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December 18, 2009

New products on EUMETCast in the framework of the 'GEONETCast for and by Developing Countries' (DevCoCast) project

We are pleased to announce that on 21 December 2009 a number of INPE (Brazilian National Institute for Space Research) products will be available on EUMETCast.

December 17, 2009

Modifications to the Jason-1 Operational Sensor Data Record (OSDR) filenames

On 21 January 2010, it is planned to make modifications to the Jason-1 Operational Sensor Data Record (OSDR) filenames in BUFR format on EUMETCast.

December 7, 2009

MODIS Direct Broadcast Winds on EUMETCast: Upcoming change in BUFR code on 9 December 2009

On Wednesday, 9 December 2009 the originating center BUFR code for CIMSS MODIS and AVHRR polar winds, including winds generated at direct broadcast (readout) sites, will change from 173 to 176. Subcenter codes will not be changed.

December 7, 2009

First reprocessed ASCAT Level 1 and Level 2 soil moisture data set released.

We are pleased to announce the release of the first reprocessed ASCAT Level 1 and Level 2 soil moisture dataset.

December 3, 2009

Calibration changes to GOES East and GOES West image data received via EUMETCast or Meteosat-9 direct dissemination

On January 26 2010, from the 09:00 products onwards, it is planned to change the calibration data contained within the LRIT header type #3 (Image Data Function).

November 11, 2009

Additions to EPS native format of ASCAT Level 2 soil moisture products

We are pleased to announce an upcoming change in the EPS native format of ASCAT Level 2 soil moisture products. The update is planned for Thursday, 10 December 2009.

November 11, 2009

NOAA-19 to replace NOAA-18 for North Atlantic and Regional Sea Surface Temperature (NAR SST) product

On 1 December 2009 NOAA-19 will replace NOAA-18 for processing the operational North Atlantic and Regional Sea Surface Temperature (NAR SST) product.

October 13, 2009

Météo-France Centre on La Réunion integrated into EARS

The Météo-France Centre on La Réunion, which is in charge of cyclone warnings for the south-western part of the Indian Ocean, recently installed a new antenna allowing it to receive data from EUMETSAT’s Metop-A and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s NOAA-17, -18 and -19 polar-orbiting satellites.

October 13, 2009

EUMETSAT Topical Images gallery updated

EUMETSAT's Topical Images gallery has been updated with 11 new cases of interesting weather-related phenomena over the past weeks.

October 5, 2009

Update: SeaWinds 100km wind product on QuickSCAT - Operational News

We advise Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) users who automatically assimilate wind data in their analysis and forecast routine to closely monitor the input winds. If the latter is not possible, please disregard QuikSCAT winds until further notice.

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