| Critical Data with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean | UTC Time Window |
1bamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A NCEP-proc. br.temps |
62049 |
54883 |
113.1 % |
1915.00-1915.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br.temps |
59245 |
45162 |
131.2 % |
1915.00-1915.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS NCEP-proces. br. temps |
315259 |
305436 |
103.2 % |
1915.00-1915.99 |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
20826 |
19258 |
108.1 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
1136 |
1017 |
111.7 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.50-1915.49 |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
39 |
38 |
102.6 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
amdarb |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
132 |
189 |
69.8 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
ascat |
METOP 1-2 ASCAT products |
35448 |
43841 |
80.9 % |
1915.50-1916.49 |
atms |
NPP/NOAA-20 ATMS brightness temperatures |
303360 |
346336 |
87.6 % |
1915.50-1916.49 |
cmanb |
Surface Marine CMAN rpts decoded from BUFR format |
1850 |
1785 |
103.6 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
39 |
7 |
557.1 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
2083 |
2016 |
103.3 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A proc btmps frm RARS |
20463 |
20152 |
101.5 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-3/4 pr btmps frm RARS |
63774 |
43758 |
145.7 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
gnss |
Grnd-based Gbl Navigation Sat System (GNSS) data |
8862 |
9142 |
96.9 % |
1916.00-1916.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
364 |
407 |
89.4 % |
1914.50-1915.49 |
gsrasr |
GOES-16/17 All Sky Radiances (proc.) |
450604 |
674150 |
66.8 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
gsrcsr |
GOES-16/17 Clear Sky Radiances (proc.) |
201755 |
348888 |
57.8 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
h20ja |
MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion |
18928 |
18469 |
102.5 % |
1914.50-1915.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.00-1913.99 |
h2tusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS wv imgr/cld-top derived cld mtn |
12541 |
24921 |
50.3 % |
1916.00-1916.99 |
ifeunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT ir lg-wave drv cld motion NBseq |
22260 |
22075 |
100.8 % |
1915.50-1916.49 |
infja |
MTSAT/JMA infrared long-wave derived cloud motion |
14026 |
15547 |
90.2 % |
1914.50-1915.49 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) ir l-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.00-1913.99 |
infusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS ir long-wave derived cld motion |
41067 |
81782 |
50.2 % |
1916.00-1916.99 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
4206066 |
3431698 |
122.6 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
118 |
120 |
98.3 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
7638 |
7845 |
97.4 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
21 |
20 |
105.0 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
108 |
108 |
100.0 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
49871 |
49061 |
101.7 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
25306 |
25684 |
98.5 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
250 |
248 |
100.8 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
4 |
4 |
100.0 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
6876 |
6456 |
106.5 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
184 |
187 |
98.4 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
380 |
374 |
101.6 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
318 |
332 |
95.8 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
300 |
296 |
101.4 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
387 |
380 |
101.8 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1947 |
1774 |
109.8 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
206 |
229 |
90.0 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
46808 |
44649 |
104.8 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
5653 |
5582 |
101.3 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data (varbl. channels) |
85816 |
83088 |
103.3 % |
1915.00-1915.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
69060 |
36080 |
191.4 % |
1914.50-1915.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1915.00-1915.99 |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
35 |
42 |
83.3 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
24 |
26 |
92.3 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
3855426 |
3803954 |
101.4 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1399760 |
1306930 |
107.1 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiance(proc) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
shipsb |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted (BUFR) |
6 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.50 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
118 |
119 |
99.2 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
shipub |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted (BUFR) |
852 |
809 |
105.3 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
943 |
886 |
106.4 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
synopb |
Synoptic - fixed manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
4146 |
4183 |
99.1 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
1 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
synpbr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40)(decoded BUFR) |
397 |
401 |
99.0 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
645 |
642 |
100.5 % |
1916.00-1916.99 |
| Data Types of Opportunity with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean | UTC Time Window |
3p9usr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS ir short-wv derived cld motion |
8650 |
8410 |
102.9 % |
1916.00-1916.99 |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
ahicsr |
Himawari Clear Sky Radiance |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.00-1916.99 |
amsr2 |
GCOM-W AMSR2 1B brightness temperatures |
1442448 |
2195975 |
65.7 % |
1915.00-1915.99 |
atmsdb |
NPP/NOAA-20 ATMS bright. temps-direct b-cast SSEC |
119095 |
129656 |
91.9 % |
1915.50-1916.49 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1915.00-1915.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2,M3) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr&sea btmps |
942283 |
1211948 |
77.7 % |
1914.50-1915.49 |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btemps |
1057335 |
1245531 |
84.9 % |
1914.50-1915.49 |
bathy |
eXpendable BathyThermograph, mooring (BATHY fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.00-1910.99 |
coopmd |
Coop/MADIS NEPP & HCN-Modernization NOAA COOP Obs |
27 |
27 |
100.0 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
crisf4 |
NPP/NOAA-20 CrIS full spctrl radn (431 ch subset) |
236214 |
228266 |
103.5 % |
1915.50-1916.49 |
crsfdb |
NPP/NOAA-20 CrIS full spctrl radn dir brdcst SSEC |
132100 |
99602 |
132.6 % |
1915.50-1916.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
7 |
71.4 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
dbuoyb |
Drifting buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
1442 |
1399 |
103.1 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
efclam |
GOES imager effective cloud amount data (U.Wisc.) |
8289703 |
8150304 |
101.7 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
esatms |
NPP Adv. Tech. MW Sndr (ATMS) br. temps from RARS |
108290 |
91454 |
118.4 % |
1915.50-1916.49 |
esiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data vbl chn from RARS |
46497 |
40512 |
114.8 % |
1916.00-1916.99 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS proc. btemps from RARS |
155663 |
142179 |
109.5 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.00-1916.99 |
gome |
METOP 1-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
3528 |
6407 |
55.1 % |
1915.50-1916.49 |
h20in2 |
INDIA SATWIND, INSAT WV channel |
9034 |
5459 |
165.5 % |
1916.00-1916.99 |
h2dusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS wv imgr/deep-lyr derivd cld mtn |
6732 |
16643 |
40.4 % |
1916.00-1916.99 |
h2eunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imgr drv cld motion NBseq |
41679 |
42590 |
97.9 % |
1915.50-1916.49 |
iasidb |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiances-direct broadcast SSEC |
25604 |
38951 |
65.7 % |
1915.50-1916.49 |
ifvrnb |
VIIRS (NPP/NOAA-20) ir lg-wv drv cloud motion(NB) |
11848 |
12501 |
94.8 % |
1913.00-1913.99 |
infav |
AVHRR (NOAA/METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.00-1913.99 |
infav1 |
AVHRR (METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.50 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.50-1915.49 |
infin2 |
INDIA SATWIND, INSAT IR channel |
9046 |
5189 |
174.3 % |
1916.00-1916.99 |
kamdar |
Korean AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
75 |
85 |
88.2 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
leogeo |
LEO-GEO satellite AMVs from UWisc. |
6071 |
4699 |
129.2 % |
1913.00-1913.99 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
284515 |
179907 |
158.1 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
6425 |
2244 |
286.3 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
mbuoyb |
Moored buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
826 |
738 |
111.9 % |
1916.50-1917.50 |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1915.00-1915.99 |
msourb |
Mesonet/MADIS UrbaNet |
4347 |
4357 |
99.8 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
nxrdw2 |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via Level 2 decoder |
475 |
449 |
105.8 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
ompslp |
OMPS Limb Profiler ozone data (NPP) |
352 |
256 |
137.5 % |
1910.00-1910.99 |
ompsn8 |
OMPS nadir profile ozone (Version 8 BUFR) |
608 |
549 |
110.7 % |
1915.00-1915.99 |
ompst8 |
OMPS total column ozone (Version 8 BUFR) |
321687 |
334989 |
96.0 % |
1915.00-1915.99 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
111 |
151 |
73.5 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.50-1917.49 |
saphir |
Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR L1A2 brightness temps |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.50-1915.49 |
sevasr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI All Sky Radiance(proc) |
75512 |
75421 |
100.1 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
0 |
6 |
0.0 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
214980 |
134374 |
160.0 % |
1915.50-1916.49 |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
601 |
570 |
105.4 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
synpmb |
Synoptic - mobile manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
tesac |
CTD probe, Argo prflng float, mooring (TESAC fmt) |
205 |
199 |
103.0 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
tmdara |
TAMDAR aircft data-all types(from Panasonic,BUFR) |
232 |
165 |
140.6 % |
1916.50-1917.49 |
trkob |
ThermoSalinoGraph (TSG) TRACKOB format) |
90 |
44 |
204.5 % |
1915.50-1916.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.50-1915.49 |
visin2 |
INDIA SATWIND, INSAT VIS channel |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1916.00-1916.99 |
visja |
MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1914.50-1915.49 |
visusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
169664 |
351207 |
48.3 % |
1916.00-1916.99 |
vseunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible drv cld motion NBseq |
29131 |
28589 |
101.9 % |
1915.50-1916.49 |
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