All,
Please excuse the redundancy of this message. But in order to make this
announcement official it has to be in the correct format with the title of
the authorizing individual.
MEMORANDUM FOR: All NOAA-15 AVHRR Level 1B Data Users
FROM: Barbara Banks
Chief, Information Processing Division
SUBJECT: Discontinuing the Distribution of NOAA-15 Level 1B Data
On November 28th, the Information Processing Division (IPD) will discontinue
the distribution of the NOAA-15 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
(AVHRR) level 1B data. The current AVHRR data produced is not useable and
will no longer be distributed to the general public. The Satellite
Operations Control Center (SOCC) and other offices within the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will continue efforts to
identify and correct the problem. The user community will be notified when
the AVHRR data is reliable and distribution will resume.
Problems with the AVHRR instrument began in July when the instrument
demonstrated synchronization errors. Since the onboard processor normally
uses the AVHRR to process all other instrument data, this problem rendered
all data unusable. To restore good data for instruments other than AVHRR,
the SOCC switched to using internal synchronization. The spacecraft will be
operated in this mode until a correction to the AVHRR problem is found.
Emily D. Harrod
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD/IPD
E/SP13 Room 0308 FB#4
5200 Auth Road
Suitland, Md. 20746-4304
(301)-457-5247 phone
(301)-457-5199 fax
Cecil A. Paris
Calibration Physical Scientist
NOAA/NESDIS
Phone 301-457-5247
Fax 301-457-5199
e-mail cparis@nesdis.noaa.gov
Cecil A. Paris
Calibration Physical Scientist
NOAA/NESDIS
Phone 301-457-5247
Fax 301-457-5199