AUGUST 2009 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 16354 16754 17119 16638 66865 66865 *
* METAR 37475 39320 41202 39423 157420 157420 *
* sub-total 53829 56074 58321 56061 224285 224285 1.9197312
Marine Sfc Ship 1012 1030 1004 991 4037 4037 *
* Drifting Buoy 9793 10535 10546 10777 41651 41651 *
* Moored Buoy 2175 2193 2199 2202 8769 8769 *
* CMAN 4181 4184 4188 4214 16767 16767 *
* Tide Gauge 879 887 884 879 3529 3529 *
* MSLP Bogus** 348 0 349 0 697 * *
* sub-total 18040 18829 18821 19063 74753 74753 0.6398362
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 659 62 645 47 1413 1413 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Ship RAOB 5 2 7 3 17 17 *
* Dropsonde 9 2 6 4 21 21 *
* Pibal 76 106 83 63 328 328 *
* Profiler 205 204 199 206 814 814 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1747 1759 1732 1719 6957 6957 *
* sub-total 2701 2135 2672 2042 9550 9550 0.0817417
Aircraft AIREP 998 1340 1496 1073 4907 4907 *
* PIREP 197 25 151 311 684 684 *
* AMDAR 9319 15463 14076 8650 47508 47508 *
* ACARS 31391 16350 25716 30593 104050 104050 *
* RECCO 4 2 2 13 21 21 *
* sub-total 41909 33180 41441 40640 157170 157170 1.3452712
Total non-satellite 116479 110218 121255 117806 465758 465758 3.9865803


** 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.


AUGUST 2009 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

AUGUST 2009 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 9575274 10032432 10298007 10581004 40486717
Ozone OZONE 18371 18901 19609 20643 77524
Satellite Winds SATWND 273851 306865 362517 376265 1319498
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 1415917 1515250 1512873 1419514 5863554
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 293531 278539 280224 283807 1136101
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 169699 181951 174303 176959 702912
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 10752 10749 10748 10766 43015
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 6496876 5980000 6078528 6540567 25095971
* HIRS4 1B 5335988 6306392 6181796 6158024 23982200
* AMSUA 1B** 13353917 12606641 12315326 12972720 51248604
* AMSUB 1B 10719510 10013671 9778239 10647141 41158561
* MHS 5737443 6677075 6689468 6634606 25738592
* AIRS 182578399 173857909 168247602 175187120 699871030
* IASI 196405301 191112331 186696426 195875342 770089400
Total Satellites Received 432384829 418898706 408645666 426884478 1686813679


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


AUGUST 2009 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

AUGUST 2009 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 76866 77175 77005 78869 309915
Ozone OZONE 18242 18775 19460 20421 76898
Satellite Winds SATWND 273851 306865 362517 376265 1319498
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 471972 505083 504291 473171 1954517
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 293531 278539 280224 283807 1136101
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 156949 168010 161546 163863 650368
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 10752 10749 10748 10766 43015
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 299226 280777 281217 301172 1162392
* HIRS4 1B 256555 292721 288047 288016 1125339
* AMSUA 1B** 597185 628068 612448 629646 2467347
* AMSUB 1B 67902 64303 62405 67509 262119
* MHS 40388 45495 45468 45220 176571
* AIRS 1846070 1804290 1725439 1789757 7165556
* IASI 4921979 4755879 4699523 4862461 19239842
Total Satellites Selected 9331468 9236729 9130338 9390943 37089478


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


AUGUST 2009 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

AUGUST 2009 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 34264 31603 41292 41425 148584
Ozone OZONE 6744 5118 6848 6775 25485
Satellite Winds SATWND 273851 306865 362517 376265 1319498
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 34666 44220 33905 40080 152871
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 47446 43107 40374 39870 170797
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 45782 49129 47378 47541 189830
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 1229 1128 1071 1158 4586
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 35188 30490 35348 35270 136296
* HIRS4 1B 34189 34272 33459 33996 135916
* AMSUA 1B** 436893 459166 446840 460680 1803579
* AMSUB 1B 32165 29228 30287 31474 123154
* MHS 34273 37962 38637 37774 148646
* AIRS 391598 349411 357070 348520 1446599
* IASI 805130 773890 765030 805030 3149080
Total Satellites Assimilated 2213418 2195589 2240056 2305858 8954921


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