Topic:   Visible calibration update for month of March 2026 

Date/Time Issued:  March 10 2026 2156Z

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

Date/Time of Initial Impact:  March 10 2026 12:00 UTC

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

Length of Outage:   N/A

Details/Specifics of Change:

On 10 March 2026 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 March. These coefficients are intended to be optimal on March 28, in the middle of the two scheduled updates.

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Metop-B/1
# Ch_1_lo = 0.05817*count -  2.291, count<500.62
# Ch_1_hi =  0.1723*count -  59.45, count>500.62
# Ch_2_lo = 0.06649*count -  2.685, count<503.00
# Ch_2_hi =  0.1959*count -  67.76, count>503.00
# Ch_3_lo = 0.03353*count -  1.409, count<500.85
# Ch_3_hi =  0.2336*count - 101.59, count>500.85
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Metop-C/3
# Ch_1_lo = 0.05630*count -  2.273, count<498.68
# Ch_1_hi =  0.1650*count -  56.46, count>498.68
# Ch_2_lo = 0.06781*count -  2.777, count<500.01
# Ch_2_hi =  0.1987*count -  68.21, count>500.01
# Ch_3_lo = 0.03368*count -  1.367, count<498.72
# Ch_3_hi =  0.2370*count - 102.75, count>498.72
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For M3, M1 the first orbits processed will be the one running after orbit:
NSS.HRPT.M1.D26069.S0852.E0901.B6992222.GC
NSS.GHRR.M1.D26069.S0953.E1048.B6992223.SV
NSS.HRPT.M3.D26069.S0927.E0936.B3808080.GC
NSS.GHRR.M3.D26069.S0943.E1123.B3808081.SV


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