Subject: SeaWiFS in safe haven 7 Jan 2009 - Issued 8 Jan 09, 0415 UTC
Topic: SeaWiFS in safe haven 7 Jan 2009
Message Issued: Thursday, January 08, 2009 (0415 UTC)
Satellites Impacted: OrbView-2 (GeoEye)
Products Impacted: Operational (SeaWiFS) CoastWatch ocean color
products
Date/Time of Outage: 7 January 2009, 05:39 UTC – 22:23:12 UTC
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Details:
GeoEye informed NOAA that the SeaWiFS aboard OrbView-2 entered safe
haven last night (DAY 007) at approximately 05:39 UTC due to an
autonomous GIM reboot. GeoEye reports that recovery is complete and all
subsystems are nominal. SeaWiFS imaging is expected to resume DAY
007 at
22:23:12 UTC.

REMINDER: CoastWatch ocean color products will not be generated from
SeaWiFS (Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor) data for dates after 17
March 2009, as NOAA’s access to 1-kilometer resolution SeaWiFS/OV-2
data
from the commercial vendor GeoEye expires 17 March 2009.

CoastWatch users will still be able to use MODIS/Aqua-derived ocean
color products. CoastWatch will generate MERIS/Envisat-derived ocean
color products operationally before SeaWiFS data access
expires. Because
the MERIS swath width is narrower, users should expect reduced
geographic coverage compared to SeaWiFS. Also, MERIS/Envisat-derived
ocean color products are not as timely as SeaWiFS/OV2-derived ocean
color products, due to intermittent ESA delays posting MERIS source
data.
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Contact Information:
Linda Stathoplos
Satellite Services Division
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD
301-763-8142 x137