APRIL 2006 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 15627 16038 16051 15671 63387 63387 *
* METAR 32684 34024 35896 34774 137378 137378 *
* sub-total 48311 50062 51947 50445 200765 200765 1.6217501
Marine Sfc Ship 754 755 723 740 2972 2972 *
* Drifting Buoy 7331 7649 8440 8344 31764 31764 *
* Moored Buoy 1527 1542 1546 1543 6158 6158 *
* CMAN 668 651 652 679 2650 2650 *
* Tide Gauge 888 845 849 895 3477 3477 *
* MSLP Bogus** 219 0 272 0 491 * *
* sub-total 11168 11442 12210 12201 47021 47021 0.3798287
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 647 62 634 44 1387 1387 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Ship RAOB 4 1 5 1 11 11 *
* Dropsonde 0 0 0 1 1 1 *
* Pibal 86 110 91 77 364 364 *
* Profiler 217 218 214 214 863 863 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1634 1655 1532 1576 6397 6397 *
* sub-total 2588 2046 2476 1913 9023 9023 0.0728865
Aircraft AIREP 1093 1137 1249 1149 4628 4628 *
* PIREP 257 27 195 410 889 889 *
* AMDAR 9095 14036 12441 7780 43352 43352 *
* ACARS 29336 17239 22812 27941 97328 97328 *
* RECCO 2 0 0 4 6 6 *
* sub-total 39783 32439 36697 37284 146203 146203 1.1810063
Total non-satellite 101850 95989 103330 101843 403012 403012 3.2554717


** Data is not used or included in totals.
*** Data is now dumped from BUFR database. Previous numbers reflected thinn ing, which is now all done in the analysis.


APRIL 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

APRIL 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 348696 365213 365432 354358 1433699
Ozone OZONE 10913 12281 17821 12596 53611
Satellite winds SATWND 24456 24558 24840 26341 100195
Scatterometer winds QUIKSCAT 1385757 1542327 1522479 1419333 5869896
DMSP SSMI NEURAL NET 158780 178850 164290 175860 677780
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 562140 555570 565488 551412 2234610
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 2295601 2272995 2249370 2293052 9111018
Satellite Radiances HIRS2 1B 1318776 1139452 1411360 1552478 5422066
* HIRS3 1B 3234242 3509192 3470957 3380643 13595034
* MSU 1B 1318776 1139452 1411360 1552478 5422066
* AMSUA 1B ** 3406050 3216264 3467029 3490886 13580229
* AMSUB 1B 10424889 9781679 10621848 10470897 41299313
* AIRS 21819350 21898397 22002300 21943336 87663383
Total Satellite Received 46308426 45636230 47294574 47223670 186462900


** Counts include AMSU-A radiances from the AQUA satellite .



APRIL 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (SELECTED)

APRIL 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 16264 16033 15903 16351 64551
Ozone OZONE 7403 7203 8041 7572 30219
Satellite winds SATWND 24456 24558 24840 26341 100195
Scatterometer winds QUIKSCAT 309114 421230 319041 379704 1429089
DMSP SSMI NEURAL NET 158780 178850 164290 175860 677780
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 562140 555570 565488 551412 2234610
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 2295601 2272995 2249370 2293052 9111018
Satellite Radiances HIRS2 1B 66162 59956 71741 77894 275753
* HIRS3 1B 21387 22515 22434 21970 88306
* MSU 1B 66162 59956 71741 77894 275753
* AMSUA 1B ** 494769 469239 501044 504949 1970001
* AMSUB 1B 66464 62764 67266 66583 263077
* AIRS 1919108 1933735 1931743 1932305 7716891
Total Satellite Selected 6007810 6084604 6012942 6131887 24237243


** Counts include AMSU-A radiances from the AQUA satellite .



APRIL 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (ASSIMILATED)

APRIL 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 3921 3474 3780 4435 15610
Ozone OZONE 7403 7203 7820 7572 29998
Satellite winds SATWND 24456 24558 24840 26341 100195
Scatterometer winds QUIKSCAT 103038 140410 106347 126568 476363
DMSP SSMI NEURAL NET 158780 178850 164290 175860 677780
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 31230 30865 31416 30634 124145
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 223672 188792 209750 220356 842570
Satellite Radiances HIRS2 1B 8101 8245 9351 10288 35985
* HIRS3 1B 13921 14962 14454 14959 58296
* MSU 1B 8101 8245 9351 10288 35985
* AMSUA 1B ** 323540 304845 323275 331998 1283658
* AMSUB 1B 29860 28939 29814 28875 117488
* AIRS 544448 532753 554361 526083 2157645
Total Satellite Assimilated 1480471 1472141 1488849 1514257 5955718


** Counts include AMSU-A radiances from the AQUA satellite .