[PAR35]

Special Sensor Microwave Imager and Sounder (SSMIS) on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-17 satellite that provides passive microwave brightness temperatures (and derived Arctic and Antarctic sea ice products) has been providing spurious data since beginning of April. Working on resolving problem or replacing this data source.

I would question whether the spurious data only started last month. If you know you are getting bad data now (or at least data you don't want to believe), how do you know you weren't getting bad data all along?

[GOPJ]

?Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-17 satellite...

We can assume other satellites are measuring the same effect, right? Someone needs to check..