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Satellite(s) Involved: NOAA-18 Instrument(s) Involved: SBUV/2Product(s) Involved/Affected: Product Master File (PMF) in binary and BUFR format, daily and orbital.
Date/Time(UTC) of Initial Implementation: 23 Jul 2008, 0001 UTC Contact Person(s) Name/Email/Phone Number for Questions: Donna.McNamara@xxxxxxxx 301-763-8142 ext. 145 Web site(s) that contain other relevant information (where applicable): N/ADetails/Specifics of Change: On May 22, the NOAA-18 SBUV/2 instrument chopper motor became stuck, which made it unable to make measurements. Over the last 2 months, engineers have been trying various things to get the chopped motor unstuck. On Sun 7/20 the chopper motor began working again. After reviewing instrument information on Tue 7/22, the instrument was commanded to discrete mode, which allowed ozone measurements to resume. Processing was started on 7/23 on our parallel test system. Pull users can access the data via our DDSTEST system. Initial indications are that the data look reasonable, but after being shut off for 2 months, we must check the instrument calibration. If all looks good, we will resume production of N18 SBUV/2 ozone products on the operational system early next week.
For more information contact Donna McNamara at donna.mcnamara@xxxxxxxx -- Donna P. McNamara Physical Scientist NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD/SSD/PIB 5200 Auth Rd., Rm 510 Camp Springs MD 20746 Phone: (301)763-8142x145 Fax: (301)899-9196 --
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