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500 NOUS42 KWNO 011458 ADMNFD SPECIAL NCEP DISCUSSION CENTRAL OPERATIONS/NOAA/NWS/NCEP WASHINGTON DC 1450 UTC TUE APR 01 2003 011448Z...THE 12Z GFS RUN BEGAN ON TIME...RAOBS.. 9 MEXICAN RAOBS WERE PROCESSED FOR THE GFS.. ***** NOTICE ***** ON TUESDAY...APRIL 1...2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1815Z GOES-12...FORMERLY KNOWN AS GOES-M...REPLACES GOES-8 AS THE OPERATIONAL GOES EAST SATELLITE. ONCE ACTIVATED AS GOES EAST...GOES-12 WILL OPERATE ACCORDING TO THE GOES EAST SCHEDULES AND SCANNING STRATEGIES. ESSENTIALLY GOES-12 WILL OPERATE AS GOES-8 PRESENTLY DOES. THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE GOES-8 AND GOES-12 IMAGER INSTRUMENTS. THESE CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB PAGE...ALL LOWER CASE. http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/goes-calibration/change-channels.htm ADDITIONALLY...A DESCRIPTION OF THE GOES EAST IMAGERY SECTORS AND DATA FORMATS APPEARS IN THE...ICD FOR AWIPS-NESDIS...AVAILABLE FROM http://205.156.54.206/noaaport/html/refs.shtml ...ALL LOWER CASE... THIS ICD WAS UPDATED TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE GOES-12 SECTORS. ONE POINT...ALTHOUGH GOES-12 WILL INITIALLY HAVE RSO CAPABILITIES. IT WILL // NOT // HAVE SRSO CAPABILITY UNTIL 04/26/03 ONCE GOES-12 IS STOPPED AT 75W. WHITMORE/SDM/NCO/NCEP ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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