Start dateEnd date (short events)Event typeAffected dataDescription
08/01/2015
 Re-activationNOAA-18/AMSUA Channel 9

Re-activation of NOAA-18/AMSUA Channel 9

14/01/201523/01/2015OutageAQUA (AIRS, AMSUA and MODIS AMVs)Outage of AQUA data (AIRS, AMSUA and MODIS AMVs) due to hardware problems that affected the processing machines. MODIS AMVs started to flow again but we are still missing AIRS and AMSUA.
22/01/2015
ActivationNPP/CrIS
03/02/2015
ActivationMETOP-B/HIRS Activation of METOP-B/HIRS. It's the first we use data from this instrument
17/02/2015
ActivationBUFR SYNOPActivation of BUFR SYNOP from WMO BLOCK 10 (Germany)
25/02/2015
BlacklistNOAA-18/AMSUA Ch9Due to an increase of its noise, NOAA-18/AMSUA Ch9 has been blacklisted. This blacklist might be permanent due to the intermittent character of this noise.
01/04/2015
Data resumptionRadiosondes (Russia)Russian radiosondes are back to normal operation mode with two launches per day
01/04/201507/04/2015Data reductionDrifting buoysSevere reduction of drifter buoys
08/04/2015
Data cessationTRMM/TMITermination of TRMM/TMI service
21/04/2015
Quality issuesMETOP-A/HIRSNoise increase of some METOP-A/HIRS channels. The noise is still within tolerated limits
12/05/2015
ActivationMETOP-A and METOP-B ASCAT soil moistureactivation of ASCAT-A and ASCAT-B soil moisture in the land data assimilation
18/05/2015
Blacklist updateIn-situ dataMonthly blacklist update. A cluster of new US aircraft data (ACARS) has been blacklisted due to large errors.
26/05/201510/06/2015BlacklistMETOP-B/HIRS Blacklist of METOP-B/HIRS after an increase of the noise
10/06/2015
Re-activationMETOP-B/HIRSActivation of METOP-B/HIRS (in fact the data were activated accidentally since 03/06/2015)
11/06/2015
ActivationTERRA-SAR-X and Tandem-X RO
15/06/2015
Blacklist METOP-B/HIRSBlacklist of METOP-B/HIRS. The noise started to increase again.
13/08/2015
ActivationGCOM-W1/AMSR2
13/08/2015
ActivationGPM/GMI
22/09/201529/09/2015BlacklistMETOP-B/MHSTemporary blacklist of METOP-B/MHS due to an instrument anomaly
22/09/2015
BlacklistNOAA-18/AMSUA channel 8Blacklist of NOAA-18/AMSUA Channel 8 due to increased noise
09/10/2015
Blacklist updateIn-situ data Monthly blacklist update (including white list of BUFR data from AUSTRALIA)
10/10/2015
Quality improvementMETOP-A and METOP-B IASIDecrease of the noise associated with many IASI channels (METOP-A and METOP-B). This was de to the stopping of the compensation device
13/10/2015
BlacklistNOAA-18/AMSUA channel 5Blacklist of NOAA-18/AMSUA channel 5 due to increased noise
26/10/2015
Blacklist AIRS (channel 221), IASI (Channels 271,272,273) and CrIS (Channel 101)Blacklist of AIRS (channel 221), IASI (Channels 271,272,273) and CrIS (Channel 101) due to increased departures over the Indian Ocean caused by increased concentration of hydrogen cyanide.
19/11/2015
Quality degradationMETOP-A/HIRSOnset of an increase of noise for many METOP-A/HIRS
30/11/2015
Quality improvementMETOP-A/IASIDecrease of the noise associated with many METOP-B/IASI channels due to an ice decontamination
08/12/2015
BlacklistMETOP-A/HIRS
08/12/2015
Blacklist MET-10 ASR and AMV