The following statement is issued as an addendum to the previous RapidScat announcement on behalf of the RapidScat Project.

"We recently began releasing RapidScat wind data to the scientific community after a two-week hiatus due to an instrument anomaly. Our initial evaluation of the current RapidScat wind fields is positive. The accuracy of the winds was similar to that of pre anomaly fields except for low wind speed regions. Because of this positive result, we have begun a preliminary release of the data so scientists can access new RapidScat data in a timely manner. The data are provided for evaluation purposes and to aid in the calibration and validation of the data. However, we want to stress that calibration activities are continuing. We are still addressing concerns with the rain flagging and refining the calibration. We are also monitoring the data to make sure it is stable and that we see no anomalous trends. Users should be aware, that the data will likely be reprocessed in the near future. We expect to do a full reprocessing of the RapidScat wind data by Feb 28, 2016, but may reprocess earlier if we notice substantial problems in the current version."

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