| Start date | End date (short events) | Event type | Affected data | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/01/2019 | Blacklist update | In-situ data | conventional monthly blacklist update | |
| 14/01/2019 | Re-activation | Metop-A GOME-2 products (NO2, SO2 and AOD) | Remove data from blacklist (applies to CAMS only) | |
| 15/01/2019 | Data outage | ADM/Aeolus | satellite in safe mode | |
| 17/01/2019 | Data generation update | EUMETSAT AVHRR AMVs | Update by EUMETSAT of rules for generating AVHRR dual winds from Metop satellites | |
| 18/01/2019 | Emergency blacklist | Aircraft Wind from identified B787 flights | Applied to AMDAR identifiers from B787 flights and also some AIREP identifiers which were found to introduce erroneous wind directions intermittently only at certain cruise headings | |
| 13/01/2019 | New data | New drifter buoys the North East Pacific | A number of new buoys have been deployed in the North East Pacific (see coverage). The buoys are being used | |
| 21/01/2019 | Blacklist | Meteosat-11 data | temporary blacklist of Meteosat-11 data (ASR and AMVs) during SEVIRI decontamination period | |
| 22/01/2019 | Outage | NOAA-15/AMSUA | ||
| 11/02/2019 | New data monitored | FY-3D/GNOS | Monitoring of FY-3D/GNOS | |
| 11/02/2019 | Blacklist update | n-situ data | Monthly blacklist change. Many Brazilian BUFR stations have been whitelisted. Some BUFR buoys (block 51) have been whitelisted. | |
| 19/02/2019 | Data increase | SYNOPs from WMO block 87 | Frequency increase (to hourly) of SYNOPs from WMO block 87 Argentina) | |
| 19/02/2019 | Outage | SARAL/Altika | Outage of SARAL/Altika due to star sensor anomaly (http://marine.copernicus.eu/services-portfolio/news-flash/ CMEMS:9168) | |
| 13/03/2019 | technical Outage | FY-3C/MWHS2 | Outage of FY-3C/MWHS2 due to a change of BUFR template. | |
| 14/03/2019 | Activation | Metop-C data (AMSUA, MHS and GRAS) | Activation of AMSUA, MHS and GRAS from Metop-C | |
| 27/03/2019 | Outage | NPP CrIS | There is a problem with band 2 which is leading the the non processing of the whole spectrum due to the QC. The data provider is planning to switch to the redundant band 2 | |
| 10/04/2019 | Blacklist | OMPS O3 | data blacklisted because data distribution will change from EUMETCast to NOAA's NDE | |
| 16/04/2019 | Technical outage | OMPS O3 | OMPS reception stopped till a new converter is in place | |
| 18/04/2019 | Data resumption | NPP CrIS | NPP CrIS is back but as expected without band 2 (set to missing to allow dissemination) | |
| 07/05/2019 | Data resumption | FY-3C/MWHS2 | Re-instatement of MWHS-2 thanks to an update of the pre-processor | |
| 14/05/2019 | Outage | Megha-tropiques SAPHIR | Outage of SAPHIR (unknown reason) | |
| 16/05/2019 | New data monitored | KOMPSAT-5 GPSRO | Monitoring of KOMPSAT-5 GPSRO | |
| 16/05/2019 | Data generation update | ADM/Aeolus | New version of the Aeolus processor (with new calibration files) leading to substantially reduced biases | |
| 22/05/2019 | 01/07/2019 | New data | Saildrones | A number of saildrones started to be received and used (surface pressure) in the Bering Sea. The identifiers are: 4803911, 4803912, 4803913, 4803914, 4803915, 4803916, 5801956, 5801957,5801958,5801959,5801952,5801954 |
| 25/05/2019 | 29/05/2018 | Outage | GOES-16 CSR | |
| 11/06/2019 | New cycle (46R1) | Metop-C/IASI, SSMIS F-17 150 Ghz and GMI 166 GHz V/H | Monitoring of Metop-C/IASI, activation of additional IASI WV channels, SSMIS F-17 150 Ghz, GMI 166 GHz V/H and activation of Soil moisture from SMOS | |
| 17/06/2019 | Blacklist update | In-situ data | Monthly blacklist change | |
| 20/06/2019 | Data quality change | AQUA AMSUA | Abrupt change of the bias for many AQUA AMSUA channels. The bias is now stable. The noise of Ch14 (currently blacklsited) has improved significantly | |
| 24/06/2019 | Outage | S-NPP CrIS | Long outage of S-NPP CrIS to swap to the redundunt electronics in an attemps to recover band 2 (water vapour) | |
| 25/06/2019 | Activation | Metop-C AVHRR AMvs | Activation of Metop-C AMvs | |
| 26/06/2019 | Re-activation | Jason3 | Re-activation of Jason3 | |
| 27/06/2019 | 30/06/2019 | Technical outage | ARGO BUFR | Outage of ARGO BUFR data due to a corruption of ocean5 analysis by one CDT observation |
| 01/07/2019 | 08/07/2019 | Outage | Metop-A/IASI | Outage of Metop-A/IASI due to instrument decontamination. |
| 10/07/2019 | New data monitored | AMDAR | Extra AMDAR data from Hawai airline. The data are in the form of ascent/descent profiles (see coverage). | |
| 11/07/2019 | Blacklist | SNPP/CrIS | Blacklist of SNPP/CrIS to allow time to check the data when back | |
| 12/07/2019 | Technical outage | All data types | 12 DA was severely affected by problems that affected the SAPP to prepobs tasks leading to almost no observations used. | |
| 22/07/2019 | Outage | NOAA-15/AMVs | Outage of NOAA-15/AMVs due to motor scan mecanism anomaly | |
| 22/07/2019 | 29/07/2019 | Outage | MET8 data (AMVs and CSR) | Spacecraft anomaly. Data back to normal on 29/07/2019 |
| 24/07/2019 | Activation | KOMPSAT-5 GPSRO | Activation of KOMPSAT-5 GPSRO | |
| 26/07/2019 | Data resumption | NPP CrIS | ||
| 30/07/2019 | persisted for few days | Outage | METOP-A (all data) | METOP-A spacecraft anomaly |
| 01/08/2019 | Blacklist | NOAA-15/AMVs | Blacklist of NOAA-15/AMVs | |
| 07/08/2019 | Blacklist | METOP-A IASI | Blacklist of Metop-A IASI | |
| 09/8/2019 | outage | MET-8 and MET-11 | MET-8 and MET-11 AMVs missing due to unexpected change of BUFR encoding. The change has been reverted by EUMETSAT | |
| 14/08/2019 | Re-activation | Metop-A IASI | Re-Activation of Metop-A IASI | |
| 15/08/2019 | Data resumption | NOAA-15/AMVs | NOAA-15/AMVs back with unchanged quality | |
| 15/08/2019 | Blacklist | GOES-15/CSR | Blacklist of GOES-15/CSR due to changes in the bias | |
| 29/08/2019 | Re-activation | MOPITT CO and S5P O3 | Re-activate MOPITT CO and S5P O3 (CAMS only) | |
| 02/09/2019 | 10/09/2019 | Data reduction | SYNOPs from Spain | Reduction of SYNOP data from Spain. The missing IDs are tier 2 stations that started to report two years ago (see timeseries). Data back on the 10th of September after discussion with UKMO and the data provider |
| 02/09/2019 | Data reduction | Metop-A/IASI | Intermittent systematic reduction of Metop-A/IASI data (see timeseries)due processing dependency on the reference orbit (the current orbit is drifting). A fix is planned by EUMETSAT | |
| 04/09/2019 | Activation | BUFR dropsondes | Activate the use of BUFR dropsondes | |
| 10/09/2019 | Re-activation | GOES-15 CSR and NPP CrIS | ||
| 10/09/2019 | Blacklist | N20/CrIS | Blacklist of N20/CrIS to allow switch from NSR to FSR | |
| 10/09/2019 | Blacklist update | In-situ data | Monthly blacklist update | |
| 16/09/2019 | 24/09/2019 | Outage | TERRASAR-X GPSRO | Outage of TERRASAR-X GPSRO |
| 25/09/2019 | Re-activation | NOAA-15 AMVs | Re-activation of NOAA-15 AMVs | |
| 25/09/2019 | Re-activation | AQUA AMSUA Channel 14 | Re-activation of AQUA AMSUA Channel 14 (after more than a year of blacklist) | |
| 25/09/2019 | Activation | Metop-C IASI | Activation of METOP-C/IASI | |
| 25/09/2019 | New data monitored | Metop-C PMAp | Monitoring of Metop-C PMAp (CAMS only) | |
| 25/09/2019 | Blacklist | Metop-A IASI | Blacklist of Metop-A/IASI to prepare for the non linearity correction update. Since Metop-C/IASI is activated it's unlikely that Metop-A/IASI is going to be activated in the future (unless one of the two used IASIs has problem) | |
| 07/10/2019 | Blacklist update | In-situ data | Monthly blacklist change for conventional observations | |
| 10/10/2019 | New data monitored | Metop-C IASI CO | Monitoring of CO from Metop-C/IASI (CAMS only) | |
| 14/10/2019 | 22/10/2019 | Blacklist | NPP ATMS | temporary blacklist of ATMS from NPP to allow VarBC to adjust to new calibration (change to reflector emissivity) |
| 14/10/2019 | New data monitored | MWHS-2, MWTS-2 and MWRI from FY-3D | Monitoring of MWHS-2, MWTS-2 and MWRI from FY-3D | |
| 18/10/2019 | 07/11/2019 | Technical outage | KOMPSAT-5 GPSRO | Outage of KOMPSAt-5 GPSRO. This was due to an internal technical issue |
| 07/11/2019 | New data monitored | METOP-C/ASCAT | Monitoring of METOP-C/ASCAT | |
| 13/11/2019 | Blacklist update | In-situ data | Monthly blacklist change for conventional observations | |
| 14/11/2019 | Re-activation | N20/CrIS | Re-activation of N20/CrIS (now in FSR) | |
| 15/11/2019 | 18/11/2019 | Technical outage | GPM/GMI | Outage of GPM/GMI caused by issues to access the NASA ftp website |
| 19/11/2019 | New data monitored | GOES-17 AMVs | Monitoring of GOES-17 AMVs | |
| 19/11/2019 | Activation | Metop-C IASI CO | Activation of Metop-C IASI CO (CAMS only) | |
| 19/11/2019 | Blacklist | Metop-A IASI CO | Blacklist of Metop-A IASI CO (replaced by Metop-C IASI CO) | |
| 21/11/2019 | New data monitored | NOAA-20 VIIRS AMVs | Monitoring of NOAA-20 VIIRS AMVs | |
| 26/11/2019 | New data monitored | LEO-GEO AMVs | Monitoring of LEO-GEO AMVs | |
| 29/11/2019 | Blacklist | SARAL/Altika | Data are occasionally affected by some gross errors. Some subtle errors are also affecting the data in parts of the orbit | |
| 02/12/2019 | Blacklist | Whitelist BUFR SYNOP from China | CMA will cease the dissemination of the TAC version on the 3rd of December | |
| 02/12/2019 | Activation | FY-3D MWHS2 | Following a period of successful testing | |
| 02/12/2019 | Re-activation | FY-3C MWHS2 Channels 13 and 14 | ||
| 02/12/2019 | Activation | Metop-C ASCAT surface winds | ||
| 10/12/2019 | Activation | GOES-17 AMVs | Activation of GOES-17 AMVs in preparation for the cessation of AMVs from GOES-15 | |
| 10/12/2019 | Blacklist | GOES-15 AMVs | Blacklist of GOES-15 AMVs following the activation of GOES-17 AMVs | |
| 10/12/2019 | Activation | Metop-C ASCAT soil moisture | Activation of Metop-C ASCAT soil moisture in the land data assimilation | |
| 10/12/2019 | Blacklist update | In-situ data | Monthly blacklist change for conventional observations | |
| 10/12/2019 | 11/12/2019 | Technical issue | Aeolus | Accidental activation of Aeolus for 3 analysis cycle (see here), due to incorrect blacklist change |
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