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,

Since the resumption of the ASCAT service after the out of plane manoeuvre this morning, we are unable to compute winds in the descending Metop passes. This is due to an issue in the Level 1 backscatter data. In the ascending Metop passes there seems to be no problem and we obtain good quality winds. EUMETSAT is investigating the issue.

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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