Topic: Final Update - Metop-A (Metop-2) Product Termination

Date/Time Issued: November 16, 2021 1555Z

 
Product(s) or Data Impacted: All products using Metop-A

Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 15, 2021 1200Z

Date/Time of End: Permanent

Length of Outage: Permanent

Details/Specifics of Change: OSPO processing of Metop-A products ended on November 15, due to Metop-A decommissioning..

Prior message follows:

Metop-A is being decommissioned by EUMETSAT. The IASI instrument was switched off on October 15. All other instruments will be turned off on November 15.

The satellite will be de-orbited by December 1.

NESDIS/OSPO products are being dropped (if they rely solely on metop-A) or reconfigured to run without metop-A (blended products).

A previous notification was sent on Nov. 2, 2021: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/messages/2021/MSG306133403.html

Products affected:

ACSPO

ACSPO-L3U

AMSU TC

Arctic Composite

ASCAT

ASCAT GFT PDA

ASCAT-MCIDAS

ATOVS

AVHRR POLAR WINDS on GEOPROD3

Blended RR

Blended TPW

CLAVRx

CoastWatch SSTs

COB schedules and reports

ETRAP

GOME-2

GOME-2 GFT PDA

HD WINDS

IASI

IASI GFT PDA

McIDAS PLR group: Metop-A and Blended products

MGVI

MIRS

NIC-IMS

Radiation Budget

SMOPS

Contact Information for Further Information:  ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov at 301-817-3880

 

Web Site(s) for applicable information:  N/A

 

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