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NRT Notification Detail
| Dissemination of Metop-B refractivity data over GTS |
| DATE: 2012-12-04 14:21 TYPE: NRT-GTS |
| Description |
| Dear ROM SAF GTS user We are pleased to announce the start of the dissemination of the Metop-B refractivity product (GRM-40) planned to begin on Monday December 10, 2012, at 12:00 UTC. The dissemination has the formal status of "demonstration". This is a best efforts service provided as part of the commissioning activities related to Metop-B. After the commissioning phase (about February/March 2013) the product will be disseminated with full operational status. The data are formatted as a BUFR file and disseminated over the GTS system in near real time. The codes for the GRM-40 BUFR file is similar to the codes for the GRM-01 BUFR file (Metop-A refractivity), i.e., the code is "IUT[A-L]14 EKMI" for both Metop-A and -B. The satellite code (3=Metop-B, 4=Metop-A) is in the BUFR headers. The refractivity data are generated from the level 1b bending angles disseminated by the EUMETSAT Central Application Facility since 15 November. The BUFR file also includes a copy of the thinned version of these bending angles. In the second half of January 2013 EUMETSAT will be carrying out a series of parameter upload tests and during this test period the dissemination will be stopped. When we get closer to this test period we will be providing more information. Early January we plan to add the Metop-B data to our NRT monitoring pages: http://www.romsaf.org/monitoring/ Monitoring of bending angles (including Metop-B) is also available at the ECMWF monitoring page: http://www.ecmwf.int/products/forecasts/d/charts/monitoring/satellite/gpsro/ If there are questions please do not hesitate to contact us. With kind regards The ROM SAF team |
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