Start date | End date (short events) | Event type | Affected data | Description |
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16/01/2024 | Data activation | NOAA-21 CrIS | ||
18/01/2024 | Data cessation | PlanetIQ GNSS-RO | ECMWF stopped receiving the data following NOAA's decision to award the contract to SPIRE | |
24/01/2024 | Data activation | SPIRE GNSS-RO | SPIRE data provided by NOAA activated after a short health check period | |
24/01/2024 | New data | SYNOP Converted from METAR over USA | Significant increase of observations from USA due to the conversion of METARs to SYNOPs | |
06/02/2024 | Data activation | Sentinel 3A/3B/6A, Cryosat-2 and SARAL | Wave height data from these satellites started to be used | |
07/02/2024 | Data blocklist | Metop-B GOME-2 | Following a notification from EUMETSAT about issues in the processing | |
07/02/2024 | Data selection update | In-situ observations | In-situ observations used in 4DVAR and Land data assimilation | |
22/02/2024 | 12/03/2024 | Outage | SMOS | Outage of SMOS due to on-board anomaly |
13/03/2024 | Metadata update | METAR | Update of METAR ICAO list | |
08/05/2024 | Data selection update | In-situ observations | In-situ observations used in 4DVAR and LDAS (The implementation caused technical issues) | |
15/05/2024 | Data selection update | In-situ observations | Fix an issue with the implementation of the data selection (on 08/05/2024) which led to accidental activation of many datasets (Z from radiosondes, All TEMP descent radiosondes and other datasets) | |
05/06/2024 | Technical change | Dropsondes | Change to reduce the number of dropsonde data points used, especially when many drops have been made near a TC. Dropsondes are intermittent and any effect on headline scores will be small | |
27/06/2024 | New data monitored | HY-2 scattermoeter | passively monitoring of HY-2C and HY-2D scatterometer wind products | |
16/07/2024 | Data blocklist | Metop-C AMSUA Channel 8 | Blocklist Metop-C AMSUA Channel 8 due to a steady increase of the noise | |
16/07/2024 | Data blocklist | Metop-C AMSUA Channel 5-7 over sea-ice or snow covered land | Metop-C AMSUA Channel 5-7 over sea-ice or snow covered land | |
26/08/2024 | New data | Dropsondes | Acquisition update to acquire Dropsondes from PERCUSION campaign (https://community.wmo.int/en/news/operational-newsletter-2024) | |
29/08/2024 | New data monitored | NOAA-21 VIIRS AMVs | Passive monitoring of NOAA-21 VIIRS AMVs | |
08/10/2024 | New data activation | SNOTEL snow data | SNOTEL snow depth is actively used | |
12/11/2024 | IFS Cycle upgrade | IFS cycle 49r1 | 49R1 upgrade with many changes to observations usage (Implementation of IFS Cycle 49r1) | |
19/11/2024 | Data outage | S-NPP ATMS | Data unavailable as the instruments enters in SAFE HOLD mode | |
21/11/2024 | Data blocklist | NOAA-20 OMPS Ozone | Data excluded due to technical issue in pre-processing the data | |
21/11/2024 | New data monitored | PlanetIQ GNSS-RO | Monitoring of GNSS-RO from PlanetIQ | |
28/11/2024 | Data cessation | FY-3C MWHS2 | Permanent cessation of FY-3C MWHS2 | |
11/12/2024 | Data activation | PlanetIQ GNSS-RO | Activation of PlanetIQ GNSS-RO | |
11/12/2024 | Data activation | HY-2C scattermoeter | Activation of HY-2C scattermoeter | |
10/12/2024 | Data activation | CrIS Short Wave channels | Activation of CrIS Short Wave channels | |
10/12/2024 | Data activation | NOAA-21 VIIRS AMVs | Activation of NOAA-21 VIIRS AMVs | |
10/12/2024 | Improved usage | Improved usage of DBNet for MHS, AMSUA and ATMS | Improved usage of DBNet for MHS, AMSUA and ATMS | |
10/12/2024 | New data monitored | GEO KOMPSAT-2A AMVs |