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709 NOUS72 KNCF 151326 ADMNCF PLEASE PASS TO MIC, HIC, ESA, ITO, AND SOO THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS RECENTLY PROVIDED BY NESDIS CONCERNING FALL 2002 GOES ECLIPSE AND KEEP OUT ZONE SCHEDULES Topic: Updated GOES Fall 2002 Eclipse and Keep Out Zone Schedules Message Issued: August 02, 2002, 1400 UTC Satellites Impacted: GOES-8 and GOES-10 Products Impacted: GOES-8 and GOES-10 Imager and Sounder Data Date/Time of Initial Impact: August 16, 2002 --------------------------------------------- Details: GOES-8 and GOES-10 data users: The Fall 2002 Eclipse and Keep Out Zone (KOZ) schedules are now available on our web page at http://www.ssd.noaa.gov or more directly at http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/eclipse.html *** The GOES-East and GOES-West Routine Imager Schedules have been slightly updated as follows: GOES-8: Oct 24 - 0409Z S.Hemi scan cannot be taken due to KOZ. GOES-10: Aug 18 - 0830Z N.Hemi scan and the Oct 24 0822Z S.Hemi scan cannot be take due to KOZ. *** The schedules are for both the Imager and the Sounder instruments, and are for both GOES-8 and GOES-10. The schedules can be found by clicking on the entry for "GOES Special Bulletins", and scrolling down to the entry for Eclipse Schedules, or by directly following the link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/eclipse.html Note that all documents can be printed on 8.5" x 11" paper in a landscape paper setting. For your convenience, the eclipse schedules provided in HTML, Word Perfect (better access now) and Adobe PDF format. Following are times of GOES-8 full disk scanning operations for the period August 16, 2002 to October 16, 2002 in order to provide additional coverage during GOES-10 Keep Out Zone (KOZ) and Eclipse periods: GOES-8 FULL DISK SCANS TO COVER THE GOES-10 KOZ & ECLIPSE: DATE J-DAY TIME AUG 16 - AUG 18 228-230 0845 to 0944Z AUG 19 231 0815 to 0944Z AUG 20 - SEP 04 232-247 0815 to 1014Z SEP 05 - SEP 08 248-251 0815 to 1044Z SEP 09 - OCT 12 252-285 0745 to 1044Z OCT 13 - OCT 16 286-289 0745 to 0944Z For more details on GOES-8 KOZ and Eclipse time periods, please see: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/eclipse.html Following are times of GOES-10 full disk scanning operations for the period August 17, 2002 to October 15, 2002 in order to provide additional coverage during GOES-8 Keep Out Zone (KOZ) and Eclipse periods: GOES-10 FULL DISK SCANS TO COVER THE GOES-8 KOZ & ECLIPSE: DATE J-DAY TIME AUG 17 - AUG 20 229-232 0430 to 0529Z AUG 21 - AUG 28 233-240 0430 to 0629Z AUG 29 241 0400 to 0629Z AUG 30 - SEP 16 242-259 0400 to 0659Z SEP 17 - OCT 07 260-280 0330 to 0659Z OCT 08 - OCT 15 281-288 0400 to 0659Z For more details on GOES-10 KOZ and Eclipse time periods, please see: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/eclipse.html --------------------------------------------- Contact Information: Tom Renkevens Satellite Analysis Branch Satellite Services Division NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD 301-763-8081 x109 thomas.renkevens@xxxxxxxx See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/eclipse.html for full eclipse schedules. See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages. See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov for full GOES scanning schedules. ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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