| Start date | End date (short events) | Event type | Affected data | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/01/2022 | 11/01/2022 | Outage | GOES-16 CSR | product version updated to V2R0. Needs testing before allowed for operations |
| 11/01/2022 | Blocklist | METOP-B AMSUA Channel 6 | Channel excluded due to a continous drift of the noise | |
| 11/01/2022 | Data selection update | In-situ data | Monthly update of in-situ data selection | |
| 12/01/2022 | Data selection update | in-situ data | Monthly update of in-situ LDAS data selection.All MISTRAL snow observations remain excluded | |
| 13/01/2022 | New data activation | GNSSRO from Sentinel 6A and GRACE-C | Active assimilation sentinel-6a and grace-c GNSS-RO up to 30 km | |
| 13/01/2022 | Blocklist | AIRS Channel 305 | Setting AIRS channel 305 to be passive after sudden noise increase. | |
| 17/01/2022 | 3/02/2022 | Blocklist | Meteosat-11 ASR | Setting Met-11 ASR to be passive from 17Jan to 3Feb 2022 due to decontamination |
| 18/01/2022 | Blocklist | FY-3D MWHS2 Channels 2-7 | Channels temporarily excluded due to erratic noise | |
| 09/02/2022 | Data selection update | In-situ data | Monthly update of in-situ data selection | |
| 10/02/2022 | Data selection update | in-situ data | Monthly update of in-situ LDAS data selection.All MISTRAL snow observations remain excluded | |
| 07/03/2022 | 12/03/2022 | Outage | Aeolus | Aeolus data flagged invalid during a laser sensitivity test which may induce biases. |
| 08/03/2022 | 14/03/2022 | Outage | Metop-B/IASI | data not disseminated during decontamination. |
| 09/03/2022 | Data selection update | In-situ data | Monthly update of in-situ data selection | |
| 09/03/2022 | Data selection update | In-situ data | Monthly update of in-situ LDAS data selection.All MISTRAL snow observations remain excluded | |
| 31/03/2022 | 07/04/2022 | Outage | Data from AQUA (AIRS and MODIS) | AIRS instrument in standby after an anomalythat affected the AQUA satellite on 07/04/2022 data from AIRS resumed but MODIS still missing On 17/04/7022 the AQUA MODIS AMVs restored |
| 08/04/2022 | Outage | Jason3 (all products) | Jason3 missing | |
| 08/04/2022 | 21/04/2022 | Outage | GOES-17 CSR | GOES-17 CSR missing |
| 11/04/2022 | Improvement | SYNOP from Canada (WMO block 71) | Increased frequency of Canadian SYNOPs from 3 hourly to hourly | |
| 11/04/2022 | New data | SYNOP (second tier) extra stations | A large number of extra SYNOP data (second tier) data are being received from France. Most of the stations are not providing surface pressure. T2M, RH2M and SNOW from these stations are being used | |
| 27/04/2022 (date the problem was spoted) | Metadata issue | Indian BUFR radiosondes | ECMWF noticed that many BUFR radiosondes from India are affected by large launch position errors. If used these will generate unnecessary analysis increments. | |
| 04/05/2022 | Blocklist | FY-3D MWRI | FY-3D MWRI temporarily excluded due to an ongoing ascending / descending bias in depatures and observations. | |
| 10/05/2022 | Data selection update | In-situ data | Monthly update of in-situ data selection | |
| 10/05/2022 | Data selection update | In-situ data | Monthly update of in-situ LDAS data selection.All MISTRAL snow observations remain excluded | |
| 18/05/2022 | New data (monitored) | METEOSAT-9 (AMVs and ASR) | METEOSAT-9 is replacing METEOSAT-9 over the Indian Ocean. The data are being monitoring) | |
| 07/06/2022 | New data activation | METEOSAT-9 (AMVs and ASR) | METEOSAT-9 is replacing METEOSAT-9 over the Indian Ocean. The data are being monitoring) | |
| 07/06/2022 | New data activation | SPIRE LEMUR GNSS RO | After months of testing SPIRE LEMUR GNSS RO are now active | |
| 22/06/2022 | New data activation | S3A and S3B SLA in ocean 5 | Activation of S3A and S3B SLA in ocean 5 | |
| 22/06/2022 | Data quality | BUFR SHIP | A number of BUFR SHIPs started reporting surface pressure and the reported values are of bad quality. The station have now been blocked at ECMWF till further notice. The list of IDs is: WDH4957 WYL5718 7KCA EAW8HAC 8UM7ETF 8VY2YWF 8JGV5XF ADBY7ZG GDE3FFJ URV4MFK KKEKFPK HVSHUWK RCMSZ4L RUUGTMQ NCR33JR GNF8EBW 5EJEPZW FYZRV9Y 9XLHEBZ URHPHJZ | |
| 11/07/2022 | Data selection update | In-situ data | Monthly update of in-situ data selection | |
| 11/07/2022 | Data selection update | In-situ data | Monthly update of in-situ LDAS data selection.All MISTRAL snow observations remain excluded | |
| 14/07/2022 | 04/08/2022 | Blocklist | SSMIS from DMSP-17 and DMSP-18 | Temporary change due to sudden increase of errors affecting certain channels. Re-instated on 2022-08-04. |
| 26/07/2022 | 24/08/2022 | Outage | SNPP (all products) | Spacecraft antenna issue caused data outage for all sensors: ATMS, CrIS, etc. Update: ATMS returned on 17/08/2022. Quality unaffected Update: CrIS returned on 23/08/2022. Quality unaffected Update: VIIRS AMV returned 24/08/2022/08/2022 |
| 08/08/2022 | Data selection update | In-situ data | Monthly update of in-situ data selection (4D-VAR and LDAS) | |
| 10/08/2022 | Data volume increase | SPIRE GNSSRO | Significant increase of SPIRE GNSSRO. This is part of the contractual agreement between EUMETSAT and SPIRE | |
| 28/08/2022 | 01/09/2022 | Outage | SNPP (all products) | ATMS in safe mode. CrIS BUFR data products have not been generated because the processor required ATMS. Update: CrIS are back on 31/08/2022 Update: ATMS data back on 01/09/2022 |
| 30/08/2022 | Improvement | Aeolus | ESA made a change to increase the energy of the laser FM-B leading to a reduction of the noise | |
| 10/09/2022 | 15/09/2022 | Outage | METOP-C IASI | Outage due to instrument decontamination. Update: Noticeable improvement of the noise |
| 02/10/2022 | Outage | Aeolus | Planned outage to attempt switching to laser FM-A | |
| 12/10/2022 | New data | SYNOP | Substantial number of additional SYNOP data over the UK. The station IDs start with 99 which is not the WMO block numbers assigned to the UK (03) | |
| 31/10/2022 | Data cessation | SBUV-2 | SBUV-2 is part of legacy products retired by NOAA | |
| 22/11/2022 | Blocklist | Temperature reports from Chinese AMDAR | Temperature reports from Chinese AMDAR are temporarily excluded due to increased gross errors | |
| 23/11/2022 | Blocklist | MODE-S | MODE-S are temporarily excluded. The data is sub-optimally used due to its high density. An improved thinning is being prepared and once tested the data will be re-activated. | |
| 01/12/2022 | Re-activation | Aeolus | The swap to laser FM-A was successfull and the data quality is good and stable | |
| 08/12/2022 | New data | Himawari-9 (AMVs and CSR) and GOES-18 AMVs | JMA is replacing Himawari-8 with 9. Data are introduced for monitoring purposes. The data are expected to be activated on the 13th of December 2022 Update: Himawari-9 data are used since 13/12/2022 |
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