The MiRS break (patch) fix (METOP - B/C) and GAASP (GCOM W1) pre-processor patch products are being updated on October 30, 2024. The Land Surface Temperature (LST), Land Surface Albedo (LSA), Enterprise Rain Rate (eRR) L3, GOES-R DMW BUFR, and AiDT are new to PDA and NCCF, and will be promoted to PDA OPS on November 6, 2024.

Updated products included in this release are:

Operational product generation of MiRS break fix (patch) (METOP - B/C)

Impact on users: NO

PDA short names and file names: NO Changes

List of Scientific Changes: Quality will be properly flagged when AMSUA and/or MHS channels are bad or missing

Operational product generation of GAASP (GCOM1) PRE-PROCESSOR patch

Impact on users: No

PDA short names and file names: No Change

New products included in this release are:

Operational product generation of Land Surface Temperature (LST) and Land Surface Albedo (LSA) Product Upgrade in NCCF

Impact on users: No 

PDA short names and file names:  No change on PDA short names. The file version was changed from v1r4 to v2r2.

List of Scientific Changes:  NOAA-21 was added in this update. 

Operational product generation of the eRR (enterprise Rain Rate) L3 Product in NCCF:

Impact on users: No

PDA short names and file names: 

List of Scientific Changes: New Products. Those are blended geostationary-satellite products, including GOES-16, -18, Himawari-9 and Meteosat-9, -10.

 Operational product generation of GOES-R DMW BUFR Product Upgrade in NCCF

Impact on users: No 

PDA short names and file names:  No change on PDA short names and file names

List of Scientific Changes:

Operational product generation of the AiDT Products in NCCF:

Impact on users: new AiDT products

PDA short names and file names:  

List of Scientific Changes: Upgraded storm-based ADT products with new AI-enhanced AiDT products

Please note: This upgrade will not be performed during Critical Weather Day (CWD).

Also, the contents of this release are subject to change based on user readiness, customer feedback, and management approval.

Additional ESPC notifications will provide further details and updates concerning this release.  User feedback and questions should be directed to Hanjun Ding (hanjun.ding@noaa.gov), Sheekela Baker-Yeboah (sheekela.baker-yeboah@noaa.gov), Liqun Ma (liqun.ma@noaa.gov), Jessica Shallcross (jessica.shallcross@noaa.gov), Awdhesh Sharma (awdhesh.sharma@noaa.gov) and Jing Han (jing.han@noaa.gov).

Contact Information: For information on the status of this work, please contact the individual PAL or ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or 301-817-3880

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

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