The following message has been forwarded to all registered PO.DAAC users on behalf of the KNMI Scatterometer Team. Please direct all related inquiries to scat@knmi.nl.


Dear wind product user,

A Metop out of plane manoeuvre is planned for 28 and 29 September, see
http://oiswww.eumetsat.org/UNS/webapps/showData.do?type=28. The ASCAT instrument will be left on nominal measurement mode during the manoeuvre, but the dissemination of all ASCAT products will be discontinued around the manoeuvre times. The manoeuvre will consist of two burns, so you should expect two data gaps of about three orbits duration each, during the time period between 28/09 11:00 and 29/09 05:00 UTC.

Best regards,

Anton Verhoef

KNMI Scatterometer Team
http://www.knmi.nl/scatterometer/

For global wind products:
EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice SAF
http://www.osi-saf.org/

For scatterometer processing software:
EUMETSAT Numerical Weather Prediction SAF
http://www.nwpsaf.org/

For timely ERS-2 and ASCAT regional wind products:
EUMETSAT EARS ASCAT service
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/What_We_Do/Satellites/EARS_System/

For other scatterometer matters contact:scat@knmi.nl


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