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Hi Fred, re: > NESDIS recently sent out the message of the upcoming change in the > Meteosat data change scheduled to take place May 5. It requires the > Mcidas Upgrade to version 2007b. Is this version available through > Unidata? It will be soon. I am nearly finished incorporating SSEC v2005b changes in the Unidata release. As soon as it is done and tested on a couple of different systems, I will release a new addendum, Unidata v2007i. > Also, is there a printer friendly version of the Mcidas Users manual > available? No, sorry. We have been trying to move away from hardcopy... > Subject: Change in Meteosat-9/MSG Radiance Scheme 5/5/08 - Issued 4/14/08 > Topic: Change in Meteosat-9/MSG Radiance Scheme > Message Issued: April 14, 2008, 1215 UTC > Satellites Impacted: Meteosat-9 (MSG) > Products Impacted: Products from Meteosat-9 (MSG) > Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 5, 2008 > > ----------------------------------------- > Details: > > To improve the accuracy of brightness temperatures in Meteosat Second > Generation Data (Meteosat-9), EUMETSAT plans to operationally implement > a new radiance definition on May 5, 2008; the current spectral radiance > scheme will be replaced by the new effective radiance scheme. > > In preparation for the change, McIDAS users are required to upgrade > their respective systems to McIDAS2007b prior to May 5, 2008. > > ------------------------------------------ > Contact Information: > John Paquette > Products Manager > Satellite Services Division > NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD > 301-763-8051 x110 > address@hidden > > See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other > satellite related messages. Cheers, Tom **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: JNJ-102628 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed