Topic: Legacy Products: Decommissioning of the on-Prem RadarSat2 SAR Wind Products

Date/Time Issued: May 20, 2024 1813 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: on-Prem RadarSAT2 SAR Winds

Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 23, 2024 TBD UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: Permanent

Details/Specifics of Change:

ESPC plans to terminate the legacy satellite capabilities for the following products: On-Prem RadarSAT2 SAR Wind Products. The RadarSAT2 SAR Wind Products have been generated in NCCF and available on PDA since March 6, 2024 (see tables below).

Legacy on-prem RadarSAT2 SAR Winds to be terminated:

Impact on users: Yes,

PDA short names and file names:

PDA Short Name	Format	PDA File Name
SAR_Hi-Res_Winds_Level2_NetCDF	NetCDF	\w+_wind_level2[_norcs]*.nc$
SAR_Hi-Res_Winds_Geotiff	Tif	\w+_wind\.tif$

Operational Product Generation of RadarSAT2 SAR Winds in NCCF:

Impact on users: Yes

PDA short names and file names:

PDA Short Name	Format	PDA File Name
SAROPS_SAR_WINDS	NetCDF	SAR-Wind-\[HH\|VV]-\w{3}- \w{4}_v\dr\d_\w{3}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{1 5}\.nc
SAROPS_SAR_WINDS_GEOTIFF	Tif	SAR-Wind-\[HH\|VV]-\w{3}- \w{4}_v\dr\d_\w{3}_s\d{15}_e\d{15}_c\d{1 5}\.tif

List of Scientific Changes: The enterprise SAR winds algorithm is used to generate the coastal wind products for Sentinel 1A, RadarSAT2, RCM-1, 2 and 3.

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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