DECEMBER 2008 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 16260 16458 16898 16549 66165 66165 *
* METAR 38526 39693 41243 40353 159815 159815 *
* sub-total 54786 56151 58141 56902 225980 225980 1.7508483
Marine Sfc Ship 854 884 857 810 3405 3405 *
* Drifting Buoy 9556 9849 10077 10049 39531 39531 *
* Moored Buoy 1849 1858 1878 1884 7469 7469 *
* CMAN 3864 3955 3975 3992 15786 15786 *
* Tide Gauge 736 724 726 716 2902 2902 *
* MSLP Bogus** 364 0 377 0 741 * *
* sub-total 16859 17270 17513 17451 69093 69093 0.5353189
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 661 56 656 42 1415 1415 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Ship RAOB 4 2 6 2 14 14 *
* Dropsonde 0 0 0 1 1 1 *
* Pibal 71 111 71 63 316 316 *
* Profiler 216 217 214 217 864 864 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1634 1635 1607 1629 6505 6505 *
* sub-total 2586 2021 2554 1954 9115 9115 0.0706212
Aircraft AIREP 769 1243 1256 1073 4341 4341 *
* PIREP 369 66 186 489 1110 1110 *
* AMDAR 8383 12941 12130 8009 41463 41463 *
* ACARS 30368 19381 22663 30715 103127 103127 *
* RECCO 2 0 0 3 5 5 *
* sub-total 39891 33631 36235 40289 150046 150046 1.1625267
Total non-satellite 114122 109073 114443 116596 454234 454234 3.5193152


** 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.


DECEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

DECEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 7998202 8375035 8776750 8713468 33863455
Ozone OZONE 20537 20305 20528 21386 82756
Satellite Winds SATWND 262070 269622 301239 317859 1150790
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 1390538 1492553 1465760 1352617 5701468
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES 52103502 48757873 49670368 51737147 202268890
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 376212 339575 373942 389360 1479089
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 132203 130461 134758 127539 524961
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 10769 10533 10713 10750 42765
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 6709512 6659896 6424632 6813851 26607891
* HIRS4 1B 6551347 6564170 6540977 6511193 26167687
* AMSUA 1B** 13885362 12794966 13585916 13072197 53338441
* AMSUB 1B 10805755 10778271 10522830 10928143 43034999
* MHS 6798998 6845505 6832718 6789525 27266746
* AIRS 183359437 169503583 187386405 173981555 714230980
* AMSRE_HIG 4556792 4315290 4631450 4847547 18351079
* AMSRE_LOW 9112643 8628161 9261421 9694293 36696518
* AMSRE_MID 13670559 12946122 13894445 14543010 55054136
Total Satellites Received 317744438 298431921 319834852 309851440 1245862651


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


DECEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

DECEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 68306 68586 71179 69148 277219
Ozone OZONE 20413 20175 20417 21269 82274
Satellite Winds SATWND 262070 269622 301239 317859 1150790
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 463513 497518 488587 450872 1900490
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES 1076628 1022740 1051712 1073771 4224851
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 376212 339575 373942 389360 1479089
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 129160 128232 132612 124517 514521
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 10769 10533 10713 10750 42765
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 307438 307147 295875 312087 1222547
* HIRS4 1B 303233 303683 303319 302830 1213065
* AMSUA 1B** 644531 639357 644860 638118 2566866
* AMSUB 1B 68243 68369 66695 68981 272288
* MHS 46268 46511 46468 46215 185462
* AIRS 1877561 1763290 1929723 1803634 7374208
* AMSRE_HIG 77880 73943 79005 82379 313207
* AMSRE_LOW 79019 75029 80190 83554 317792
* AMSRE_MID 79019 75029 80190 83554 317792
Total Satellites Selected 5890263 5709339 5976726 5878898 23455226


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


DECEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

DECEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 21165 15168 22634 23972 82939
Ozone OZONE 6675 6199 7101 7180 27155
Satellite Winds SATWND 262070 269622 301239 317859 1150790
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 32418 41289 32878 37508 144093
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES 0 0 0 0 0
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 68360 57407 67854 59914 253535
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 46179 45661 47124 44532 183496
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 1302 1136 1296 1227 4961
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 35837 39151 35414 39457 149859
* HIRS4 1B 37209 40458 36784 39984 154435
* AMSUA 1B** 478814 475269 477592 474251 1905926
* AMSUB 1B 47074 46696 46035 47317 187122
* MHS 33785 33332 34256 32840 134213
* AIRS 483570 426613 503004 443729 1856916
* AMSRE_HIG 0 0 0 0 0
* AMSRE_LOW 0 0 0 0 0
* AMSRE_MID 0 0 0 0 0
Total Satellites Assimilated 1554458 1498001 1613211 1569770 6235440


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