Note: The satellite moisture bogus was never included here. Here are notes on its history:
12/12/1990/1200UTC:Form for eight-character "Station Identification" (BUFR Table B mnemonic SID with local descriptor 0-01-192) in NCEP PREPBUFR files:
After 1200 UTC 29 March 2000 (RTOVS and ATOVS in "40-level format") ....
Character
1 - Nadir proximity indicator (Range: 1-9,
where 1 is at Nadir and 9 is at limb)
Characters
2-6 - Unique report index count
Character
7 - RTOVS/ATOVS indicator as follows:
RTOVS .. R
ATOVS .. A
Character
8 - Satellite indicator as follows:
Odd NOAA satellite with NESDIS number 3 or 7 or every fourth BUFR
satellite
identifier (code Table 0-01-007) 201, 205, 209 etc. :
Clear path (TOVS/RTOVS/ATOVS) .. A
N-Star path (TOVS/RTOVS) ....... B
Microwave path (TOVS) .......... C
Cloudy path (ATOVS/RTOVS) ...... C
Unknown path ................... D
Odd NOAA satellite with NESDIS number 1 or 5 or every fourth BUFR
satellite
identifier (code Table 0-01-007) 203, 207, etc. :
Clear path (TOVS/RTOVS/ATOVS) .. E
N-Star path (TOVS/RTOVS) ....... F
Microwave path (TOVS) .......... G
Cloudy path (ATOVS/RTOVS) ...... G
Unknown path ................... H
Even NOAA satellite with NESDIS number 2 or every fourth BUFR satellite
identifier (code Table 0-01-007) 200, 204, etc. :
Clear path (TOVS/RTOVS/ATOVS) .. S
N-Star path (TOVS/RTOVS) ....... T
Microwave path (TOVS) .......... U
Cloudy path (ATOVS/RTOVS) ...... U
Unknown path ................... V
Even NOAA satellite with NESDIS number 4 or 8 or every fourth BUFR
satellite
identifier (code Table 0-01-007) 202, 206, etc.; or METOP-2 [BUFR satellite identifier (code Table 0-01-007) 004] :
Clear path (TOVS/RTOVS/ATOVS) .. W
N-Star path (TOVS/RTOVS) ....... X
Microwave path (TOVS) .......... Y
Cloudy path (ATOVS/RTOVS) ...... Y
Unknown path ................... Z
From 1200 UTC 09 February 1998 through 1200 UTC 29 March 2000 (RTOVS in "40-level" format) ....
Character
1 - Nadir proximity indicator (Range: 1-9,
where 1 is at Nadir and 9 is at limb)
Characters
2-7 - Unique report index count
Character
8 - Satellite indicator (see above)
After 1200 UTC 09 February 1998 (RTOVS and ATOVS in "NMCEDS" format) ....
Character 1 - Nadir proximity indicator (Range: 1-9,
where 1 is at Nadir and 9 is at limb)
Characters 2-5 - Unique report index count
Character 6 - Satellite indicator (see above)
Character 7 - RTOVS/ATOVS indicator as follows:
RTOVS .. R
ATOVS .. A
Character 8 - Blank
Prior to 1200 UTC 09 February 1998 (TOVS and RTOVS in "NMCEDS" format) ....
Character
1 - Nadir proximity indicator (Range: 1-9,
where 1 is at Nadir and 9 is at limb)
Characters
2-5 - Unique report index count
Character
6 - Satellite indicator (see above)
Characters
7-8 - Blank
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007 (Satellite
Identifier):
NOAA-06
- 706 (NESDIS satellite number 2)
NOAA-07
- 707 (NESDIS satellite number 4)
NOAA-08
- 200 (NESDIS satellite number 6)
NOAA-09
- 201 (NESDIS satellite number 7)
NOAA-10
- 202 (NESDIS satellite number 8)
NOAA-11
- 203 (NESDIS satellite number 1)
NOAA-12
- 204 (NESDIS satellite number 2)
NOAA-14
- 205 (NESDIS satellite number 3)
NOAA-15
- 206 (NESDIS satellite number 4)
NOAA-16
- 207 (NESDIS satellite number 5)
NOAA-17
- 208 (NESDIS satellite number 6)
NOAA-18 - 209 (NESDIS satellite number 7)
METOP-2 - 004 (satellite number
8) (METOP-2 BUFR satellite identifier was mislabeled as 003
until 04/12/2007/0000UTC)
TOVS/RTOVS/ATOVS RETRIEVAL/SOUNDING/RADIANCE DATA HISTORY ---
1982:
NOAA-6
and NOAA-7(?)(NESDIS satellite number 4) TOVS temperature retrievals operational in
all networks.
7/1985:
NOAA-6
and NOAA-9 TOVS temperature retrievals operational in all networks (NOAA-6
microwave
path only).
05/30/1986/1700UTC:
NOAA-6
TOVS microwave temperature retrievals turned off in all networks (no operational
retrievals
produced).
07/31/1986/1200UTC:
NOAA-6
TOVS microwave temperature retrievals turned back on in all networks (excluding
tropics).
11/07/1986/1600UTC:
NOAA-6
and NOAA-9 TOVS temperature retrievals north of 20S latitude turned off
operationally
in all networks.
11/24/1986/2000UTC:
NOAA-9
TOVS temperature retrievals turned back on over entire globe in all networks.
01/13/1987/1200UTC:
NOAA-10
TOVS temperature retrievals replace NOAA-6 operationally in all networks.
01/15/1987/1200UTC:
NOAA-10
TOVS microwave temperature retrievals turned off operationally in all networks.
02/05/1987/1200UTC:
NOAA-10
TOVS microwave temperature retrievals turned back on operationally in all networks
(excluding tropics).
03/11/1987/1500UTC:
NOAA-9
TOVS temperature retrievals (all paths) turned off operationally in all networks.
09/21/1988/1500UTC:
NOAA-10
TOVS temperature retrieval method now physical (replaces statistical) in all
networks.
01/25/1989/1200UTC:
NOAA-11
TOVS temperature retrievals become operational in all networks.
09/16/1991/1600UTC:
NOAA-12
TOVS temperature retrievals replace NOAA-10 operationally in all networks.
08/13/1993/1200UTC:
AVN
and FNL PREPDA files now contain input from 40-level TOVS temperature retrievals
rather
than from 15-layer NMCEDS format.
12/7/1993/1200UTC:
Interactive
TOVS temperature retrievals implemented in N. Hemisphere in AVN and FNL networks.
04/10/1995/1200UTC:
NOAA-11
TOVS temperature retrievals (all paths) turned off operationally in all networks.
10/12/1995/1200UTC:
NOAA-14
TOVS temperature retrievals become operational in EDAS/ETA (not yet in other
networks).
10/25/1995/1200UTC:
NOAA-12
TOVS temperature retrievals replaced by NESDIS TOVS radiances in AVN and FNL
networks
(NOAA-12 NESDIS TOVS radiances not yet operational).
05/29/1996/1200UTC:
NOAA-12
NESDIS TOVS radiances operational in AVN and FNL networks.
??????????????????:
NOAA-14
NESDIS TOVS radiances operational in AVN and FNL networks.
06/30/1997/1200UTC:
NOAA-12
TOVS temperature retrievals (all paths) turned off operationally in all non-Global
networks.
08/22/1997/1200UTC:
NOAA-11
TOVS temperature retrievals/radiances replace NOAA-12 TOVS operationally. For
the first time, two odd-numbered satellites are operational.
FALL 1997:
NESDIS
deems “RTOVS” to be operational (we still use TOVS temperature retrievals in
non-Global
networks and TOVS radiances in AVN and FNL networks).
02/09/1998/1200UTC:
New
Eta/EDAS 3DVAR uses 40-level TOVS temperature retrievals at full 80 km resolution
(old
OI had used 15-layer NMCEDS format temperature retrievals at 250 km resolution).
05/13/1998:
NOAA-15
launched into morning orbit.
05/21/1998/1200UTC:
ETA
and RGL networks switch from TOVS temperature retrievals to RTOVS temperature retrievals
operationally.
(NOAA-11 and NOAA-14 operational.)
1998 (??):
NOAA-11, NOAA-12 and NOAA-14 HIRS2 and MSU 1B data processing initiated
in Global SSI (AVN and FNL) (data
in IEEE format in /dcom database).
06/08/1998/1400UTC:
NESDIS
discontinues TOVS processing. AVN and FNL networks discontinue
assimilation
of TOVS ozone for their 1b processing. They do not switch to
RTOVS
ozone due to imminent upgrade of 1B which will no longer need ozone.
11/03/1998/1200UTC:
NOAA-15
1B HIRS and AMSU-A data now processed in AVN and FNL data IEEE dumps.
12/15/1998/1200UTC:
NOAA-12
MSU 1B data no longer produced by NESDIS. Replaced by NOAA-15 MSU
1B data. (All NOAA-12 1B data processing discontinued by NESDIS.)
Data are in IEEE format in /dcom database.
02/26/1999/????UTC:
NOAA-11
RTOVS temperature retrievals (all paths) turned off operationally in non-Global
networks.
03/08/1999:
NOAA-15
1B HIRS and AMSU-A data (from IEEE dumps) now assimilated by SSI.
03/16/2000/1200UTC:
NOAA-15
AMSU-B 1B data now dumped from IEEE (SSI doesn’t use it however).
05/31/2000/1200UTC:
Removed
the ingest of NOAA-11 HIRS1B in /dcom database (IEEE) (no longer
processed
by NESDIS).
06/01/2000/1200UTC:
NOAA-14
and NOAA-15 HIRS2, NOAA-14 MSU, NOAA-15 AMSU-A, and NOAA-15 AMSU-B data now dumped from IEEE in EDAS and Eta
networks
(not yet assimilated).
09/20/2000/1200UTC:
NOAA-14
HIRS2 and MSU, and NOAA-15 and NOAA-16 AMSU-A, AMSU-B and HIRS3 1B data
now ingested in BUFR in /dcom database (none are dumped or assimilated
- IEEE 1B data still dumped and assimilated).
09/21/2000:
NOAA-16
launched into afternoon orbit.
09/26/2000/1200UTC:
The
Eta/EDAS 3DVAR has switched from NOAA-14 RTOVS temperature retrievals to the 1B
satellite
radiances (NOAA-14 HIRS, NOAA-15 HIRS, NOAA-14 MSU, NOAA-15 AMSU-A)
from
IEEE dumps. Only
the
CDAS network now uses RTOVS temperature retrievals from NOAA-14.
11/28/2000/1200UTC:
NOAA-15
HIRS 1B data no longer ingested into IEEE or dumped from IEEE (data
went
bad ~ 11/1/2000 - had not been assimilated in SSI/3DVAR since about
that
time).
12/12/2000/1200UTC:
NOAA-16
HIRS, AMSU-A, AMSU-B data now ingested into /dcom database in IEEE format (not
yet
dumped or assimilated).
01/17/2001/1200UTC:
NOAA-16
HIRS, AMSU-A, AMSU-B data now dumped in EDAS, ETA, AVN, FNL and CDAS
networks
from IEEE (not yet assimilated).
02/13/2001/1200UTC:
NOAA-16
AMSU-A and NOAA-15 and NOAA-16 AMSU-B data from IEEE dumps now
assimilated
by SSI (but not yet assimilated by 3DVAR).
05/02/2001/1200UTC:
NOAA-15 and NOAA-16 ATOVS
temperature retrieval data now ingested into /dcom database in BUFR format (not yet
dumped).
05/08/2001/1200UTC:
NOAA-15
and NOAA-16 ATOVS temperature retrievals now dumped (BUFR) in FNL and CDAS networks
(will eventually be assimilated by CDAS-SSI only).
07/31/2001/0000UTC:
CDAS
network now assimilates NOAA-15 and NOAA-16 ATOVS temperature retrievals rather
than
NOAA-14 RTOVS temperature retrievals (still sampling data at approximately 250 km
resolution).
NOAA-14 RTOVS temperature retrievals are no longer dumped in FNL or CDAS networks
(these
are about to be discontinued by NESDIS).
09/04/2001/1200UTC:
NOAA-15
HIRS 1B data are again ingested into /dcom BUFR and IEEE database (not
yet dumped or assimilated).
09/25/2001/1200UTC:
NOAA-15
HIRS 1B data now dumped from IEEE in EDAS, ETA, AVN, FNL and CDAS
networks
(not assimilated).
11/27/2001/1200UTC:
NOAA-16
AMSU-A and NOAA-15 and NOAA-16 AMSU-B data from IEEE dumps now
assimilated
by 3DVAR.
06/24/2002:
NOAA-17
launched into mid-morning orbit.
04/09/2002/1200UTC:
NOAA-14
HIRS2 and MSU, and NOAA-15 and NOAA-16 ATOVS AMSU-A, AMSU-B and HIRS3
1B
data now dumped in BUFR in EDAS, Eta, AVN, FNL and CDAS networks (SSI
and
3DVAR still assimilate from IEEE dumps).
09/11/2002/1200UTC:
NOAA-17
NCEP-processed AMSU-A and AMSU-B brightness temperatures are
now included in the various network "1bamua" and "1bamub" dump files
(they are not yet assimilated by any analyses). The NOAA-17 data will NOT
be included in the operational IEEE dumps.
10/29/2002/1200UTC:
IEEE
dumps are no longer generated in AVN or FNL
networks.
03/11/2003/1200UTC:
GFS/GDAS
SSI analysis now assimilates NOAA-17 HIRS, AMSU-A and AMSU-B
NCEP-processed brightness temperatures (from BUFR dumps).
05/12/2003/1200UTC:
NOAA-16
AMSU-A channel 9 turned off in all analyses (went bad).
07/08/2003/1200UTC:
EDAS/ETA
3DVAR analysis now assimilates all NCEP-processed brightness
temperatures from BUFR dumps (no longer uses IEEE dumps). NOAA-17
HIRS (channel 2-15), AMSU-A (channel 1-6, 8-13, 15) and AMSU-B (all
channels) now assimilated (from BUFR dumps) by EDAS/ETA 3DVAR
analysis. NOAA-16 HIRS (channel 2-5) now used by EDAS/ETA 3DVAR
analysis. NOAA-14 MSU channel 1, NOAA-15 AMSU-A channel 12-13 and
NOAA-16 AMSU-A channels 10-13 all now turned on in EDAS/ETA 3DVAR
analysis.
10/28/2003/1200UTC:
NOAA-17
AMSU-A data turned off in GFS/GDAS SSI and in EDAS/ETA 3DVAR analysis
because instrument is producing bad data due to an antenna anomaly.
05/25/2004/1200UTC:
NOAA-16
HIRS data turned off in GFS/GDAS SSI and in EDAS/ETA 3DVAR analysis due
to increase in noisiness in the data.
06/16/2004/1611UTC:
NOAA-11 decommissioned.
06/17/2004:
NOAA-16
AMSU-A channels 10-11 turned off in all analyses (went bad).
01/18/2005/1200UTC:
NOAA-16
AMSU-A channels 12-13 turned off in all analyses (went bad).
04/17/2005:
NOAA-15 HIRS data went bad (no
longer produced by NESDIS).
05/20/2005:
NOAA-18
launched into afternoon orbit. NOAA-15 HIRS data again
being produced by NESDIS (data are ok).
06/21/2005/1600UTC:
NOAA-15, -16 uncorrected AMSU-A antenna temperatures ingested into
/dcom database (not dumped or assimilated).
08/23/2005/1200UTC:
NOAA-18 HIRS-4, AMSU-A and MHS
data are now ingested into /dcom database (AMSU-A is now included in
the existing "1bamua" dump file in the GFS, GDAS, CDAS, NAM and NDAS
networks, no other types are yet dumped and none of the types are
yet monitored or assimilated)
10/25/2005/1200UTC:
NOAA-18 HIRS-4 and MHS data now are now dumped ("1bhrs4" and "1bmhs", resp.) in the GFS, GDAS, CDAS, NAM and NDAS networks. These are not yet monitored nor assimilated by any network.
11/29/2005/1200UTC:
NOAA-18 AMSU-A data now assimilated by
GFS/GDAS SSI. NOAA-18 HIRS-4 and MHS data are now monitored (but not assimilated) by the GFS/GDAS SSI.
02/16/2006/1200UTC:
NOAA-15
AMSU-B channel 4 turned off in all analyses (went bad per UK Met
Office).
06/20/2006/1200UTC:
NOAA-18 AMSU-A, MHS and HIRS-4 data now assimilated by NAM/NDAS GSI.
09/25/2006:
NOAA-14 HIRS-2 and MSU data no
longer available from NESDIS. NOAA-14 HIRS-2 and MSU data no
longer ingested into /dcom database. Dump files "1bmsu" and
"1bhrs2" no longer produced in NAM/NDAS or GFS/GDAS networks.
These data are no longer assimilated by the GFS/GDAS SSI or
NAM/NDAS GSI.
10/19/2006:
METOP-2 launched into morning
orbit. Was mislabeled as satellite id 3 instead of the correct
value of 4 until 04/12/2007/0000UTC.
04/24/2007/1200UTC:
METOP-2 AMSU-A, MHS and HIRS-4
data now ingested into /dcom BUFR database and dumped in NAM,
NDAS, GFS and GDAS networks (not yet assimilated).
05/01/2007/1200UTC:
NOAA-18 MHS data now assimilated by GFS/GDAS GSI (Global-GSI became operational
today).
05/21/2007/000UTC:
METOP-2 replaces NOAA-17 as
the primary morning satellite. METOP-2 and NOAA-18 (primary
afternoon satellite) now form the NESDIS POES constellation.
(NOAA-15, -17 and -16 provide backup support in that order - we
still receive data from these satellites although it can be
delayed).
05/29/2007/1200UTC:
METOP-2 AMSU-A, MHS and HIRS-4
data now assimilated by GFS/GDAS GSI (not yet assimilated by NAM/NDAS GSI).
11/16/2007/1800UTC:
NOAA-18 AMSU-A channel 9 is no
longer assimilated by the NAM/NDAS or GFS/GDAS GSI. A sudden
increase in the noise for both space and warm counts for this
channel has been observed.
03/06/2008/1200UTC:
NOAA-16 AMSU-A channel 4 has gone
bad. As a result, NOAA-16 ATOVS sounding files are no longer
being produced by NESDIS, thus they are no longer in the "atovs" dumps
in the GDAS and CDAS networks and they (temperature retrievals) are no longer available
for assimilation by the CDAS. The "atovs" dumps now
contain only NOAA-15 ATOVS soundings and only these temperature retrievals (cloudy only) are assimilated by
the CDAS. In addition, the failed channel 4 data has resulted in
no NOAA-16 AMSU-A data being assimilated by the NAM/NDAS
or GFS/GDAS GSI (even though these files are still being produced
by NESDIS and NOAA-16 AMSU-A data continue to be dumped in the
"1bamua" files in the CDAS, GDAS, GFS, NDAS and NAM networks).
03/12/2008/1200UTC:
The "satinfo" files have been
modified to no longer use (and to just monitor) NOAA-16 AMSU-A
data in the NAM/NDAS
and GFS/GDAS GSI (even though these files are still being produced
by NESDIS and NOAA-16 AMSU-A data continue to be dumped in the
"1bamua" files in the CDAS, GDAS, GFS, NDAS and NAM networks).
See 03/06/2008/1200UTC note above for more information.
03/27/2008/1200UTC:
ATOVS soundings (retrievals) in
/dcom database tank b003/xx104 and in "atovs" dump files in GDAS and CDAS
networks now contain NOAA-18 and METOP-2 data [replacing NOAA-15
and the now-defunct NOAA-16 (see 03/06/2008/1200UTC
entry above)]. The CDAS now assimilates NOAA-18 cloudy
temperature retrievals in place of NOAA-15 cloudy temperature retrievals (PREPBUFR processing is
not yet ready to handle data from the METOP-2 satellite).
06/06/2008/1200UTC:
The CDAS now assimilates METOP-2
clear and cloudy soundings (in addition to existing NOAA-18 cloudy
soundings) (PREPBUFR processing can now handle data from the
METOP-2 satellite).
09/15/2008/1500UTC:
ATOVS AMSU-A
("1bamua"), AMSU-B ("1bamub"), HIRS-3 ("1bhrs3"), MHS ("1bmhs")
and HIRS-4 ("1bhrs4") data now dumped in RUC network.
These data are not assimilated by the
RUC analysis. They will be used by the future (2009)
RapidRefresh
system.
12/16/2008/1200UTC:
METOP-2 AMSU-A, MHS and HIRS-4
data now assimilated by NAM/NDAS GSI.
01/15/2009/1200UTC:
METOP-2 AMSU-A channel channel 7 is no
longer assimilated by the NAM/NDAS or GFS/GDAS GSI. A sudden
increase in the noise-equivalent delta-t for this
channel has been observed in the past week.
02/09/2009/1022UTC:
NOAA-N-prime launched and now in afternoon orbit as NOAA-19.
04/17/2009/2000UTC:
NOAA-16 AMSU-B brightness temperatures are no
longer assimilated by the NAM/NDAS or GFS/GDAS GSI (but they are monitored by both). This is
due to a degradation in the quality of channel 19.
OZONE (SBUV-2 AND GOME-2) DATA HISTORY ---
1998 (??):
NOAA-09 SBUV-2 data processing initiated
in Global SSI (AVN and FNL) (data
in IEEE format in /dcom database).
06/08/1998/1400UTC:
NESDIS
discontinues TOVS processing. AVN and FNL networks discontinue
assimilation
of TOVS ozone for their 1b processing. They do not switch to
RTOVS
ozone due to imminent upgrade of 1B which will no longer need ozone.
~06/17/1998/1200UTC:
NOAA-14 SBUV-2 data from IEEE dumps now assimilated in Global SSI (AVN and FNL).
03/06/2000/1200UTC:
Now
dumping NOAA-11 SBUV-2 data from IEEE (not yet assimilated by SSI).
03/16/2000/1200UTC:
NOAA-11 SBUV-2 data now dumped from IEEE (not sure if SSI uses it
however).
06/01/2000/1200UTC:
NOAA-11 and NOAA-14 SBUV-2 data now dumped from IEEE in EDAS and Eta
networks
(not yet assimilated).
10/02/2000/1200UTC:
NOAA-11 SBUV-2 data from IEEE dumps now processed in SSI.
12/14/2000/1200UTC:
NOAA-14 SBUV-2 data no longer dumped from IEEE or assimilated into SSI (still
ingested
into /dcom database).
03/26/2001/1200UTC:
NOAA-11 SBUV-2 data no longer available (at least the part needed for
assimilation).
It is still ingested in IEEE and dumped from IEEE, however.
04/24/2001/1200UTC:
NOAA-16 SBUV-2 data now ingested into /dcom database in IEEE format (not yet dumped or
assimilated).
05/02/2001/1200UTC:
NOAA-11,
NOAA-14 and NOAA-16 SBUV-2 data now ingested into /dcom database in BUFR
format (not yet dumped or assimilated).
05/08/2001/1200UTC:
NOAA-16 SBUV-2 data now dumped from IEEE in AVN, FNL, CDAS networks but not yet
assimilated.
NOAA-11 SBUV-2 data no longer dumped from IEEE in FNL, AVN and CDAS
networks.
NOAA-11, NOAA-14 and NOAA-16 SBUV-2 data now dumped in BUFR format in
AVN,
FNL and CDAS networks (SSI still assimilates from IEEE dumps).
05/14/2001/1200UTC:
NOAA-16 SBUV-2 data from IEEE dumps now assimilated by GBL-SSI.
09/11/2002/1200UTC:
NOAA-17 SBUV-2 data
are now included in the various network "osbuv" dump files (they are
not yet assimilated by any analyses). The NOAA-17 data will NOT
be included in the operational IEEE dumps.
10/29/2002/1200UTC:
IEEE
dumps are no longer generated in AVN or FNL
networks.
05/14/2003:
NESDIS
stopped making NOAA-11 SBUV-2 ozone data.
11/29/2005/1200UTC:
NOAA-17 SBUV-2 ozone data now assimilated by GFS/GDAS SSI.
01/17/2006:
NESDIS
stopped making NOAA-14 SBUV-2 ozone data. NOAA-14 SBUV-2 data no
longer ingested into /dcom database or part of "osbuv" dump
files. These data have not been assimilated by SSI for several
years.
12/04/2007/1200UTC:
NESDIS Version 8 BUFR SBUV-2 data from
NOAA-16, -17 and -18 now dumped into "osbuv8" files in GFS and GDAS
networks. These data replace NESDIS Version 6 BUFR SBUV-2 data (in
existing "osbuv" dump) in GFS/GDAS GSI assimilation (NOAA-18 still
not assimilated).
02/04/2008/1200UTC:
NESDIS stops producing Version 6
BUFR SBUV-2 data (both orbital and daily files). The "osbuv" dumps
are no longer generated in the GFS and GDAS networks. Daily
Version 8 BUFR SBUV-2 files from NOAA-16, -17 and -18 are now copied into
daily /dcom database mobsbfr subdirectory, replacing daily Version 6 BUFR SBUV-2
files.
03/27/2008/1200UTC:
METOP-2 GOME-2 data now ingested into /dcom database (tank b008/xx012) (not yet dumped or
assimilated).
09/16/2008/1500UTC:
METOP-2 GOME-2
data are now dumped ("gome") in the GFS, GDAS and CDAS
networks. No GOME data are yet assimilated or even
monitored by any NCEP analysis.
09/17/2008/1200UTC:
N-16/17 SBUV-2
data with profile ozone quality flag 7 (upper level profile anomaly or
stray light anomaly) are now assimilated in the GFS and GDAS
networks by the GBL-GSI (improves coverage in S.H.).
10/17/2008:
NOAA-16 SBUV-2 data began to exhibit
a high bias along with a large increase in error codes. The
problem was traced to a calculated interrange ratio.
10/21/2008/1800UTC:
NOAA-16 SBUV/2 ozone observations
are turned off (w.r.t. assimilation) in the GFS/GDAS GSI in order
to prevent degradation of GDAS analyses, GFS forecasts of ozone, and
stratospheric temperature.
10/26/2008:
NESDIS has deemed the NOAA-16 SBUV-2
data to again be of good quality. However, the equator
crossing time for N-16 is now past 1700 local, so about 1/3 of the data
are flagged for high solar zenith angle and global coverage is very
lopsided. These have not been turned back on in the GFS/GDAS GSI.
02/24/2009/1200UTC:
METOP-2 GOME-2
data are now monitored by the GFS/GDAS GSI.
Form for eight-character "Report Identifier" (BUFR Table B mnemonic RPID with local descriptor 0-01-198) in NCEP observation database (data dump reports only) or "Station Identification" (BUFR Table B mnemonic SID with local descriptor 0-01-192) in NCEP PREPBUFR files:
Character
1 - Satellite indicator as follows:
Odd GOES satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 249, 253, 257, etc. .. C
Odd GOES satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 247, 251, 255, etc. .. A
Even GOES satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 250, 254, 258, etc. .. D
Even GOES satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 248, 252, 256, etc. .. B
Even GMS satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 152, 156, etc. ....... P
Odd GMS satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 153, 157, etc. ....... Q
Even GMS satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 150, 154, 158, etc. .. R
Odd GMS satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 151, 155, 159, etc. .. O
Unknown GMS satellite ....................... P
Character 2 -
Producer ............. 1
(NESDIS)
Characters
3-7 - Unique report index count
Character
8 - Product indicator as follows:
Water vapor imager from GOES ..... W
Visible cloud drift .............. Z
Infrared cloud drift from GOES ... I
Picture triplet .................. P
Water vapor sounder, channel 10 .. T
Water vapor sounder, channel 11 .. L
Infrared cloud drift from GMS .... C
Water vapor imager from GMS ...... V
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007
(Satellite
Identifier):
GMS-5
- 152
GOES-06
- 250
GOES-07
- 251
GOES-08
- 252
GOES-09
- 253
GOES-10
- 254
GOES-11
- 255
GOES-12
- 256
GOES-13 - 257
before 01/22/1989:
GOES-6 (West
satellite) -- Prefix character “B”); GOES-7 (East satellite) -- Prefix
character “A”).
01/22/1989:
GOES-6
(West)
turned off operationally (satellite died).
after 01/22/1989:
GOES-7 moved
from East to West, then back to East.
02/12/1992/1200UTC:
CO2 slicing
now used to determine level of satwinds.
01/05/1994/1200UTC:
VAS gradient
winds turned on in AVN and FNL analyses.
04/13/1994:
GOES-8
launched.
05/25/1995:
GOES-9
launched.
01/11/1996:
GOES-7
(East)
turned off operationally (winds no longer produced by NESDIS).
03/27/1996:
GOES-8
(East)
and GOES-9 (West) both become operational.
04/27/1997:
GOES-10
launched.
12/16/1997/1200UTC:
Six-hourly
low density IR winds replaced by 3-hourly IR high-density winds in ETA
and EDAS “satwnd” dumps, and are assimilated by Eta-OI and 3DVAR.
3DVAR also assimilates high-density water-vapor imager cloud-top
winds.
SSI still assimilates low-density winds.
03/02/1998/1200UTC:
Six-hourly
low density IR winds replaced by 3-hourly IR high-density winds in AVN
and FNL “satwnd” dumps, and are assimilated by SSI. SSI also
assimilates
high-density water-vapor imager cloud-top winds.
07/18/1998/0400UTC:
GOES-9
(West)
turned off operationally (satellite died).
07/29/1998/1000UTC:
GOES-10
(West) became operational in all networks.
05/03/2000:
GOES-11 launched.
05/31/2000/1200UTC:
Now ingests
high-density IR, water vapor imager and visible winds from NESDIS BUFR
format into /dcom database (not yet dumped or assimilated - still dump
and assimilate from OPARCH high density winds).
07/19/2000/1200UTC:
IR and
water
vapor winds in “satwnd” data dump files now originate from NESDIS
high-density
BUFR-format files rather than from high-density OPARCH files (these are
now assimilated). Now include NESDIS visible high-density winds in
“satdmp”
file rather than CIMMS visible winds (these are flagged in PREPBUFR
file
and not assimilated.
08/23/2000/1200UTC:
Turned off
the ingest of IR and water vapor winds from NESDIS OPARCH format
(these
were no longer dumped or assimilated).
09/25/2000/1200UTC:
Turned off
the ingest of CIMMS visible winds in /dcom database. Picture
triplet
winds from NESDIS BUFR format now ingested into /dcom database (not yet
dumped or assimilated). Water vapor sounder winds from NESDIS
BUFR
(high-density) now ingested into /dcom database (not dumped or
assimilated.
NESDIS -produced GMS IR and water vapor imager winds from NESDIS BUFR
now
ingested into /dcom database (not dumped or assimilated).
10/04/2000/1200UTC:
Turned off
ingest of OPARCH picture triplet winds in /dcom database. The
“satwnd”
dump is now (today)produced from NESDIS BUFR format picture triplet
winds,
and these will be assimilated.
07/23/2001:
GOES-12 launched.
04/01/2003/1800UTC:
GOES-12 replaced
GOES-08 as the eastern North American NESDIS geostationary satellite.
06/07/2005/1600UTC:
GOES winds from
the GTS are now being ingested into /dcom database by the NCO decoder system
(the winds from NESDIS server gp12 are still written into the various
network PREPBUFR files and assimilated by the operational analyses).
05/24/2006:
GOES-N launched and became GOES-13 on 6/4/2006.
06/21/2006/1800UTC:
GOES-11 replaces GOES-10 as
the operational West satellite. GOES-11 winds are being
assimilated in place of GOES-10. GOES-12 remains the operational
East satellite.
12/04/2007/1800UTC:
GOES-12
(GOES-E) data are temporarily not available. The satellite
experienced an anomaly in its attitude due to an oxidizer leak in an
attitude thruster following a scheduled North-South station keeping
maneuver. The estimated return to service date for GOES-12 is
12/17/2007. Until then, GOES-10 is being utilized with the GOES-E
schedule.
12/07/2007/0000UTC:
NCEP began to receive GOES-10
IR, visible, water vapor winds in the GOES-E BUFR files from NESDIS'
GP12 server. The NAM/NDAS and GFS/GDAS GSI are assimilating
GOES-11 and now GOES-10 IR and imager water vapor (cloud
top) winds and are monitoring GOES-11 and now GOES-10 visible winds.
The RUC is assimilating GOES-11 and now GOES-10 IR and
imager water vapor (cloud top and deep layer) winds.
12/18/2007/0000UTC:
GOES-12 data once again
available, replacing GOES-10 in the GOES-E BUFR files from NESDIS' GP12
server. The NAM/NDAS and GFS/GDAS GSI are again assimilating GOES-11 and GOES-12 IR and imager water vapor (cloud
top) winds and are monitoring GOES-11 and GOES-12 visible winds.
The RUC is assimilating GOES-11 and GOES-12 IR and
imager water vapor (cloud top and deep layer) winds.
12/15/2008/0500UTC:
GOES-12
(GOES-E) data are not available due to a thruster
anomaly. The estimated return to service date
for GOES-12 is
uncertain. Until then, GOES-13 is being utilized with the GOES-E
schedule. All NCEP analysis that had been using GOES-12 winds are
now using GOES-13 winds.
01/06/2009/1800UTC:
GOES-12 returned to service and replaced GOES-13 as GOES-E. All
applicable NCEP analysis are again using GOES-12 winds. (The
last GOES-13 winds were processed on 1/06/2009/1600 UTC.)
Form for eight-character "Report Identifier" (BUFR Table B mnemonic RPID with local descriptor 0-01-198) in NCEP observation database (data dump reports only) or "Station Identification" (BUFR Table B mnemonic SID with local descriptor 0-01-192) in NCEP PREPBUFR files:
After 1200 UTC 16 July 1998 ....
Character
1 - Field-of-view (resolution) indicator as follows:
5x5 FOV (low resolution) ............... 0-9 (any number)
1x1 FOV (single FOV, high resolution) .. H
Characters
2-7 - Unique report index count
Character
8 - Satellite indicator as follows:
Odd GOES satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier (code
Table
0-01-007) 253, 257, etc. :
Clear path ............ L
Cloud corrected path .. M
Unknown path .......... N
Odd GOES satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier (code
Table
0-01-007) 251, 255, etc. :
Clear path ............ Q
Cloud corrected path .. R
Unknown path .......... T
Even GOES satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier (code
Table
0-01-007) 250, 254, etc. :
Clear path ............ O
Cloud corrected path .. P
Unknown path .......... S
Even GOES satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier (code
Table
0-01-007) 252, 256, etc. :
Clear path ............ I
Cloud corrected path .. J
Unknown path .......... K
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007
(Satellite
Identifier):
GOES-06
- 250
GOES-07
- 251
GOES-08
- 252
GOES-09
- 253
GOES-10
- 254
GOES-11
- 255 (GOES-11 1x1 field-of-view soundings/retrievals/radiances and experimental ("new-science") cloud top
data were mislabeled as 254 from
07/19/2006 until 08/23/2006 and
then again starting from sometime
between 12/01/2006 and 02/28/2007 until
03/20/2007)
GOES-12
- 256
GOES-13 - 257
04/13/1994:
GOES-8 launched.
05/25/1995:
GOES-9 launched.
04/27/1997:
GOES-10 launched.
November 1997:
GOES-8
(East)
and GOES-9 (West) 5x5 field-of-view layer precipitable water retrievals became operational in
ETA
network.
06/15/1998/1200UTC:
GOES-8
(East)
and GOES-9 (West) 5x5 field-of-view sounder radiances became operational in GBL networks (over water only).
07/18/1998/0400UTC:
GOES-9
(West)
turned off operationally (satellite died).
11/24/1998/1200UTC:
GOES-10
(West) 5x5 field-of-view layer precipitable water retrievals became operational in Eta network.
05/03/2000:
GOES-11
launched.
09/26/2000/1200UTC:
GOES-8 and GOES-10 5x5 field-of-view sounder radiances replace layer PW retrievals over water in Eta/EDAS
3DVAR.
GOES-8 and GOES-10 5x5 field-of-view layer PW retrievals still used over land.
02/13/2001/1200UTC:
GOES-10 5x5 sounder field-of-view radiances assimilated by SSI (over water only).
06/05/2001/1200UTC:
GOES-08
and GOES-10 1x1 field-of-view cloud top data ingested into /dcom database (into tank b003/xx002) (not yet
dumped
or assimilated).
07/10/2001/1200UTC:
GOES-08
and GOES-10 1x1 field-of-view cloud top data dumped in CDAS, EDAS, Eta, RUC2A and
RUC2B
networks and written into EDAS, Eta and RUC2A and RUC2B PREPBUFR files
(not yet assimilated).
07/23/2001:
GOES-12
launched.
01/15/2002/1200UTC:
GOES-08
and GOES-10 11x17 field-of-view clear imager radiance data are now ingested into the /dcom
database (into tank b021/xx041). They do not contain an RPID value. They
are
being dumped in the AVN and FNL networks (separate from the other GOES
sounding/radiance data here) (not yet assimilated).
04/01/2003/1800UTC:
GOES-12
replaced
GOES-08 as the eastern North American NESDIS geostationary satellite.
07/08/2003/1200UTC:
GOES-10 and
GOES-12 1x1 field-of-view cloud top data,
generated hourly in dump and mini-PREPBUFR files, is now nudged
each-hour by the forecast component of EDAS.
11/18/2003/1200UTC:
GFS/GDAS SSI
analysis began using GOES-12 5x5 field-of-view sounder radiances over water.
03/16/2004/1200UTC:
EDAS/ETA 3DVAR
analysis began using GOES-12 5x5 sounder field-of-view radiances over water.
05/24/2006:
GOES-N launched and became GOES-13 on 6/4/2006.
06/06/2006/1200UTC:
Implementation of NAM/NDAS GSI
discontinues use of GOES 5x5 field-of-view layer precipitable water retrievals (although they are still monitored).
GOES 5x5 field-of-view
sounder radiances still read from PREPBUFR file and still
used over water only. The NDAS forecast component no longer (for
now) uses the GOES 1x1 field-of-view cloud top data (it is still generated hourly in dump and mini-PREPBUFR files).
06/21/2006/1800UTC:
GOES-11 replaces GOES-10 as the operational West satellite.
GOES-11 5x5 field-of-view sounder radiance
data, layer PW retrievals and 1x1 field-of-view cloud top data are
not yet being assimilated in any NCEP network. GOES-12
remains the operational East satellite - its 5x5 field-of-view sounder radiance data are being assimilated (over water only) at NCEP.
02/06/2007/1200UTC:
GOES-11 5x5 field-of-view clear layer PW
retrievals and 1x1 field-of-view cloud top data are now assimilated by
RUC.
02/21/2007/1200UTC:
GOES-11 and -12 1x1
field-of-view soundings/retrievals/radiances now ingested in /dcom
database (into
tank b003/xx003) and dumped in GFS, GDAS, NAM and NDAS networks (dump file "goesfv")
[these will never be written into PREPBUFR files, not yet
assimilated, 5x5 field-of-view data (originally in dump file "goesnd") are still assimilated from PREPBUFR
files]. GOES-11 1x1 field-of-view soundings/retrievals/radiances and experimental ("new-science") cloud top data were mislabeled as satellite id 254 instead of the correct value of 255 from
07/19/2006 until 08/23/2006 and then again starting from
sometime between 12/01/2006 and 02/28/2007 until 03/20/2007.
05/29/2007/1200UTC:
GOES-11 and -12 1x1
field-of-view sounder radiances over water now assimilated
by GFS/GDAS GSI directly from dump file "goesfv" (not yet assimilated by
NAM/NDAS GSI). GOES-12 5x5 field-of-view sounder
radiances are no longer assimilated
over water by GFS/GDAS GSI (GOES-11 5x5 field-of-view sounder radiances were never
assimilated by
GFS/GDAS GSI, nor were any over land sounder radiances; the NAM/NDAS GSI
continues to assimilate GOES-12 5x5 sounder radiances over water).
12/04/2007/1200UTC:
GOES-11 and -12 5x5
field-of-view sounder radiances (dump file "goesnd") are no longer
dumped or written into PREPBUFR file GFS and GDAS networks.
[These were replaced in GFS/GDAS GSI assimilation by 1x1 field of
view sounder radiances (in dump file "goesfv") on 5/29/2007 (see
above).]
12/04/2007/1800UTC:
GOES-12 (GOES-E) data
are temporarily not available. The satellite experienced an
anomaly in its attitude due to an oxidizer leak in an attitude thruster
following a scheduled North-South station keeping maneuver. The
estimated return to service date for GOES-12 is 12/17/2007. Until then,
GOES-10 is being utilized with the GOES-E schedule.
12/05/2007/1600UTC:
NCEP began to receive GOES-10
sounding/retrieval/radiance data in the GOES-E BUFR files from NESDIS'
GP12 server.
In the 1x1
field-of-view files (non-cloud), GOES-10 was incorrectly assigned
BUFR satellite id 255 (that of GOES-11) instead of the correct
value 254. Thus, data from both GOES-E and GOES-W was
processed as GOES-11 by NCEP. This caused major problems
in the GFS/GDAS GSI resulting in the eventual switching off
of the assimilation of all GOES 1x1 field-of-view sounder radiances in
the GFS/GDAS GSI effective 12/10/2007/1800UTC. In the meantime,
NESDIS corrected GOES-10 BUFR files to use the proper satellite
id 254 effective 12/10/2007/1800 UTC. The GFS/GDAS
GSI will continue to monitor GOES-11 1x1 field-of-view sounder
radiances (it does not monitor these data from GOES-10). Once
GOES-12 returns to service, the GOES-11 and GOES-12 radiances will be
evaluated
carefully before any decision is made to re-introduce them into the
GFS/GDAS GSI assimilation.
In the 5x5
field-of-view files, GOES-10 was correctly assigned BUFR
satellite id 254.
The NAM/NDAS GSI is now assimilating GOES-10 5x5 field-of-view
sounder radiances in place of GOES-12 (it does not assimilate these
data from GOES-11). The RUC is now assimilating only
GOES-11 5x5 field-of-view layer PW retrievals (normally it also
assimilates these data from GOES-12; it does not assimilate these
data from GOES-10).
In the 1x1
field-of-view cloud top data files, GOES-10 was correctly assigned BUFR
satellite id 254. The RUC is now assimilating only GOES-11 1x1
field-of-view cloud top data (normally it also assimilates these data
from GOES-12; it does not assimilate these data from GOES-10).
12/17/2007/1800UTC:
GOES-12 data once again available, replacing GOES-10 in the GOES-E BUFR files from NESDIS'
GP12 server.
In the 1x1
field-of-view files (non-cloud), GOES-11 and GOES-12 sounder
radiances are again being assimilated in the GFS/GDAS GSI effective
12/18/2007/1800UTC.
In the 5x5 field-of-view files, the NAM/NDAS GSI is now again
assimilating GOES-12 sounder radiances (it does not assimilate
these data from GOES-11). The RUC is now again
assimilating GOES-11 and GOES-12 5x5 field-of-view layer PW
retrievals.
In the 1x1 field-of-view cloud top data files, the RUC is now again
assimilating GOES-11 and GOES-12 cloud top data.
03/31/2008/1200UTC:
GOES-11 and -12 1x1
field-of-view sounder radiances over water now assimilated
by NAM/NDAS GSI directly from dump file "goesfv". GOES-12 5x5 field-of-view sounder
radiances are no longer assimilated
over water by NAM/NDAS GSI (GOES-11 5x5 field-of-view sounder radiances were never
assimilated by
NAM/NDAS GSI, nor were any over land sounder radiances).
07/11/2008/2000UTC:
GOES-11 and -12 "new-science"
1x1 field-of-view cloud top data (based on GOES 1x1 imagery)
replaces previous GOES-11 and -12 1x1 field-of-view cloud top data
(based on GOES 5x5 imagery). Ingested into /dcom database (into
tank b003/xx002), dumped in RUC and hourly networks, written into
the RUC PREPBUFR files and the hourly mini-PREPBUFR files, and
assimilated by the RUC.
09/15/2008/1500UTC:
GOES-11 and -12 5x5
field-of-view clear and cloudy layer PW retrievals and radiances are no
longer dumped {"goesnd") in the NAM and NDAS networks and are no longer
written into the NAM and NDAS PREPBUFR files (layer PW has not been
assimilated since 2006, 5x5 f-o-v radiances have not been
assimilated since early 2008 as 1x1 f-o-v radiances have, since
that time, been assimilated directly from the "goesfv" dump file).
09/15/2008/1500UTC:
GOES-11 and -12 1x1
field-of-view clear layer PW retrievals and radiances replace
previous GOES-11 and -12 5x5 clear layer PW retrievals and radiances in
the "goesnd" dump files in the RUC network. The layer PW data
are written into the RUC PREPBUFR files (report types 156/158) and
assimilated by the RUC (replacing the 1x1 layer PW data here).
The 1x1 GOES radiance data are also written into the RUC PREPBUFR
files (report types 164/174) (the 5x5 radiances were not written in the
PREPBUFR file) but are not assimilated by the RUC
analysis. They will be used by the future (2009) RapidRefresh
system. This ends NCEP's use of GOES 5x5 field-of-view data
in all networks.
09/23/2008/1200UTC:
Hourly dump and mini-PREPBUFR
files containing GOES 1x1 field-of-view cloud top data (only) are
no longer generated. The NDAS forecast component has not used
these data since 06 June 2006.
12/09/2008/1200UTC:
GOES-11 and -12 5x5
field-of-view layer PW retrievals, soundings, and sounder radiances are
no
longer ingested into the BUFR /dcom database on the NCEP CCS machines.
The RUC (the last network to use any of these data) switched from
5x5 to 1x1 field-of-view layer PW on 9/15/2008. This ends NCEP's
association with GOES 5x5 field-of-view data.
12/15/2008/0500UTC:
GOES-12
(GOES-E) data are not available due to a thruster
anomaly. The estimated return to service date
for GOES-12 is
uncertain. Until then, GOES-13 is being utilized with the GOES-E
schedule. Both the NAM/NDAS and the GFS/GDAS GSI are set
to monitor GOES-13 sounder radiances. The RUC PREPDATA
parm cards are set to flag GOES-13 layer PW and cloud data for non-use
by the RUC analysis. GOES-13 imager radiances are not being
processed (no NCEP analysis considers GOES imager radiance data).
01/06/2009/1700UTC:
GOES-12
returned to service and replaced GOES-13 as GOES-E. The NAM/NDAS
and the GFS/GDAS GSI are again assimilating GOES-12 sounder
radiances. The RUC analysis is again assimilating GOES-12 layer PW
and cloud data. GOES-12 imager radiances are again being
processed (no NCEP analysis considers GOES imager radiance data)
(The last GOES-13 sounder radiances/layer PW were processed on
1/06/2009/1500 UTC.)
Form for eight-character "Report Identifier" (BUFR Table B mnemonic RPID with local descriptor 0-01-198) in NCEP observation database [reprocessed data dump (SPSSMI) reports only] or "Station Identification" (BUFR Table B mnemonic SID with local descriptor 0-01-192) in NCEP PREPBUFR files:
After 1200 UTC 16 March 2000 ....
Character
1 - Satellite indicator as follows:
Odd DMSP satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 240, 244, 248, etc. .. A
Odd DMSP satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 242, 246, etc. ....... C
Even DMSP satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 241, 245, etc. ....... B
Even DMSP satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 243, 247, etc. ....... D
Superob report .............................. S
Characters
2-7 - Unique report index count
Character
8 - Product indicator as follows:
Wind speed ......................... A
Precipitable water ................. E
Rainfall rate ...................... I
Surface temperature ................ M
Cloud water ........................ Q
Soil moisture ...................... S
Snow depth ......................... U
5 additional products .............. W
7-channel brightness temperatures .. Y
Prior to 1200 UTC 16 March 2000 ....
Characters
1-5 - Unique report index count
Character
6 - Satellite/Product indicator as follows:
Even DMSP satellite with number 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, etc. :
Wind speed .............................. A
Even DMSP satellite with number 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, etc. :
Precipitable water ...................... E
Odd DMSP satellite with number 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, etc. :
Wind speed .............................. C
Odd DMSP satellite with number 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, etc. :
Precipitable water ...................... G
Superob wind speed (all satellites) .......... A
Superob precipitable water (all satellites) .. E
Characters
7-8 - Blank
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007
(Satellite
Identifier):
DMSP-07
(F-7) - 240
DMSP-08
(F-8) - 241
DMSP-09
(F-9) - 242
DMSP-10
(F-10) - 243
DMSP-11
(F-11) - 244
DMSP-12
(F-12) - 245
DMSP-13
(F-13) - 246
DMSP-14
(F-14) - 247
DMSP-15
(F-15) - 248
DMSP-16 (F-16) -
249
DMSP-17 (F-17) -
285
before 01/09/1992:
F-8 (Sat.
no. 2 - even) and F-9 (Sat. no. 3 - odd) are operational.
01/09/1992:
F-10 (Sat.
no. 4 - even) replaces F-8 in operations.
04/03/1992:
F-11 (Sat.
no. 5 - odd) replaces F-9 in operations.
03/30/1993/1200UTC:
Global
analyses
begin using FNOC wind speed retrievals from F-10, superobed to 1 degree
lat/lon.
05/11/1994/1200UTC:
Global
analyses
use both F-10 and F-11 retrievals.
??????????????????:
EDAS/ETA
analyses begin using FNOC SSM/I total precipitable water retrievals,
superobed
to 1 degree lat/lon.
01/10/1995/1200UTC:
Global
analyses
begin using FNOC total precipitable water retrievals, superobed to 1
degree
lat/lon. These are later discontinued at a date unknown.
05/09/1995:
F-13 (Sat.
no. 7 - odd) replaces F-11 in operations.
02/1997:
SSM/I scan
data ingested into /dcom database (BUFR), dumped and reprocessed into
ON29
form of “spssmi” file, with conversion of data processing to Cray.
11/15/1997:
F-10 no
longer operational (died).
02/09/1998/1200UTC:
SSM/I wind
speed retrievals (operational Goodberlet algorithm), superobed to 1
degree
lat/lon, now assimilated by new Eta/EDAS 3DVAR analysis.
04/07/1998/1200UTC:
SSM/I wind
speed and total precipitable water in Global PREPBUFR files are now
generated
by the NN3 algorithm. Only the wind speed is currently
assimilated
by the SSI.
03/02/1998/1200UTC:
F-14 (Sat.
no. 8 - even) becomes operational.
03/06/2000/2000UTC:
Reprocessed
“spssmi” dump file now in BUFR rather than ON29 format.
03/16/2000/1200UTC:
F-15 (BUFR
Sat. no. 248) replaces F-14 (Sat. no. 247) in operations.
07/19/2000/1200UTC:
SSM/I rain
rate (superobed) now included in the AVN, FNL and CDAS “spssmi”
reprocessed
data dump file. These will eventually be included in the PREPBUFR
file and assimilated by the SSI.
02/12/2001:
SSM/I rain
rate (superobed) assimilated by SSI directly from “spssmi” dump file
(not
yet included in PREPBUFR file - not yet ready).
04/24/2001/1200UTC:
SSM/I rain
rate (superobed) now encoded into AVN and FNL PREPBUFR files (these
data
are still assimilated by SSI directly from “spssmi” data dump file).
10/18/2003:
F-16 (BUFR Sat.
no. 249) successfully launched.
06/06/2006/1200UTC:
Implementation of NAM/NDAS GSI
discontinues use of SSM/I total precipitable water retrievals.
08/15/2006/1330UTC:
F-15 (BUFR Sat. no. 248)
products (wind speed, rainfall rate, wind speed) no longer reprocessed
into "spssmi" dump file in ANY network, thus no longer encoded in
PREPBUFR file or available for assimilation in ANY network.
Product quality severely degraded due to activation of "RADCAL" by
DMSP Satellite Operations Control Center. Does not affect F-13 satellite.
08/24/2008/0300UTC:
F-14 (Sat. no. 247) failed due to an
electrical malfunction. The spacecraft recorder is inoperable and
will remain so until further notice. F-14 data was not being used
by any NCEP network anyway (only F-13 data are used). It was being ingested into /dcom and dumped.
09/15/2008/1500UTC:
New dump
files "ssmipn" (SSM/I NN3 products) and "ssmit" (SSM/I brightness
temps) now generated in the RUC network. These data are not
written into PREPBUFR nor are they assimilated by the RUC
analysis. They will be used by the future (2009) RapidRefresh
system.
12/02/2008/1500UTC:
The /dcom ingest is no longer
attempting to process F-14 (Sat. no 247) files. These files have
not been available since 08/24/2008 (see above).
Form for eight-character "Report Identifier" (BUFR Table B mnemonic RPID with local descriptor 0-01-198) in NCEP observation database (data dump reports only) or "Station Identification" (BUFR Table B mnemonic SID with local descriptor 0-01-192) in NCEP PREPBUFR files:
Character
1 - Satellite indicator as follows:
Even METEOSAT satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 52, 56, etc. ...... X
Odd METEOSAT satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 53, 57, etc. ...... Y
Even METEOSAT satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 50, 54, 58, etc. .. Z
Odd METEOSAT satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 51, 55, 59, etc. .. W
Unknown METEOSAT satellite ............... X
Character 2 -
Producer ............. C
(ESA)
Characters
3-7 - Unique report index count
Character
8 - Product indicator as follows:
Water vapor imager .... V
Visible cloud drift ... B
Infrared cloud drift .. C
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007
(Satellite
Identifier):
METEOSAT-5 - 52
METEOSAT-7 (east) - 54
METEOSAT-8 (MSG-1) - 55
METEOSAT-9 (MSG-2) (west) - 56
?????????????????? (prior to 1986):
We receive
6-hour SATOB format IR and visible winds (they are assimilated).
02/1997:
IR and
visible
wind data ingested into /dcom database (BUFR) and dumped with
conversion
of data processing to Cray.
early 2000:
Began
ingesting
and dumping 6-hour SATOB format water vapor winds (not assimilated).
12/12/2000/1500UTC:
Began
ingesting
90-minute ELW IR, visible and water vapor winds into /dcom database
(not
dumped or assimilated).
04/24/2001/1200UTC:
90-minute
ELW IR, visible and water vapor winds replace 6-hour SATOB winds in
EDAS,
ETA, AVN, FNL and CDAS dump networks. The IR and visible winds
are
now assimilated by the 3DVAR and SSI in place on the SATOB winds.
05/14/2001/1500UTC:
The 6-hour
SATOB winds (all types) are no longer decoded into the /dcom database.
07/01/2002/1200UTC:
90-minute
ELW IR, visible and water vapor wind generation moved ahead 1-hour by
EUMETSAT.
Winds are now produced at 0000, 0130, 0300, 0430, 0600, 0730, 0900,
1030,
1200, 1330, 1500, 1630, 1800, 1930, 2100 and 2230 UTC.
08/20/2002/1200UTC:
The time window
for processing into PREPBUFR file is changed from -1.75 to -0.25 hours
about cycle time to -0.75 to +0.75 hours about cycle time in response
to EUMETSAT's change on 07/01/2002/1200UTC.
08/28/2002:
MSG-1
(METEOSAT-8) launched.
06/07/2005/1600UTC:
High-resolution
visible and water vapor winds are ingested into /dcom database (not yet dumped
or assimilated).
06/16/2006:
METEOSAT-7 winds (all types)
no longer available from EUMETSAT. METEOSAT-8 winds are about to
be tested from /dcomdev - not in /dcom database yet.
02/06/2007/1200UTC:
METEOSAT-5 high-resolution
visible and water vapor winds are now dumped. The visible
winds are assimilated, the water vapor winds are flagged so as to not
be assimilated. METEOSAT-8 winds continue to be ingested into
/dcomdev (they are not yet dumped or assimilated but are being tested in
the GSI).
02/13/2007:
METEOSAT-7 replaces METEOSAT-5 as the east satellite.
02/15/2007/1800UTC:
METEOSAT-8 winds are now
ingested in /dcom database and dumped and encoded into NAM and GBL PREPBUFR (they are monitored but not used by the
NAM/NDAS GSI, they are not used by the GBL-SSI).
04/11/2007/1300UTC:
METEOSAT-9 replaces METEOSAT-8
as the west satellite. NCEP data processing is set up to not
yet use MSG winds (see 02/15/2007 above), but METEOSAT-9 IR and visible
winds were inadvertently being used in the NAM/NDAS GSI and GBL-SSI after
the switch from METEOSAT-8. A CRISIS change to the dump
processing on 0000UTC 13 April now fools the data processing codes
into thinking METEOSAT-9 is METEOSAT-8, so the MSG winds are again
not being used by these assimilation systems.
04/17/2007/1200UTC:
NCEP data processing codes can
now handle METEOSAT-9, thus codes are no longer fooled into thinking
METEOSAT-9 is METEOSAT-8. METEOSAT-9 is now dumped and encoded
into PREPBUFR (like METEOSAT-8, they are monitored but not used by the
NAM/NDAS GSI, and they are not used by the GBL-SSI).
12/03/2007/1800UTC:
EUMETSAT stops sending
METEOSAT-9 data (temporarily) while METEOSAT-9 undergoes routine
spacecraft decontamination. EUMETSAT swapped METEOSAT-9
with METEOSAT-8 during this time, but the METEOSAT-8 data are not
getting into the /dcom database for reasons unknown. (Later it
was discovered that NCO dataflow was not looking for the METEOSAT-8
bulletins - this was corrected on 06/17/2008.) MSG is
monitored by the GFS/GDAS and NAM/NDAS GSI so this is not critical.
12/11/2007/1200UTC:
EUMETSAT begins sending
METEOSAT-9 data again as spacecraft decontamination is complete. It is
being received in the /dcom database. We never did receive
METEOSAT-8 data during the swap period (see 12/03/2007/1800UTC above).
05/13/2008/2045UTC:
EUMETSAT
stops sending METEOSAT-9 data (temporarily) do to an anomaly in the
spacecraft. EUMETSAT swapped METEOSAT-9 with METEOSAT-8 during
this time, but the METEOSAT-8 data are not getting into the /dcom
database for reasons unknown. (Later it was
discovered that NCO dataflow was not looking for the METEOSAT-8
bulletins - this was corrected on 06/17/2008.) MSG is monitored by the GFS/GDAS and NAM/NDAS GSI so this is not critical.
05/19/2008/1000UTC:
EUMETSAT
begins sending METEOSAT-9 data again as spacecraft anomaly issue is
corrected. It is being received in the /dcom database. We never
did receive METEOSAT-8 data during the swap period (see
05/13/2008/2045UTC above).
06/17/2008/1200UTC:
NCO dataflow made a change
such that we will now receive METEOSAT-8 data and it should be tanked
in the /dcom BUFR database if it ever again replaces METEOSAT-9.
Recall the last two times this happened (12/03/2007 through
12/11/2007 and 05/13/2008 through 05/19/2008) we did not receive
METEOSAT-8 data.
09/15/2008/1500UTC:
IR, visible and water
vapor winds from METEOSAT-7 and -9 are now included in the "satwnd" dump file and the PREPBUFR
file in the RUC network (report type 243/253/254). These data are not
assimilated by the RUC analysis. They will be used by the future
(2009) RapidRefresh system.
12/01/2008/1200UTC:
EUMETSAT stops sending
METEOSAT-9 data (temporarily) while METEOSAT-9 undergoes routine
spacecraft decontamination. EUMETSAT swapped METEOSAT-9
with METEOSAT-8 during this time, but the METEOSAT-8 data are not
getting into the /dcom database for reasons unknown. (Later it
was discovered that NCO dataflow was not looking for the METEOSAT-8
bulletins - this was corrected on 12/16/2008.) MSG is
monitored by the GFS/GDAS and NAM/NDAS GSI so this is not critical.
12/09/2008/1200UTC:
EUMETSAT begins sending
METEOSAT-9 data again as spacecraft decontamination is complete. It is
being received in the /dcom database. We never did receive
METEOSAT-8 data during the swap period (see 12/01/2008/1200UTC above).
04/17/2009/0900UTC:
EUMETSAT stops sending
METEOSAT-9 data (temporarily) due to a spurrious event onboard METEOSAT-9. EUMETSAT swapped METEOSAT-9
with METEOSAT-8 at this time and METEOSAT-8 data
are getting into the /dcom database. MSG (both METEOSAT-8 and -9) is
monitored by the GFS/GDAS and NAM/NDAS GSI. The swap back to
METEOSAT-9 occurred 04/23/2009/0900UTC.
Form for eight-character "Report Identifier" (BUFR Table B mnemonic RPID with local descriptor 0-01-198) in NCEP observation database (data dump reports only) or "Station Identification" (BUFR Table B mnemonic SID with local descriptor 0-01-192) in NCEP PREPBUFR files:
Character
1 - Satellite indicator as follows:
Even GMS satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 152, 156, etc. ....... P
GOES-9 satellite
(code Table 0-01-007) 253 .................. P
Odd GMS satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 153, 157, etc. ....... Q
Even GMS satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 150, 154, 158, etc. .. R
Odd GMS satellite with every fourth BUFR satellite identifier
(code Table 0-01-007) 151, 155, 159, etc. .. O
MTSAT satellite
(code Table 0-01-007) 171 .................. Q
Unknown GMS/MTSAT satellite ................. P
Character 2 -
Producer ............. D
(GMS)
Characters
3-7 - Unique report index count
Character
8 - Product indicator as follows:
Water vapor imager .... V
Visible cloud drift ... B
Infrared cloud drift .. C
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007
(Satellite
Identifier):
GMS-5 -
152
GOES-9 - 253
MTSAT-1R - 171
?????????????????? (prior to 1986):
We receive
6-hour SATOB format IR and visible winds (they are assimilated).
02/1997:
IR and
visible
wind data ingested into /dcom database (BUFR) and dumped with conversion
of data processing to Cray.
early 2000:
Began
ingesting
and dumping 6-hour SATOB format water vapor winds (not assimilated).
06/07/2005/1600UTC:
High-density
winds coming in GTS-BUFR now ingested in /dcom database (will eventually replace
low-density SATOB winds which are still dumped and assimilated).
07/15/2005/0600 UTC:
MTSAT-1R replaces GOES-9.
12/04/2007/1200UTC:
High-density winds coming in
GTS-BUFR are now dumped in "satwnd" file and are assimilated. These
replace the low-density winds coming in SATOB format which are
expected to be discontinued soon by JMA. (They are still being
ingested in /dcom database for the time being.)
09/15/2008/1500UTC:
IR,
visible and water vapor winds are now included in the "satwnd"
dump file and the PREPBUFR file in the RUC network (report type
242/252/250). These data are not assimilated by the RUC
analysis. They will be used by the future (2009) RapidRefresh
system.
Form for eight-character "Report Identifier" (BUFR Table B mnemonic RPID with local descriptor 0-01-198) in NCEP observation database (data dump reports only) or "Station Identification" (BUFR Table B mnemonic SID with local descriptor 0-01-192) in NCEP PREPBUFR files:
Character
1 - Satellite indicator as follows:
All INSAT satellites .... V
All Kalpana satellites .. K
Character 2 -
Producer ..... E (India)
Characters
3-7 - Unique report index count
Character
8 - Product indicator as follows:
Water vapor imager .... V
Visible cloud drift ... B
Infrared cloud drift .. C
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007
(Satellite
Identifier):
INSAT-2E
- [should be 452 but encoded in BUFR as 499 (unknown)]
INSAT-3A -
470
KALPANA-1 - 440
?????????????????? (prior to 1986):
We receive
6-hour SATOB format IR and visible winds (do not assimilate as data are
bad).
02/1997:
IR and
visible
wind data ingested into /dcom database (BUFR) and dumped with
conversion
of data processing to Cray.
~2003:
Winds no longer
being received at NCEP. Appears to be a problem with INSAT's
coding of the date group.
03/2006:
NCEP began
receiving IR winds from INSAT-3A and from KALPANA-1 (these are dumped
and written into PREPBUFR but are not assimilated by any analyses.
2007-2008(?):
At some point NCEP stopped receiving
IR winds from both INSAT-3A and from KALPANA-1. Not sure when or
why.
Form for eight-character "Report Identifier" (BUFR Table B mnemonic RPID with local descriptor 0-01-198) in NCEP observation database [reprocessed data dump (ERSCAT) reports only] or "Station Identification" (BUFR Table B mnemonic SID with local descriptor 0-01-192) in NCEP PREPBUFR files:
Characters
1-7 - Unique report index count
Character
8 - Product indicator as follows:
ERS scatterometer winds .. E
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007
(Satellite
Identifier):
ERS-1 -
001
ERS-2 -
002
?????????????????? (early 1990's -?):
ERS-1
scatterometer
wind data assimilated directly into global analysis (bypassing PREPDA
files).
10/25/1995/1200UTC:
ERS-1
scatterometer
wind data now merged into PREPBUFR file, still not processed by
PREPDATA.
Global analysis reads PREPDA file.
11/05/1997/1200UTC:
ERS-1
scatterometer
wind data now processed into PREPBUFR file by PREPDATA.
??????????????????:
ERS-1 dies
and is replaced by ERS-2.
02/1997:
ERS-2
scatterometer
wind data ingested into /dcom database (BUFR) and dumped with
conversion
of data processing to Cray.
11/01/2000/1800UTC:
ERS-2
scatterometer
wind data no longer assimilated by SSI (still ingested, dumped, and
written
to PREPBUFR file - observation error set to missing)
01/17/2001:
ERS-2
scatterometer
wind data no longer received.
03/08/2001/1200UTC:
ERS-2
scatterometer
wind data no longer attempted to be ingested in /dcom database and no
longer
attempted to be dumped in AVN, FNL and CDAS networks.
09/25/2006:
ERS-2 scatterometer wind data
are again being received and ingested into the BUFR /dcom database.
It is not yet being dumped in any networks.
Form for eight-character "Report Identifier" (BUFR Table B mnemonic RPID with local descriptor 0-01-198) in NCEP observation database [reprocessed data dump (QKSWND) reports only] or "Station Identification" (BUFR Table B mnemonic SID with local descriptor 0-01-192) in NCEP PREPBUFR files:
For
non-superob
reports:
Character 1 - Dump index number (Range: 0-9)
Characters 2-7 - Unique report index count
Character 8 - Product indicator as follows:
QuikSCAT scatterometer winds .. Q
For superob
reports:
Character 1 - Dump index number (Range: 0-9)
Character 2 - Superob indicator
Superob report ................ S (always)
Characters 3-7 - Unique report index count
Character 8 - Product indicator as follows:
QuikSCAT scatterometer winds .. Q
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007
(Satellite
Identifier):
QUIKSCAT
- 281
~06/01/2000 (????):
Now
ingested
into /dcom database (not yet dumped or assimilated).
07/19/2000/1200UTC:
Now dumped
in FNL and CDAS networks (not written to PREPBUFR file or assimilated).
09/25/2001/1200UTC:
Now
superobed
onto 1 degree lat/lon grids by reprocessing program WAVE_DCODQUIKSCAT
in
FNL and CDAS networks (not yet written to PREPBUFR file or assimilated).
01/15/2002/1200UTC:
Now dumped
in AVN network, written to AVN and FNL PREPBUFR files and assimilated
by
AVN and FNL SSI analyses.
03/11/2003/1200UTC:
Now
superobed
into 0.5 degree lat/lon grids by reprocessing program WAVE_DCODQUIKSCAT
in GFS, GDAS and CDAS networks (assimilated by GFS/GDAS SSI analysis).
12/04/2007/1200 UTC:
Now dumped in NAM and NDAS networks and superobed to 0.5 degree lat/lon grids by reprocessing program WAVE_DCODQUIKSCAT. Superobs now written into PREPBUFR files in NAM and NDAS networks and monitored (but not yet used) by the NAM/NDAS GSI.
09/15/2008/1500UTC:
Now dumped in
RUC network ("qkscat") and superobed to 0.5 degree lat/lon grids
("qkswnd") by reprocessing program WAVE_DCODQUIKSCAT. Superobs
now written into PREPBUFR files in RUC network (report type 285).
These data are not assimilated by the RUC analysis. They
will be used by the future (2009) RapidRefresh system.
Form for eight-character "Report Identifier" (BUFR Table B mnemonic RPID with local descriptor 0-01-198) in NCEP observation database [reprocessed data dump (SPTRMM) reports only]:
Character
1 - Superob indicator
Superob report ....... S (always)
Characters
2-7 - Unique report index count
Character
8 - Product indicator as follows:
TRMM rainfall rates .. T
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007
(Satellite
Identifier):
TRMM - 282
10/03/2001/1200UTC:
Now
ingested
into /dcom database and dumped in AVN and FNL networks (not yet
assimilated).
10/16/2001/1200UTC:
Now
assimilated
by AVN and FNL SSI analyses.
11/20/2001/1200UTC:
The AVN,
FNL and CDAS dump jobs now reprocess these data into q.c.’d, superobed
reports. The AVN and FNL analysis are not yet reading these data
(they are still assimilating data in the original dump file and
thinning
the data).
10/29/2002/1200UTC:
The AVN and FNL
SSI analysis are now assimilating the reprocessed, superobed, reports.
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007
(Satellite
Identifier):
AQUA - 784
05/04/2002:
Aqua launched.
05/06/2003/1200UTC:
Center field-of-view IR and AMSU-A
NCEP-processed brightness temperatures now ingested into operational
/dcom database (into tank b021/xx250) (not yet dumped or assimilated).
04/13/2004/1200UTC:
Center field-of-view IR and AMSU-A
NCEP-processed brightness temperatures now dumped in the GFS and GDAS networks (not yet assimilated).
05/31/2005/1200UTC:
Center field-of-view IR and
AMSU-A NCEP-processed brightness temperatures now assimilated by GFS/GDAS SSI.
10/18/2005/1200UTC:
Warmest/clearest field-of-view IR and AMSU-A
NCEP-processed brightness temperatures now ingested into operational
/dcom database (into tank b021/xx255) (not yet dumped or assimilated).
10/25/2005/1200UTC:
Warmest/clearest field-of-view IR and
AMSU-A NCEP-processed brightness temperatures now are now dumped
("airswm") in
the GFS, GDAS and CDAS networks (not yet monitored or
assimilated).
02/21/2007/1200UTC:
Every field-of-view IR and AMSU-A
NCEP-processed brightness temperatures now ingested into operational
/dcom database (into tank b021/xx249) and dumped in GFS, GDAS, NAM and NDAS networks (not yet assimilated).
03/27/2007/2100UTC:
Center field-of-view AIRS
channel 453 turned off in GFS/GDAS SSI assimilation due to a
significant degradation in its quality over past 24-hours (this
channel is still monitored by SSI).
05/01/2007/1200UTC:
Every field-of-view IR and AMSU-A
NCEP-processed brightness temperatures replaced center field-of-view AIRS in GFS and GDAS networks (Global-GSI became operational today).
08/07/2007/1200UTC:
Center field-of-view and
warmest field-of-view IR and AMSU-A NCEP-processed brightness
temperatures no longer dumped in GFS or GDAS networks.
08/13/2007/1700UTC:
Center field-of-view and warmest
field-of-view IR and AMSU-A NCEP-processed brightness temperatures no
longer ingested into operational /dcom database.
04/18/2008:
AQUA AMSU-A channel 4 went
bad. Since this channel is used to QC all of the AQUA AMSU-A
channel data, this essentially meant that beginning at this point the
GBL-GSI was not using any AQUA AMSU-A data.
04/22/2008/1200UTC:
Every field-of-view IR and
AMSU-A NCEP-processed brightness temperatures now assimilated by
NAM/NDAS GSI (but latter actually not assimilated due to issue just above).
09/15/2008/1500UTC:
Every
field-of-view IR and AMSU-A NCEP-processed brightness temperatures
("airsev") now dumped in RUC network. These data are not
assimilated by the RUC analysis. They will be used by the future
(2009) RapidRefresh system.
09/17/2008/1200UTC:
Reintroduce
assimilation of (good) AQUA AMSU-A channels 6 and 8-13 in the GFS
and GDAS networks by the GBL-GSI. (AQUA AMSU-A has not been
assimilated since AMSU-A channel 4 went bad in April of 2008, see
above.) AQUA AMSU-A data still not assimilated in NAM-GSI.
12/16/2008/1200UTC:
AQUA AMSU-A data are set to be
monitored in NAM-GSI. These had not been assimilated anyway due
to issue noted
on 04/18/2008).
02/24/2009/1200UTC:
The GFS/GDAS GSI now assimilates a reduced number of AIRS water vapor channels.
07/16/2002:
U.S. GPS-IPW
data (from NOAA/FSL) now dumped in the CDAS, RUC2A, EDAS and ETA
networks (not yet written into PREPBUFR files or assimilated by the
EDAS/ETA 3DVAR or the RUC OI analyses).
06/28/2005/1200UTC:
RUC2A 3DVAR
analysis begins assimilating the U.S. GPS-IPW data.
06/20/2006/1200UTC:
NAM/NDAS GSI analysis begins assimilating the U.S. GPS-IPW data.
02/21/2007/1200UTC:
U.S. GPS-IPW data are dumped
in the GFS and GDAS networks (not yet written into PREPBUFR files or
assimilated in these networks).
12/04/2007/1200UTC:
Now written into PREPBUFR files
in GFS and GDAS networks and monitored (but not yet used) by the
GFS/GDAS GSI.
XIII. NASA/MODIS POES SATELLITE WIND DATA (FROM AQUA AND TERRA SATELLITES)
Form for eight-character "Report Identifier" (BUFR Table B mnemonic RPID with local descriptor 0-01-198) in NCEP observation database (data dump reports only) or "Station Identification" (BUFR Table B mnemonic SID with local descriptor 0-01-192) in NCEP PREPBUFR files:
Character
1 - Satellite indicator as follows:
TERRA ................. T
AQUA ................. U
Character 2
- Producer .. 9
(NASA)
Characters
3-7 - Unique report index count
Character
8 - Product indicator as follows:
Water vapor imager .... W
Infrared cloud drift .. I
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007
(Satellite
Identifier):
TERRA - 783
AQUA - 784
06/26/2006/1200UTC:
GPS-RO refractivity and bending-angle from CHAMP satellite
series (received from NCAR) ingested into operational /dcom database (into tank b003/xx010). No
GPS-RO data are yet dumped or assimilated.
02/20/2007/1200UTC:
GPS-RO refractivity and bending-angle from
COSMIC satellite series ingested into operational /dcom
database (into tank b003/xx010 along with existing NCAR CHAMP satellite
series GPS-RO data). No GPS-RO data are yet dumped or assimilated.
02/21/2007/1200UTC:
GPS-RO refractivity and bending-angle from CHAMP satellite
series (received from NCAR) and from COSMIC satellite series now dumped in GFS and GDAS networks (not yet assimilated).
05/01/2007/1200UTC:
GPS-RO refractivity from COSMIC satellite series now
assimilated in GFS and GDAS networks (Global-GSI became
operational today). GPS-RO bending angle is not yet assimilated.
The CHAMP data (received from NCAR) arrive very late and little if any are available at the GFS and GDAS cutoff times - these are not assimilated anyway.
Summer-Fall 2008:
At some point during this time the CHAMP RO instrument "died".
03/03/2009:
GPS-RO data are now decoded by
NCO via a feed from GTS rather than from the NESDIS DDS server.
This results a more robust system, less data latency and the
addition of refractivity and bending-angle data from the METOP-2
(GRAS instrument) and GRACE-A satellites. Only COSMIC
refractivity data continue to be assimilated by the GFS/GDAS GSI.
Form for eight-character "Report Identifier" (BUFR Table B mnemonic RPID with local descriptor 0-01-198) in NCEP observation database [reprocessed data dump (WDSATR) reports only] or "Station Identification" (BUFR Table B mnemonic SID with local descriptor 0-01-192) in NCEP PREPBUFR files:
For
non-superob
reports:
Characters 1-7 - Unique report index count
Character 8 - Product indicator as follows:
WindSat scatterometer winds .. W
For superob
reports:
Character 1 - Superob indicator
Superob report ................ S (always)
Characters 2-7 - Unique report index count
Character 8 - Product indicator as follows:
WindSat scatterometer winds .. W
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007
(Satellite
Identifier):
CORIOLIS - 283
08/07/2007/1200UTC:
Data from
Navy now
ingested
into /dcom database (into tank b012/xx138) and dumped in GFS and GDAS networks (not yet
written into PREPBUFR file or assimilated). In the dump
processing, data are superobed onto 1 degree lat/lon grids by the
reprocessing program BUFR_DCODWINDSAT.
12/04/2007/1200UTC:
Superobs (1.0 degree lat/lon) now
written into PREPBUFR files in GFS and GDAS networks and monitored (but not yet used) by the GFS/GDAS GSI.
09/17/2008/1200UTC:
Superobs (1.0 degree lat/lon)
now assimilated in GFS and GDAS networks by the GFS/GDAS GSI.
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007
(Satellite
Identifier):
METOP-2 - 4
10/19/2006:
METOP-2 launched into morning
orbit.
10/30/2007/1500UTC:
NESDIS deems IASI to
be operational. Data are being ingested and dumped into
checkout areas for testing.
03/27/2008/1200UTC:
Brightness temperature
data for 616 channels at every field-of-view now ingested into
/dcom database (into tank b021/xx241). No
IASI data are yet dumped or assimilated.
09/16/2008/1500UTC:
Brightness temperature data
for 616 channels at every field-of-view are now dumped ("mtiasi") in
the GFS, GDAS and CDAS networks. No IASI data are
yet assimilated or even monitored by any NCEP analysis.
02/24/2009/1200UTC:
Brightness temperature data
for selected subset of 616 channels at every field-of-view are now
assimilated by the GFS/GDAS GSI.
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007
(Satellite
Identifier):
NOAA-17
- 208
NOAA-18 - 209
03/27/2008/1200UTC:
Brightness temperature
data for clear air and over ocean from NOAA-17, cloudy air or over land from NOAA-17, clear air and over ocean from NOAA-18, and cloudy air or over land from NOAA-18 now ingested into
/dcom database (into tanks b021/xx051, b021/xx052, b021/xx053 and b021/xx054, respectively). No
AVHRR/GAC data are yet dumped or assimilated.
09/16/2008/1500UTC:
Brightness
temperature data for clear air and over ocean from NOAA-17 and
NOAA-18 are now dumped ("avcs17" and "avcs18") in the GFS, GDAS
and CDAS networks. No AVHRR/GAC data are yet assimilated or
even monitored by any NCEP analysis.
Form for eight-character "Report Identifier" (BUFR Table B mnemonic RPID with local descriptor 0-01-198) in NCEP observation database [reprocessed data dump (ASCATW) reports only] or "Station Identification" (BUFR Table B mnemonic SID with local descriptor 0-01-192) in NCEP PREPBUFR files:
For
non-superob
reports:
Characters 1-7 - Unique report index count
Character 8 - Product indicator as follows:
WindSat scatterometer winds .. A
For superob
reports:
Character 1 - Superob indicator
Superob report ................ S (always)
Characters 2-7 - Unique report index count
Character 8 - Product indicator as follows:
WindSat scatterometer winds .. A
Satellite Number/Usage History:
From BUFR Code Figure 0-01-007
(Satellite
Identifier):
METOP-2 - 4