2013-01-18

tricky switching of Meteosat 9 to 10...

Meteosat 10 will be brought to full operation next Monday. First of all,
congratulations!

This means the products are also going to be changed.
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Satellites/SP_2012113011418367?l=en

One tricky thing is BUFR messages on GTS ``swap'' headings. So far headings
starting with "IU" (IUVA01 EUMG for example) is Meteosat 9 and "IW" for
Meteosat 10 (I don't see such bulletins though). After 09UTC Monday, "IU"
will stand for Meteosat 10 and "IW" for Meteosat 9.

If your upstream GTS centres relay only "IU" messages, you will lose
Meteosat 9 bulletins. That may be issue if your usage is sensitive to
satellite/sensor code written inside BUFR.

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