| Start date | End date (short events) | Event type | Affected data | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/01/2016 | Re-activation | MET-10 ASR and AMV | ||
| 12/01/2016 | Activation | HIMAWARI-8 CSR | Activation of HIMAWARI-8 CSR replacing MTSAT-2 | |
| 12/01/2016 | Blacklist | MTSAT-2 CSR | ||
| 12/01/2016 | Activation | NOAA-18 | Activation of NOAA-18 Channel 5 and 8 for 41r2 only | |
| 01/02/2016 | New data | AMDAR | Additional AMDAR observations over the Atlantic and slightly more over Africa. | |
| 02/02/2016 | Outage | DMSP-16/SSMIS | Outage of SSMIS from DMSP-16 due to issues with sounding channels. This instrument is not used at ECMWF | |
| 04/02/2016 | Re-activation | Metop-A HIRS | Re-activation of METOP-A/HIRS | |
| 04/02/2016 | Activation | AVHRR AMVS from Metop-A and Metop-B | Activation (for the first time) of AMVs from METOP-A, METOP-B and dual METOP-A and METOP-B | |
| 18/02/2016 | Blacklist | NOAA-18 Channel 5 and 8 | Blacklist of NOAA-18 Channel 5 and 8 in 41r2. The channels are already in the blacklist for 41r1. | |
| 03/03/2016 | Quality change | GPM/GMI | Change of GMI bias due to an upgrade of the processing algorithm by the data provider | |
| 08/03/2016 | Activation | Aircraft humidity | Implementation of 41r2 (activation of Aircraft humidity data) | |
| 10/03/201 | Partial outage | GOES AMV | Loss of GOES AMV over the SH due to a change in the time slots we allow for GOES data coupled with what appears to be a change in scanning schedule. Problem fixed by an update of the blacklist | |
| 14/03/2016 | Blacklist update | In-situ data | Monthly blacklist. This contained the activation of BUFR SYNOPS for WMO BLOCK 7 (France) | |
| 15/03/2016 | Activation | HIMAWARI-8 AMVs | Activation of Himawari-8 AMVs replacing of MTSAT-2 AMVs | |
| 15/03/2016 | Blacklist | MTSAT-2 AMVs | ||
| 15/03/2016 | Blacklist | METOP-A/HIRS | Blacklist of METOP-A/HIRS after the recent increase of noise | |
| 23/03/2016 | Quality issue | Advanced IR sounders | Many window channels from Advanced IR sounders were affected by a drift in the bias correction. This was correlated with the issues OSTIA had for SST due to attempts to use AVHRR from METOP-B instead of the one from METOP-A. | |
| 04/04/2016 | Activation | FY-3C/MWHS-2 | Activation of FY-3C/MWHS-2 | |
| 06/04/2016 | 11/06/2016 | Quality issue | OSTIA | Problems with OSTIA sea-ice. Widespread addition and removal of sea-ice |
| 25/04/2016 | Outage | MET-10/SEVIRI | Drop of numbers from MET-10/SEVIRI due to a planned change of BUFR format. The reduction was not expected | |
| 16/05/2016 | Blacklist update | In-situ data | Monthly blacklist change including activation of BUFR version of radiosondes from WMO block 16 and 94 | |
| 25/05/2016 | 15/06/2016 | Blacklist | NOAA-18/MHS | Blacklist of NOAA-18/MHS due to a continuous drift of the noise. Data activated on 26/06/2016 after the decrease of the noise due to swap of the local oscillator. |
| 25/06/2016 | 26/06/2016 | Technical issues | Many data types received from EUMETCast | Internal outage of many data type disseminated via EUMETCast; IASI, GRAS, ATMS, CrIS, GOME2, MET-10 AMVs, MET-10 ASR, MHS. |
| 05/07/2016 | New data monitored | NPP/OMPS Ozone | Passive monitoring of NPP/OMPS ozone data | |
| 13/07/2016 | Activation | BUFR buoy | ||
| 13/08/2016 | Activation | VIIRS/AMVs | ||
| 01/09/2016 | New data | METAR | Significant increase of METAR data due to an update of the ICAO list | |
| 25/09/2016 | 28/09/2016 | Outage | AQUA/AIRS | |
| 25/09/2016 | Outage | AQUA/AMSUA | ||
| 04/10/2016 | Technical issues | Dropsondes | Problems affected the EDA. These problems caused by the assimilation of high time density dropsondes. | |
| 05/10/2016 | Technical change | Dropsondes | Filtering (at the level of SAPP) of dropsondes from reconnaissance flights and the one near the eye of the tropical cyclone | |
| 06/10/2016 | Blacklist | AQUA/AMSUA | Blacklist of AQUA/AMSUA (currently on outage) to allow the assessment of the data if they are back | |
| 06/10/2016 | Blacklist | DMSP-17/SSMIS channels 9, 10 and 11 | Blacklist of DMSP-17/SSMIS channels 9, 10 and 11 due to a drift of the bias | |
| 10/10/2016 | Blacklist update | In-situ data | Monthly blacklist | |
| 18/10/2016 | Outage and Quality issues | Metop-b/AMSUA | Hardware problems affecting channel 15 from Metop-b/AMSUA. As this channel is used by the QC, most of the data from other channels are being rejected. The failure of this channel is likely to be the cause of problems that affected the OSTIA sea-ice product. As a precaution, the low level channels from Metop-b/AMSUA will be blacklisted. | |
| 19/10/2016 | Blacklist | Metop-B/AMSUA | Blacklist of channels 5-8 fro Metop-b/AMSUA due to the failure of channel 15. | |
| 20/10/2016 | Data change | GRAS GPSRO | Implementation of Wave Optics processor for GRAS GPSRO. This resulted in a slight increase of standard deviation of first guess and analysis departures for impact heights up to 40 km. Update: The change has been reverted by EUMETSAT on 21/10/2016 due to technical issues | |
| 01/11/2016 | Data change | GRAS GPSRO | Implementation of Wave Optics processor for GRAS GPSRO after solving the bufr format issues. | |
| 05/11/2016 | New data | AMDAR | Significant increase of AMDAR data over South America. The quality looks good | |
| 09/11/2016 | Re-activation | DMSP-17/SSMIS channels 9, 10 and 11 | ||
| 27/11/2016 | Quality issues | FY-3B/MWHS | Anomaly affecting FY-3B/MWHS | |
| 28/11/2016 | Data termination | ISS/Rapidscat | End of ISS/Rapidscat mission following attempts to return to life after a power issue | |
| 29/11/2016 | Blacklist | FY-3B/MWHS | Blacklist of FY-3B/MWHS following the anomaly | |
| 29/11/2016 | Technical change | Metop-B/AMSUA | Modification of Metopb AMSUA screening to prevent the rejection of upper level channels due to Channel 15 anomaly | |
| 29/11/2016 | Activation | BUFR PILOT | Activation of BUFR PILOT | |
| 28/11/2016 | 12/02/2017 | Corrupted FSOI | FSOI diagnostic only (The forecasting system was working as intended) | We noticed some inconsistencies with the FSOI system due to two inter-cycles libraries changes (change of treatment for AQUA and Metop-B AMSUA) that were not properly taken into account for the FSOI system. |
| 06/12/2016 | 15/12/2016 | Blacklist | Metop-A/MHS | Temporary blacklist of Metop-A/MHS (due to the swap of the local oscillator) |
| 15/12/2016 | Re-activation | Metop-B/AMSUA channels 5-8 | Re-activation of Metop-B/AMSUA channels 5-8. This was done after a modification by the observation team to set channel 15 to missing. | |
| 15/12/2016 | Activation | FY-3B/MWHS | Activation of FY-3B/MWHS after the data quality is back to normal | |
| 15/12/2016 | Activation | Jason 2 | Activation of Jason-2 wave height | |
| 20/12/2016 | Blacklist | FY-3B/MWHS | Blacklist of FY-3B/MWHS as precaution due to temporary instrument glitch on 16/12/2016. |
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