Start dateEnd date (short events)Event typeAffected dataDescription
01/01/201703/01/2017Outage AIRS


10/01/2017
Technical changeAQUA/AMSUAChange to allow AQUA/AMSUA channels to be used without need for channels 1 and 2 which failed in September 2016.The instrument is still passive
12/01/2017
Re-activationFY-3B/MWHS
12/01/2017
Re-activationAQUA/AMSUA
13/01/2017
Blacklist updateIn-situMonthly update of in-situ data blacklist
14/01/201716/01/2017OutageFY-3C (MWHS2 and IRAS)
03/02/201706/02/2017OutageFY-3C (MWHS2 and IRAS)
07/02/2017
Blacklist updateIn-situUpdate of the monthly blacklist.Apart from the usual blacklist (of deteriorated) and white-list (of improved) we activated BUFR radiosondes for many WMO blocks: 07, 16 and 85.
02/03/2017
ActivationMET-8 data (AMV and ASR)Activation of MET-8 data (AMV and ASR)
02/03/2017
BlacklistMET-7 data (AMV and ASR)Permanent blacklist of MET-7
06/03/2017
New data formatACARS becomes AMDARChange of ACARS encoding format to WIGOS AMDAR. All ACARS are now seen as AMDAR
06/03/2017
Blacklist updateIn-situMonthly update of in-situ data blacklist
08/03/201714/03/2017BlacklistATMSTemporary blacklist of ATMS due to a change of the processing at the level of the data provider leading to a significant change of the bias. The blacklist is needed to allow an adaptation of VarBC
14/04/201714/05/2017OutageFY-3C/IRAS
26/04/2017
Quality issuesFY-3C/MWHS2Increase of noise of FY-3C/MWHS2 CH2 and change of bias of other FY-3C/MWHS2 channels. The cause of the sudden change is unknown.
28/04/2017
Data cessationNOAA-15/AMSUA EARSEARS NOAA-15/AMSUA stopped being produced due to poor signal performance on the HRPT downlink causing product processing to frequently fail
22/05/2017
OutageJason2Jason-2 in safe mode
31/05/201721/06/2017BlacklistMetop-A AMSUABlacklist of Metop-A AMSUA Channel due to intermittent noise increase
07/06/2017
Activation Metop-A GRAS Activation of tropospheric GRAS data (thanks to the new optic wave processing introduced by EUMETSAT last year)
21/06/2017
Re-activationMetop-A/AMSUA Ch5Activation of Metop-A/AMSUA Ch5
04/07/2017
Blacklist updateIn-situ Monthly update of in-situ data blacklist
14/07/2017
New dataBUFR SYNOPSubstantial increase of BUFR SYNOP data from Spain. these stations belong to AEMET's second-tier automatic weather stations. They have not been 'verified' or added to OSCAR but work on this will start after the summer break. Some stations have data quality issues
20/07/2017
New data monitoredFY-3C/GNOS Passive monitoring of FY-3C/GNOS
20/07/2017
Data resumptionJason2 Jason2 wave height is back after a long outage
31/07/201703/08/2017Outage AQUA/AIRSOutage of AQUA/AIRS caused by an update of the processing algorithm
2/08/2017

Metop-B/IASISignificant bias change (up to 0.2K) affected Metop-B/IASI due to an update of the on-board processing to improve the non-linearity correction for IASI-B
3/08/2017
New dataMoored buoysIncreased number of moored buoys around Spain. The reason is likely to be the use of approved BUFR template. 
11/09/2017
Blacklist updateIn-situ Monthly blacklisting update including the use of HRes BUFR TEMP from USA and some HRes BUFR from Turkey
10/10/2017
Blacklist updateIn-situMonthly blacklist update including activation of many BUFR radiosondes from Canada
10/10/201725/10/2017Quality issuesNOAA-19 MHSOn board anomaly affected NOAA-19 MHS. On 11/10/2017 the instrument has been blacklisted
11/10/2017
New dataAMDARNew AMDAR data set over the North Atlantic and the Indian Ocean. The data are from Aircraft currently reporting as AIREP.
25/10/2017
Re-activationNOAA-18/AMSUAActivation of NOAA-18/AMSUA Channels 5 and 8 after 18 months of being blacklisted as the noise has been consistently reduced
21/11/2017
Technical issueEARS AMSUA Problem in the encoding of originating center for AMSUA leading to EARS AMSUA data being used as part of the global stream.
23/11/2017
Improved qualityFY-3C/GNOSFix by CMA of FY-3C GNOS processing. The fix removed the bias
11/12/2017
New dataAIREPincreased AIREP data over the Indian Ocean
14/12/2017
BlacklistGEOS-13Permanent Blacklist of GEOS-13 geostationary data