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Declaration of AVHRR Polar Winds products Operational *Date/Time(UTC) Message Issued: * 17 December 2008/1500 UTC *Satellite(s) Involved: * NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17 and NOAA-18 *Product(s) Involved/Affected: * AVHRR Polar Cloud-drift Winds Product (NOAA-15 through -18, GAC) *Date/Time(UTC) of Initial Implementation: * 17 December 2008, 1500 UTC *Details/Specifics of Change: * NOAA/NESDIS will make AVHRR Polar Winds data products operationally available to its users at the Environmental Satellite Processing Center (ESPC). AVHRR Polar Winds use NOAA-15, 16, 17 and 18 GAC data to generate cloud track atmospheric wind vectors. AVHRR Polar Winds product covers both Arctic and Antarctic (Poleward of 65 degree latitude). The product is provided in BUFR, McIDAS MD and TEXT format. With four satellites, AVHRR Polar Winds product has excellent temporal sampling and additional data coverage versus MODIS Polar Winds. These products will be made available to users through NESDIS Environment Satellite Processing Center (ESPC) data distribution server (SATEPSDIST1) and anonymous FTP server (SATEPSANON) starting on December 17, 2008. *Contact Person(s) Name/Email/Phone Number for Questions: * Hongming Qi, 301-763-8142 ext 114, Hongming.Qi@xxxxxxxx
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