by the Outage:
All products from GOES-12
Date and Time of the Outage:
12/14/08, 2218 UTC , 5:18 pm EST
Length of the Outage:
Unknown
Contact Point for Questions:
ESPC Operations OCL
ESPCOperations@noaa.gov
(301) 817-3880
UPDATE #11 12/29/2008 @ 1930 UTC
OSO/SOCC will perform a decontamination of the GOES-12 imager
starting
on January 2, 2009 at approx. 17:00 UTC for a period of 48 hours. If
decontamination is successful, GOES-12 will resume imaging and sounding
schedules on January 5.
GOES-12 images will be calibrated with Mode 1 for the first-order gains
PLUS with the MBCC inactivated till January 12, 2009. During this
period, the impact on the users products, if there is any, will be
mainly confined in the 6-hour time window centered at 05:00Z (the
GOES-12 midnight time).
Details are yet to be finalized, but there will likely be a day of INR
(Image Navigation and Registration) recovery on January 5 where data
from GOES-12 may be poorly navigated, and users may desire to repoint
their antenna to GOES-13 during that time period. Products from ESPC
(including for AWIPS production) may stay on GOES-13 for that time
period until imagery from GOES-12 is deemed stable for product
generation. In addition, products will be closely monitored following
the aforementioned decontamination of the GOES-12 imager.
ESPC Operations will be running in the current configuration until
further notice. GOES-13 GVAR data will continue to be sent out to users
via both GOES-12 and GOES-13. Broadcast services of LRIT, EMWIN,
and DCS
are being routed through GOES-12. GOES-East direct broadcast users may
want to adjust their antennas to obtain data directly from GOES-13.
Notes:
GOES-13 is located at 105 degrees West and has WMO Satellite ID #257
GOES-12 is located at 75 degrees West and has WMO Satellite ID #256
Resources at the following web sites may help in determining your
specific elevation and angle for your receiving dish:
http://www.satcomresources.com/Look-Angle-Calculator
http://www.satsig.net/ssazelm.htm
Satellite imagery is being produced for AWIPS and SATEPSDIST users from
GOES-13.
GOES derived products (winds, soundings) from NESDIS are being produced
from GOES-13.
For ground ingest software, you may need to contact your ingest
hardware/software provider for any relevant updates to your system in
order to ingest GOES-13 data.
To account for some noted striping in imager and sounder data from
GOES-13, the SOCC implemented SPS Calibration Bias Mode (from 2 instead
of 1) and MBCC (Midnight Blackbody Calibration Correction) at 1900 UTC
on Wednesday December 17.
GVAR and Calibration information for GOES satellites can be found at:
http://www.osd.noaa.gov/gvar/gvardownload.htm
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/goes-calibration/index.htm
Coverage and corner points of sector scans for GOES-13 are now
found at:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/g13sectors.html
Prior messages on this event can be found at:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/bulletins.html
Updates will be provided as details of the recovery are made available,
or sooner if conditions warrant.
Data Affected by the Outage:
All products from GOES-12
Date and Time of the Outage:
2218 UTC , 5:18 pm EST
Length of the Outage:
Unknown
Contact Point for Questions:
ESPC Operations OCL (Operation Crew Leader)
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