Partnership Policy Implementation Product Changes
NESDIS provides an array of environmental information products and services. In accordance with the NOAA Policy on Partnerships in the Provision of Environmental Information, first issued in January 2006, NESDIS invites the public to comment upon currently proposed changes to significant environmental information products and services.
The Notice of Changes lists proposed changes to information products and services. The sections below describe the procedures for submitting comments regarding specific change proposals.
NESDIS also welcomes general comments regarding its implementation of the above policy.
Comments Procedure
- Download Notice of Changes
- Identify product of interest
- Select e-mail address for product
- Draft and submit comments via e-mail
Comments Response
- NESDIS will provide e-mail confirmation of receipt of comments.
- The open period for public comment will be a minimum of 30 calendar days after the posting date.
- Decisions will be posted in the status area of the Notice of Changes, typically within 30 calendar days from the close of the comment period.
Notice of Changes
Last Updated:
8/21/20
Name of product or service:
GOES-R Volcanic Ash: Detection and Height
Type of change:
Termination of 2km Full Disk products
Description:
NESDIS plans to discontinue the production of the operational 2km resolution GOES-R Volcanic Ash Detection and Height product. National Weather Service has not found an operational need for this product and not other NOAA operational user has been identified. Forecasters at the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centers (VAACs) have found it adequate to use a combination of the CIMSS produced VOLCAT product in addition to operational ABI L1b and L2 imagery products (including their RGB visualizations) to track volcanic ash.
Product retirement is planned for December 2, 2020
A 30-day comment period is now open for users to send objections or concerns about this product retirement. Send comments to thomas.feroli@noaa.gov
Point of contact:
Thomas Feroli
Send comments to:
thomas.feroli@noaa.gov
Last Updated:
6/18/20
Name of product or service:
Fire Detects from the Fire Identification, Mapping and Monitoring Algorithm (FIMMA)-AVHRR
Type of change:
Termination of FIMMA-AVHRR products
Description:
NESDIS plans to discontinue Fire Detects from the Fire Identification, Mapping and Monitoring Algorithm (FIMMA)-AVHRR products. It is being replaced with Fire Detects from the VIIRS Active Fire Algorithm (VIIRS AF) products. Product retirement is planned for June 23, 2020
A 30-day comment period is now open for users to send objections or concerns about this product retirement. Send comments to Liqun.Ma@noaa.gov
Point of contact:
Liqun Ma, Liqun.ma@noaa.gov 301-683-3226
Send comments to:
Liqun Ma, Liqun.ma@noaa.gov 301-683-3226
Last Updated:
8/15/19
Name of product or service:
Coral Reef Monitoring products and web images
Type of change:
Termination of 50km Coral Reef Monitoring products
Description:
NESDIS plans to discontinue all operational 50km resolution satellite coral bleaching heat stress monitoring products. They are being replaced with higher resolution 5km satellite products. 50km products to be retired and replaced with 5km products are: sea surface temperature (SST), SST Anomaly, Coral Bleaching HotSpot, coral bleaching Degree Heating Week, Bleaching Alert Area, and the Virtual Stations. Archived data and images will still be available at https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov. Research-supported 5km resolution versions of the products and images are available now at: https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/5km/index.php.
Product retirement is planned for October 21, 2019
A 30-day comment period is now open for users to send objections or concerns about this product retirement. Send comments to John.Sapper@noaa.gov
Point of contact:
John Sapper, John.Sapper@noaa.gov
Send comments to:
John Sapper, John.Sapper@noaa.gov
Last Updated:
12/27/2017
Name of product or service:
AVHRR GVF and VHP Products Retirement Notification
Type of change:
Termination of AVHRR GVF and VHP products processing systems (3/31/2018)
Description:
NESDIS intends to retire Green Vegetation Fraction (GVF) and Vegetation Health Products (VHP) from AVHRR in March of this year. Attached is the Retirement Notification Form with products and announcement information in this email.
The planned product retirement date is March 30, 2018. To file an appeal, please contact Hanjun.Ding@noaa.gov by March 23, 2018.
Point of contact:
Hanjun Ding at Hanjun.Ding@noaa.gov
Send comments to:
Hanjun Ding at Hanjun.Ding@noaa.gov
Last Updated:
10/19/16
Name of product or service:
The manual Dvorak fixes and Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT)
Type of change:
Termination part of the manual Dvorak fixes and Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) products
Description:
The manual Dvorak fixes issued by SAB for tropical disturbances and tropical cyclonesin the Eastern and Southern Hemispheres, such as those found at: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/ are being considered for retirement. Specific basins affected are the West Pacific, NorthIndian, South Indian, South Pacific, South Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. The ADTbased on forecasts issued by RSMCs in the Eastern and Southern Hemisphere is alsobeing considered for retirement. Specifically, ADT output found on http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/adt.html under the headers for New Delhi, Tokyo, La Reunion, Australia and Nadi would nolonger be produced. All other ADT output would continue to be available to users,including ADT output based on JTWC forecasts in the affected areas. Interested partiesmay address their comments and concerns regarding this proposed retirement to Michael.Turk@noaa.gov through November 18, 2016.
Point of contact:
Michael Turk, Michael.Turk@noaa.gov and 301-683-1400
Send comments to:
Michael Turk, Michael.Turk@noaa.gov and 301-68301400
Last Updated:
04/09/15
Name of product or service:
SPENES (TXUS20)
Type of change:
SPENES retirement/divestiture notifications
Description:
This message is to inform our users that nesdis is considering:Discontinuing the SPENES (txus20) product and significantly reducing the frequency of precipitation coordination through 12 planet and nws chat. If this change occurs, then nesdis satellite analysis branch analysts will brief satellite based information to wpc forecasters who are expected to incorporate this information into their mpds (mesoscale precipitation discussions) (wmo header: awus01 kwnh and awips header: ffgmpd). For more information, please see the message on - http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/atmosphere/spe/retire.html To file an appeal: https://docs.google.com/a/noaa.gov/forms/d/1x5Qgs5uxgcr5WCOS_ykdlxDJpzmpM1_MXH9EL3k_sXc/viewform
Point of contact:
John Simko, john.simko@noaa.gov and 301-683-1400
Send comments to:
John Simko, john.simko@noaa.gov and 301-683-1400
Last Updated:
04/30/14
Name of product or service:
NOAA Observing Systems Architecture (NOSA)
Type of change:
Discontinue website hosted at NGDC.
Description:
Discontinue NOAA Observing Systems Architecture (NOSA) website hosted at NGDC
Point of contact:
Dan Kowal, dan.kowal@noaa.gov and 301 683-3230
Send comments to:
Dan Kowal, dan.kowal@noaa.gov and 301 683-3230
Last Updated:
04/21/14
Name of product or service:
The processing of MODIS/Aqua Ehux bloom and calcite products
Type of change:
Termination of the processing of MODIS/Aqua Ehux bloom and calcite products
Description:
The generation of global MODIS/Aqua Emiliania huxleyi bloom and calcite concentration products will be terminated on 22 May 2014 unless a NOAA operational user for either of these products is identified prior to this date.
Point of contact:
Dr. Banghua Yan, Oceanographert at Banghua.Yan@noaa.gov and 301 683-3230
Send comments to:
Dr. Banghua Yan, Oceanographert at Banghua.Yan@noaa.gov
Last Updated:
11/25/13
Name of product or service:
NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 ATOVS Sounding Products
Type of change:
Termination of NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 ATOVS Sounding Products onJanuary 15, 2014
Description:
The NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 ATOVS Sounding capability will be replaced with a Metop-A/Metop-B and SNPP (NOAA Unique CrIS/ ATMS Product System (NUCAPS)) capabilities in order to optimize and accommodate new soundings missions within NOAA/NESDIS.
Point of contact:
ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880
Send comments to:
ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880
Last Updated:
03/13/13
Name of product or service:
NOAA-15 ATOVS Sounding Products on May 30, 2013
Type of change:
Termination of NOAA-15 ATOVS Sounding Products on May 30, 2013
Description:
NOAA-15 ATOVS capability will be replaced with a Metop capabilities (i.e., Metop-A and Metop-B ATOVS capability) in order to optimize resources to accommodate the Metop- capabilities.
Point of contact:
ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880
Send comments to:
ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880
Last Updated:
07/22/12
Name of product or service:
NOAA-15 GVI products (Fractional Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) )
Type of change:
Termination of NOAA-15 Global Vegetation Index (GVI) Products on September 30, 2012
Description:
The NOAA-15 AVHRR NDVI products are getting degraded significantly as the instrument ECT is drifting away from 7:45AM to 4:45AM. The NDVI algorithms could not work optimally with the drift.
Point of contact:
ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880
Send comments to:
ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880
Last Updated:
07/2012
Name of product or service:
NESDIS Calibrated SSM/IS TDR
Type of change:
Termination of the Calibrated SSM/IS TDR Products on September 30, 2012
Description:
There is no real time user for NESDIS Calibrated SSM/IS TDR in OSPO product audit conducted in 2011. STAR is the only user and has agreed to run the F16 calibrated SSM/IS TDR software application in house.
ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880
Send comments to:
ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880
Last Updated:
06/22/2012
Name of product or service:
11km Global Geo-Polar Blended Sea Surface Temperature (SST) AnalysisData set available at: NESDIS Office of Satellite and Product Operations
Type of change:
Discontinue production of this product on September 1, 2013.
Description:
Note: The replacement product at 5 km grid spacing is currently in production (operational May 2012).An SST analysis incorporating satellite-borne instruments is a true global analysis. Each instrument has its own strengths and weaknesses, depending on the sensor type, platform, orbit, etc.
Point of contact:
John Snapper, john.sapper@noaa.gov
Send comments to:
John Snapper, john.sapper@noaa.gov
Last Updated:
01/19/12
Name of product or service:
Global Ecosystems Database
Type of change:
Discontinue archival support and data distribution at NGDC.
Description:
The Global Ecosystems Database (GED) project began in 1990 as an Interagency project between the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Research Laboratory in Corvallis, Oregon (ERL-C).
Point of contact:
Dan Kowal, dan.kowal@noaa.gov
Send comments to:
Dan Kowal, dan.kowal@noaa.gov
Last Updated:
10/20/11
Name of product or service:
NESDIS GOES 5x5 Sounding BUFR Retrievals
Type of change:
Replacement / Retirement
Description:
The replacement GOES 1x1Sounding BUFR Retrievals product will begin transmission to the user on November 22nd at 15Z UTC.
Point of contact:
EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov or (301) 817 4444
Send comments to: