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-------- Original Message -------- Topic: GOES-15 NOAA Science Test and Information Message Issued: July 30, 2010, 1600 UTC Satellites Impacted: GOES-15 Products Impacted: All products and services from GOES-15 Date/Time of Initial Impact: August 11, 2010 -------------------------- GOES-15 NOAA Science Test: NOAA will perform science and products testing for GOES-15, located at 89.5 degrees West, beginning on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 through Wednesday, September 15, 2010. During this time, NOAA will operate GOES-15 with several test schedules, including a GOES-East schedule, a GOES-West schedule, a Rapid Scan schedule, and several other test schedules. All relevant links to information will be included at the bottom of this message. NOAA plans to generate data and products during this test. Details on where to access products will be forthcoming. Select users will be able to access GOES-15 from our test ADDE server. Direct readout users are encouraged to participate in the science test through testing of their receive equipment. Following the test, GOES-15 will return to on-orbit storage. GOES-15 Spectral Response Functions updated: GOES-15 Imager Spectral Response Functions (SRF) are being updated (Calibration and Alignment Handbook, Rev F). The SRFs and resulting calibration coefficients for all channels and detectors have changed to various degrees. However, the changes are quite small and may not be detectable in the final products. Details of the Rev F can be found at: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/goes-calibration/goes-imager-srfs.htm GOES-15 GVAR Testing: For GVAR users - the GVAR has been modified for GOES-O (GOES-14) and beyond. To accommodate the extra detector in band 6, the calibration and navigation information contained in block 0 have been moved to block 11. Websites with relevant information: - NOAA GOES-15 Science Test Details: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/projects/goes-p/ - GOES East and West Schedules: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/EAST/sched.html (East) and http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/GOES/WEST/sched.html (West) - GOES-15 Updated Spectral Response Functions: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/goes-calibration/goes-imager-srfs.htm - GOES-O and beyond GVAR information and white paper: http://www.osd.noaa.gov/gvar/documents/GOES-O-GVAR_Change.pdf - GOES navigation information: http://noaasis.noaa.gov/cemscs/navsum.txt - GOES (and POES) Constellation Fly-Out Schedules: http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/FlyoutSchedules.html --------------------------- Contact Information: Brian Hughes Satellite Services Division NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD 301-763-8051 x106 Brian.Hughes@xxxxxxxx See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages. See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov for full GOES scanning schedules.
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