NOAA-18, AMSU-A, Placed in Park Mode Again 26 July 2005 - Issued: 26 JuLY 2005; 1400 UTC

Subject: NOAA-18, AMSU-A, Placed in Park Mode Again 26 July 2005 - Issued: 26 JuLY 2005; 1400 UTC

Topic:
AMSU-A test to support HIRS Anomaly testing

*Date/Time(UTC) Message Issued:*
26 July 2005, 1400 UTC

*Satellite(s) Involved:*
NOAA-18

*Instrument(s) Involved:*
AMSU-A1 & A2

*Product(s) Involved/Affected:*
No data during test

*Date/Time(UTC) of Initial Implementation:*
25 July, 2005, Time 1547 UTC

*Details/Specifics of Change:*
On July 25:
AMSU-A1 was parked at its Warm Calibration Position at Rev 933 at
206/15:49:~43z.
AMSU-A1 was returned to Full Scan Mode at Rev 934 at 206/17:14:~20z

On July 26:
Both AMSU-A1 & A2 will be parked in their Warm Cal positions for
approximately 1 Orbit on rev 947 15:35:50 UTC. They will be restored to
full scan mode on rev 948 17:01:50 UTC.

This is a continuation of the HIRS anomaly testing

*Contact Person(s) Name/Email/Phone Number for Questions:*
Emily.Harrod@noaa.gov 301-457-5247 117 - IPD preprocessing operations

*Web site(s) that contain other relevant information (where applicable):*

http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/PPP/PPP.html - History of level 1B
notices
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html - All user notices
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poesstatus/ - SOCC polar satellites status
http://www.oso.noaa.gov/daily-news/index.asp
- SOCC morning reports

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* Emily D. Harrod
* NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD/IPD
* Computer Operations Branch
* Pre-Product Processing Group
* E/SP11, Federal Building #4, room 0318
* 5200 Auth Road
* Suitland, Maryland 20746-4304
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* voice 301-457-5247 ext 117
* fax 301-457-5199
* email Emily.Harrod@noaa.gov
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