| Critical Data with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean |
1bamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A NCEP-proc. br.temps |
15059 |
10007 |
150.5 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS NCEP-proces. br. temps |
87605 |
74330 |
117.9 % |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
103197 |
109607 |
94.2 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
2891 |
2592 |
111.5 % |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
3113 |
2847 |
109.3 % |
amdarb |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
4759 |
4478 |
106.3 % |
ascat |
METOP 1-2 ASCAT products |
11435 |
14519 |
78.8 % |
camdar |
Canadian AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
0 |
45 |
0.0 % |
cmanb |
Surface Marine CMAN rpts decoded from BUFR format |
5241 |
5266 |
99.5 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
4 |
4 |
100.0 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
5476 |
4830 |
113.4 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
gnss |
Grnd-based Gbl Navigation Sat System (GNSS) data |
523 |
808 |
64.7 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
58 |
87 |
66.7 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) ir l-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
253 |
218 |
116.1 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
270 |
205 |
131.7 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
11383 |
11883 |
95.8 % |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
49 |
45 |
108.9 % |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
489 |
439 |
111.4 % |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
109499 |
109395 |
100.1 % |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
61977 |
62582 |
99.0 % |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
550 |
513 |
107.2 % |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
18829 |
18490 |
101.8 % |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
408 |
418 |
97.6 % |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
812 |
855 |
95.0 % |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
742 |
749 |
99.1 % |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
635 |
626 |
101.4 % |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
723 |
700 |
103.3 % |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
4160 |
3815 |
109.0 % |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
498 |
545 |
91.4 % |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
108729 |
104145 |
104.4 % |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
13643 |
13199 |
103.4 % |
mtiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data (varbl. channels) |
22610 |
20017 |
113.0 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
150 |
180 |
83.3 % |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
148 |
147 |
100.7 % |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
50 |
59 |
84.7 % |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
12 |
26 |
46.2 % |
shipsb |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted (BUFR) |
105 |
113 |
92.9 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
164 |
150 |
109.3 % |
shipub |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted (BUFR) |
1558 |
1482 |
105.1 % |
synopb |
Synoptic - fixed manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
3540 |
3610 |
98.1 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
synpbr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40)(decoded BUFR) |
759 |
655 |
115.9 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
900 |
894 |
100.7 % |
| Data Types of Opportunity with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
atms |
NPP/NOAA-20 ATMS brightness temperatures |
138922 |
108566 |
128.0 % |
cris |
NPP CrIS apodized radiances (399 channel) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
11 |
10 |
110.0 % |
dbuoyb |
Drifting buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
771 |
745 |
103.5 % |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A proc btmps frm RARS |
27036 |
23701 |
114.1 % |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-3/4 pr btmps frm RARS |
65280 |
50876 |
128.3 % |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS proc. btemps from RARS |
185468 |
187066 |
99.1 % |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h20ja |
MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion |
1363 |
1596 |
85.4 % |
h2eunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imgr drv cld motion NBseq |
5492 |
5233 |
104.9 % |
ifeunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT ir lg-wave drv cld motion NBseq |
3295 |
3208 |
102.7 % |
ifvrnb |
VIIRS (NPP/NOAA-20) ir lg-wv drv cloud motion(NB) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infav |
AVHRR (NOAA/METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infav1 |
AVHRR (METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infja |
MTSAT/JMA infrared long-wave derived cloud motion |
1066 |
1298 |
82.1 % |
kamdar |
Korean AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
208 |
218 |
95.4 % |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
4190787 |
3629414 |
115.5 % |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
334733 |
234695 |
142.6 % |
mbuoyb |
Moored buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
1418 |
1347 |
105.3 % |
nxrdw2 |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via Level 2 decoder |
1440 |
1317 |
109.3 % |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
436 |
556 |
78.4 % |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
9187857 |
8874163 |
103.5 % |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
3845882 |
3338493 |
115.2 % |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiance(proc) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
53205 |
29818 |
178.4 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
757 |
746 |
101.5 % |
synpmb |
Synoptic - mobile manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
tmdara |
TAMDAR aircft data-all types(from Panasonic,BUFR) |
1190 |
1207 |
98.6 % |
visja |
MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
636 |
827 |
76.9 % |
vseunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible drv cld motion NBseq |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
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