Start dateEnd date (short events)Event typeAffected dataDescription
12/01/2016
Re-activationMET-10 ASR and AMV


12/01/2016
ActivationHIMAWARI-8 CSRActivation of HIMAWARI-8 CSR replacing MTSAT-2
12/01/2016
BlacklistMTSAT-2 CSR
12/01/2016
ActivationNOAA-18Activation of NOAA-18 Channel 5 and 8 for 41r2 only
01/02/2016
New dataAMDARAdditional AMDAR observations over the Atlantic and slightly more over Africa.
02/02/2016
OutageDMSP-16/SSMISOutage of SSMIS from DMSP-16 due to issues with sounding channels. This instrument is not used at ECMWF
04/02/2016
Re-activationMetop-A HIRSRe-activation of METOP-A/HIRS
04/02/2016
ActivationAVHRR AMVS from Metop-A and Metop-BActivation (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 8Blacklist of NOAA-18 Channel 5 and 8 in 41r2. The channels are already in the blacklist for 41r1.
03/03/2016
Quality changeGPM/GMIChange of GMI bias due to an upgrade of the processing algorithm by the data provider
08/03/2016
Activation Aircraft humidityImplementation of 41r2 (activation of Aircraft humidity data)
10/03/201
Partial outageGOES AMVLoss 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 updateIn-situ dataMonthly blacklist. This contained the activation of BUFR SYNOPS for WMO BLOCK 7 (France)
15/03/2016
ActivationHIMAWARI-8 AMVsActivation of Himawari-8 AMVs replacing of MTSAT-2 AMVs
15/03/2016
BlacklistMTSAT-2 AMVs
15/03/2016
BlacklistMETOP-A/HIRSBlacklist of METOP-A/HIRS after the recent increase of noise
23/03/2016
Quality issueAdvanced IR soundersMany 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
ActivationFY-3C/MWHS-2 Activation of FY-3C/MWHS-2
06/04/201611/06/2016Quality issueOSTIA Problems with OSTIA sea-ice. Widespread addition and removal of sea-ice
25/04/2016
OutageMET-10/SEVIRIDrop of numbers from MET-10/SEVIRI due to a planned change of BUFR format. The reduction was not expected
16/05/2016
Blacklist updateIn-situ dataMonthly blacklist change including activation of BUFR version of radiosondes from WMO block 16 and 94
25/05/201615/06/2016BlacklistNOAA-18/MHSBlacklist 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. 
25/06/201626/06/2016Technical issuesMany data types received from EUMETCastInternal 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 monitoredNPP/OMPS Ozone Passive monitoring of NPP/OMPS ozone data
13/07/2016
ActivationBUFR buoy
13/08/2016
ActivationVIIRS/AMVs
01/09/2016
New dataMETAR Significant increase of METAR data due to an update of the ICAO list
25/09/201628/09/2016OutageAQUA/AIRS
25/09/2016
OutageAQUA/AMSUA
04/10/2016
Technical issuesDropsondesProblems affected the EDA. These problems caused by the assimilation of high time density dropsondes.
05/10/2016
Technical changeDropsondesFiltering (at the level of SAPP) of dropsondes from reconnaissance flights and the one near the eye of the tropical cyclone
06/10/2016
BlacklistAQUA/AMSUABlacklist of AQUA/AMSUA (currently on outage) to allow the assessment of the data if they are back
06/10/2016
BlacklistDMSP-17/SSMIS channels 9, 10 and 11Blacklist of DMSP-17/SSMIS channels 9, 10 and 11 due to a drift of the bias
10/10/2016
Blacklist updateIn-situ dataMonthly blacklist
18/10/2016
Outage and Quality issuesMetop-b/AMSUAHardware 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
BlacklistMetop-B/AMSUABlacklist of channels 5-8 fro Metop-b/AMSUA due to the failure of channel 15.
20/10/2016
Data changeGRAS GPSROImplementation 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 changeGRAS GPSROImplementation of Wave Optics processor for GRAS GPSRO after solving the bufr format issues.
05/11/2016
New dataAMDARSignificant increase of AMDAR data over South America. The quality looks good
09/11/2016
Re-activationDMSP-17/SSMIS channels 9, 10 and 11

27/11/2016
Quality issuesFY-3B/MWHS Anomaly affecting FY-3B/MWHS
28/11/2016
Data terminationISS/Rapidscat End of ISS/Rapidscat mission following attempts to return to life after a power issue
29/11/2016
BlacklistFY-3B/MWHSBlacklist of FY-3B/MWHS following the anomaly
29/11/2016
Technical changeMetop-B/AMSUAModification of Metopb AMSUA screening to prevent the rejection of upper level channels due to Channel 15 anomaly
29/11/2016
ActivationBUFR PILOTActivation of BUFR PILOT
28/11/201612/02/2017Corrupted FSOIFSOI 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.
06/12/201615/12/2016BlacklistMetop-A/MHSTemporary blacklist of Metop-A/MHS (due to the swap of the local oscillator)
15/12/2016
Re-activationMetop-B/AMSUA channels 5-8Re-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
ActivationFY-3B/MWHSActivation of FY-3B/MWHS after the data quality is back to normal
15/12/2016
ActivationJason 2Activation of Jason-2 wave height
20/12/2016
BlacklistFY-3B/MWHSBlacklist of FY-3B/MWHS as precaution due to temporary instrument glitch on 16/12/2016.