Date Issued: Issued February
25, 2015,   0350 UTC
Product(s) or Data
Impacted:
Jason-2 Operational Geophysical Data
Records (OGDRs)
Date/Time of Expected End:Â
TBD
Length of Event:Â
Any impact to products would be 30 minutes before and up to 2 hours following the maneuver.
Details/Specifics of Change:Â
A Jason-2 maneuver is scheduled for 5-March-2015 starting at 11h12m34s UTC. There will be an expected change of 15.6 m in the semi-major axis possibly resulting in large radial orbit errors in the OGDRs. This will affect the sea surface height, but not the wind and wave content in the products.Contact Information for Further
Information:
David
Donahue
Satellite Services Division
NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD/SPB
(301)683-3236
David.R.Donahue@noaa.gov
-- David R. Donahue Physical Scientist NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD/SPB NCWCP Room 3628 5830 University Research Ct. College Park, MD 20740-3818 301-683-3236 Fax: (301)683-3297