Operational News

04.07.2011 [Jason-2] Instrumental calibration planned on 4th, July 2011

A gyro calibration is planned on Jason-2 the 4th of July. Altimetry data unavailability may occur.[details]

23.05.2011 [Envisat] DORIS instrument and radiometer temporal unavaibility

Due to an unavaibility of DORIS instrument and radiometer concerning ENVISAT mission, some Duacs products have been slightly impacted. [details]

18.05.2011 An anomaly has impacted the DAC product and thus IGDR ones

A problem has been noticed and then updated on the Dynamic Atmospheric Correction product since May, 11th. Consequently the IGDR products have been also impacted.

The re-processing of the DAC product released has been done and IGDR one is on-going[details]

17.05.2011 ECMWF model change and impact on altimetric products

An ECMWF model change will occur on May 17th around 12HUTC. All model-based atmospheric corrections derived from the model will be slightly impacted.[details]

29.04.2011 Meteo upgrade and expected delayed delivery on Jason-2 IGDR

After a first announcement last month, the upgrade on meteo fields used for altimetry corrections is planned on May 3rd 2011. Some impacts are expected.[details]

31.03.2011 Meteo upgrade postponed in early May

Due to a last minute problem, the change of meteo files is delayed. The next tentative is postponed to early May. [details]

25.03.2011 Meteo upgrade and expected delayed delivery on Jason-2 IGDR

An upgrade on meteo fields used for altimetry corrections is planned on March 29th 2011. Some impacts are expected.[details]

26.11.2010 Temporary interruptions for all GDR files on Cnes FTP server November 30, 2010

Cnes FTP servers may be momentarily unavailable due to upgrade/maintenance on Tuesday November 30th, 2010. All GDR files (OGDR/OSDR, S(I)GDR, IGDR, GDR) are concerned.[details]

21.10.2010 [Envisat] Orbit change impacts on Duacs NRT-RT products

As planned, Envisat will start tomorrow, 22 October 2010, a series of maneuvers to reach its new orbit. Some important impacts are expected on the Duacs NRT-RT data flow.[details]

01.10.2010 [Envisat] Orbit change impacts from October 22, 2010

Envisat will bring to a new lower orbit to ensure an additional 3 years lifespan. During this period of manoeuvres (22 Oct - 2 Nov 2010), the Envisat data flow will be suspended and no data from Envisat will be processed in Duacs in Near Real-Time.[details]