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TOPIC:  INSTALL OF PR.13.10.00 SOFTWARE BUILD FOR GOES-16 AND GOES-18

DATE/TIME ISSUED: SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 1830 UTC



PRODUCT(S) OR DATA IMPACTED: GOES-16 & GOES-18 ABI L2+ DERIVED MOTION WINDS
(ALL BANDS), CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH, AND CLOUD PARTICLE SIZE PRODUCTS



DATE/TIME OF INITIAL IMPACT: OCTOBER 3, 2024



DATE/TIME OF EXPECTED END: N/A



LENGTH OF OUTAGE: N/A



DETAILS/SPECIFICS OF CHANGE: ON OCTOBER 3, 2024, THE PR.13.10.00 SOFTWARE
UPDATE WILL BE PLACED INTO OPERATIONS ON THE GOES-R GROUND SYSTEM. THIS
RELEASE WILL INCLUDE AN UPDATE TO THE CLOUD OPTICAL AND MICROPHYSICAL
PROPERTIES (COMP) AND DERIVED MOTION WINDS (DMW) ALGORITHMS. AN OUTAGE OF
ONE PRODUCT (TO INCLUDE FULL DISK, CONUS, AND MESOS) IS POSSIBLE FOR THOSE
PRODUCTS IMPACTED BY THIS SOFTWARE INSTALL. THE DETAILS OF EACH UPDATE IS
PROVIDED BELOW:

DERIVED MOTION WINDS

AT TIMES, THE DMW OUTPUT CONTAINS DUPLICATE WIND RETRIEVALS FOR THE SAME
LATITUDE, LONGITUDE AND PRESSURE LEVEL. THIS RESULTS IN A FAILURE OF THE
AWIPS SYSTEM USED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO DISPLAY DATA WITH
DUPLICATE VECTORS. A POST-PROCESSING STEP IS BEING ADDED TO REMOVE THE
DUPLICATE WIND VECTORS. AS PART OF THIS UPDATE, THE VERSION/REVISION LISTED
IN THE ALGORITHM_PRODUCT_VERSION_CONTAINER WILL UPDATE FROM    V02R00    TO
V02R01   .

CLOUD OPTICAL AND MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES

AN UPDATE TO THE GAS COEFFICIENTS USED BY THE DAYTIME PORTION OF THE COMP
ALGORITHM. THIS WILL RESULT IN LITTLE-TO-NO CHANGE TO THE OUTPUT, HOWEVER
THE ALGORITHM VERSION/REVISION LISTED IN THE
ALGORITHM_PRODUCT_VERSION_CONTAINER WILL UPDATE FROM    V02R01    TO    V02R02   .

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