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DATA MGT MESSAGE 09-03.20
TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS... FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/
SUBSCRIBERS EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION
NETWORK /EMWIN/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS... GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT GOES-12... GOES-10... AND GOES-9 FALL 2003 SOLAR RFI
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM SOCC CONCERNING
THE POTENTIAL FOR OUTAGES OF THE GOES DATA STREAM INCLUDING
GVAR /IMAGER AND SOUNDER/... EMWIN... SAR... WEFAX... DCS...ETC.
THE WALLOPS AND FAIRBANKS CDA AND SOCC RECEIVING ANTENNAS
MAY EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF SOLAR RFI AS PREDICTED BELOW.
SOLAR RFI CAN CAUSE LOSS OF TELEMETRY LOCK AND COMMAND
CAPABILITY... AS WELL AS DEGRADATION OR LOSS IN THE GVAR DATA.
SOLAR RFI PREDICTED TIMES FOR FALL 2003
SPACECRAFT DATE TIME STATION
GOES-9 10/10-10/17 0137-0149Z FAIRBANKS
OPERATIONAL IMPACT
SD...GVAR...T C...SAR
GOES-10 10/04-10/11 2109-2122Z WALLOPS
OPERATIONAL IMPACT
SD...GVAR...T C...WEFAX
EMWIN...DCS...SAR
GOES-10 10/11-10/19 2039-2052Z FAIRBANKS
GOES-12 10/04-10/11 1644-1657Z WALLOPS
OPERATIONAL IMPACT
SD...GVAR...T C...WEFAX EMWIN...DCS...SAR...MDL
CONTACT INFORMATION
BRIAN HUGHES
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH
SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD
301-763-8081 X106
BRIAN.HUGHES/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
THIS INFORMATION IS POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP /COLON/ //WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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