Topic: JPSS Ellipsoid Geolocation product Removal
Date/Time Issued: September 25, 2023 1541Z
Product(s) or Data Impacted: VIIRS-IMG-GEO, VIIRS-MOD-GEO, VIIRS-IMG-GEO-TC, VIIRS-MOD-GEO-TC
Date/Time of Initial Impact: March 01, 2024, TBD UTC
Date/Time of Expected End: N/A
Length of Outage: N/A
Details/Specifics of Change:
All S-NPP, JPSS-1, JPSS-2 VIIRS Imagery Ellipsoid geolocation will be discontinued, and the JPSS-1, JPSS-2 VIIRS Moderate Ellipsoid geolocation will be discontinued, leaving only the S-NPP VIIRS Moderate Ellipsoid geolocation available. Downstream users are directed to use the S-NPP, JPSS-1, and JPSS-2 VIIRS Imagery and Moderate TC geolocation.
S-NPP (TBC) VIIRS Moderate Ellipsoid geolocation will continue to be delivered, but will not be associated with any S-NPP VIIRS product
CLASS going forward will package VIIRS SDRs with Terrain Corrected Geolocation, and VIIRS SDRs older than Spring 2024 will be packaged with Ellipsoid geolocation.
Web Site(s) for Applicable Information: SDM Total Operational Weather Readiness - Satellites (TOWR-S) Virtual Lab Forum http://vlab.noaa.gov/web/towr-s/mmm/-/message_boards/view_message/31207271 VLab.Notifications@noaa.gov
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