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Timothy Barker, modified 6 Years ago.

5-min Full Disk images?

Youngling Posts: 1 Join Date: 9/20/12 Recent Posts

For the past couple of days (6/25, 6/26. 6/27) we are getting Full Disk images at 5-min intervals between 16 and 17Z, but the normal 15-min intervals the rest of the day.  I don't recall this ever happening before.  Is this some different scanning strategy that I was unaware of?  I don't see anything on the Meso Operations schedule that would indicate a change in scanning during that timeframe.  Is there another place where scanning strategy changes are posted?

 

Tim Barker - SOO, Boise ID

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William Line, modified 6 Years ago.

RE: 5-min Full Disk images?

Youngling Posts: 1 Join Date: 9/30/13 Recent Posts

Hi Tim, this has been done the past three days for "algorithm update testing". Today was the final day of testing. See message below for details.

 

Bill Line

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Topic: GOES-16 ABI mode change scheduled for June 25-27, 2018

Date/Time Issued: June 22, 2018 1710 UTC

Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-16 ABI products

Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 25, 26, 27, 2018 1600 UTC

Date/Time of Expected End: June 25, 26, 27, 2018 1700 UTC

Length of Event: One hour each day for three days

Details/Specifics of Change:

Starting on June 25, 2018, ABI Flex Mode (mode 3) will be replaced with one hour of Continuous Full Disk (mode 4) from 1600-1700 UTC for algorithm update testing. This will be repeated on June 26 and June 27. ABI Flex Mode (mode 3) will resume at 1700 UTC each day. 

 

In the event that a Critical Weather Day is declared, this testing will be cancelled and will resume on the next day after the declaration is lifted.