Topic: Legacy Products: Decommissioning of the on-Prem UHR wind Products

Date/Time Issued: March 6, 2024 1845 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: MetOp-B/C Advanced SCATterometer (ASCAT) Ultra High Resolution (UHR) wind

Date/Time of Initial Impact: April 8, 2024

Date/Time of Expected End: Permanent

Details/Specifics of Change:

ESPC plans to terminate the legacy satellite capabilities for the following products: MetOp-B/C Advanced SCATterometer (ASCAT) Ultra High Resolution (UHR) wind Products on Prem. The ASCAT UHR wind Product has been generated in NCCF and available on PDA since February 7, 2024 (see tables below).

Legacy on-prem MetOp-B/C ASCAT UHR wind to be terminated:

Impact on users: Yes,

PDA short names and file names:

PDA Short Name		Format	PDA File Name
ASCAT-UHR-WINDS-EP		Gif	ascat_metop\w_uhr_\d+_\w+[\-\w]\w+_\d{6}_\d{4}(?:.avewr\|.WRave\d{1}_map).gif

Operational Product Generation of MetOp-B/C ASCAT UHR wind in NCCF:

Impact on users: Yes

PDA short names and file names:

PDA Short Name	Format	PDA File Name
SEAP_ASCAT_UHR_WINDS	NetCDF	SEAP-UHR-ave\w{0,1}-\w{8}_v\dr\d_m0(1\|3)_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}\.nc
SEAP_ASCAT_UHR_WINDS_GIF	Gif	SEAP-UHR-ave\w{0,1,2}-\w{8}_v\dr\d_m0(1\|3)_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{15}\.gif

List of Scientific Changes: None

Contact Information for Further Information and Feedback:

Hongming Qi (hongming.qi@noaa.gov) or SPSD User Services (spsd.userservices@noaa.gov).

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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