Topic:   Visible calibration update for month of November 2025 

Date/Time Issued:  November 12 2025 1422Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted:  All products from channels 1, 2, and 3a

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  November 11 2025 12:00 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End:  Until Next Month's Coefficient Update 

Length of Outage:   N/A

Specifics of Change:

On 11 November 2025 at approximately 12:00 UTC, the following update of the calibration coefficients was implemented in the level 1B processing for MetOp-B/1, and MetOp-C/3 for the month of November. These coefficients are intended to be optimal on November 25, in the middle of the two scheduled updates.

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Metop-B/1
# Ch_1_lo = 0.05813*count -  2.289, count<500.62
# Ch_1_hi =  0.1722*count -  59.41, count>500.62
# Ch_2_lo = 0.06623*count -  2.674, count<503.00
# Ch_2_hi =  0.1951*count -  67.50, count>503.00
# Ch_3_lo = 0.03348*count -  1.407, count<500.85
# Ch_3_hi =  0.2332*count - 101.44, count>500.85
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Metop-C/3
# Ch_1_lo = 0.05638*count -  2.276, count<498.68
# Ch_1_hi =  0.1652*count -  56.54, count>498.68
# Ch_2_lo = 0.06762*count -  2.769, count<500.01
# Ch_2_hi =  0.1981*count -  68.01, count>500.01
# Ch_3_lo = 0.03366*count -  1.366, count<498.72
# Ch_3_hi =  0.2368*count - 102.69, count>498.72
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For M3, M1 the first orbits processed will be the one running after orbit:
NSS.HRPT.M1.D25315.S0804.E0815.B6823131.GC
NSS.GHRR.M1.D25315.S1002.E1052.B6823232.MM
NSS.HRPT.M3.D25315.S0848.E0859.B3638989.GC
NSS.GHRR.M3.D25315.S0904.E1046.B3638990.SV

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Dejiang.Han Dejiang.Han@noaa.gov <mailto:Dejiang.Han@noaa.gov> 301-817-4119 operations support
Xiangqian Wu Xiangqian.Wu@noaa.gov <mailto:Xiangqian.Wu@noaa.gov> 301-683-3601 instrument scientist

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