Update #1: The NESDIS Satellite Products and Services Review Board (SPSRB) approved the legacy satellite capabilities for the following products to be retired on October 31, 2022:

MODIS Biomass Burning Emissions Product Application

CLAVR-X Processing (AIX) (NOAA19 and Metop-B)

MODIS Ocean Color System

EOS Data Retrieval (MODIS) System

MODIS for HMS

MODIS Dust Mask Algorithm

Ozone (OOPS/ROPES) (NOAA-19)

SBUV Version 8 (NOAA-19)

Earth Radiation Budget (NOAA15/18/19 and Metop-B)

Green Vegetation Index (NOAA15/18/19 and Metop-B)

SSM/I(S) EDR/SDR/TDRs Conversion (DMSP 15/17/18)

The other products in the table below will be retired at a later date with a further notification.

Topic: Legacy Product Retirement

Date/Time Issued: August 30, 2022 1934 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: Listed above in Update #1

Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 31, 2022

Date/Time of Expected End: Permanent

Details/Specifics of Change:

ESPC plans to terminate the legacy satellite capabilities for the following products by October 30, 2022 (see chart below). NESDIS will collect user feedback for 30 days following the issuance of this notification. If you have any concerns, please provide your comments to the corresponding Product Area Leads (PALs) (contact info listed in the table below) and User Services (email: spsd.userservices@noaa.gov) by May 30, 2022. User feedback will be evaluated by PALs and the NESDIS Satellite Products and Services Review Board (SPSRB) will make a final decision in June. Please note, the decision to terminate all the MODIS and OMI products by October 30th is final since MODIS and OMI are reaching end of life and resources need to be devoted to support new missions. An updated user notification will be sent after the SPSRB decision. Users can reference the existing missions and future opportunities at: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Organization/Documents/PDFs/Legacy_Product_Retirements.pdf

Algorithms/Products	Data Source to be Retired	PALs (POC)
Advanced TIROS Op Vertical Sounder	NOAA-19 and Metop-B	awdhesh.sharma@noaa.gov
Biomass Burning Emissions Product Application (emissions, fire radiative power, burned area)	Terra and Aqua	hanjun.ding@noaa.gov
CLAVR-X Processing (AIX)	NOAA-19 and Metop-B	David.R.Donahue@noaa.gov
Coral Reef Monitoring Products	NOAA-18/19	sheekela.baker-yeboah@noaa.gov
MODIS Ocean Color System	Aqua	sheekela.baker-yeboah@noaa.gov
EOS Data Retrieval (MODIS) System	Aqua/Terra	paul.haggerty@noaa.gov
OMI SO2 Alert	Aura	vaishali.kapoor@noaa.gov
HMS	Aqua/Terra	hanjun.ding@noaa.gov
MODIS Dust Mask Algorithm	Aqua/Terra	vaishali.kapoor@noaa.gov
MODIS Winds	Aqua/Terra	hongming.qi@noaa.gov
Arctic Composites	Aqua/Terra	john.paquette@noaa.gov
Ozone (OOPS/ROPES)	NOAA-19	vaishali.kapoor@noaa.gov
SBUV Version 8	NOAA-19	vaishali.kapoor@noaa.gov
POES Sea Surface Temperature/Aerosol	NOAA-18/19	sheekela.baker-yeboah@noaa.go
Earth Radiation Budget	NOAA-15/18/19 and Metop-B	hanjun.ding@noaa.gov
Green Vegetation Index	NOAA-15/18/19 and Metop-B	hanjun.ding@noaa.gov
GIS Products	AVHRR, AMSUB, SSMIS images and FOS data	hongming.qi@noaa.gov
SSM/I(S) EDR/SDR/TDRs Conversion	DMSP F15/F17/F18	hanjun.ding@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:

https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Organization/Documents/PDFs/Legacy_Product_Retirements.pdf

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