DECEMBER 2014 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number	Total Input	% Input
Land Sfc	Synoptic	17728	18071	18489	17866	72154	72154	*
*	METAR	44032	45712	47306	45964	183014	183014	*
*	sub-total	61760	63783	65795	63830	255168	255168	****
Marine Sfc	Ship	1564	1594	1531	1514	6203	6203	*
*	Drifting Buoy	9618	9791	9742	9660	38811	38811	*
*	Moored Buoy	2704	2719	2701	2698	10822	10822	*
*	CMAN	3958	3988	3979	4003	15928	15928	*
*	Tide Gauge	5903	5974	5925	5901	23703	23703	*
*	MSLP Bogus**	0	0	0	0	0	*	*
*	sub-total	23747	24066	23878	23776	95467	95467	****
Land Soundings	Fixed Land RAOB	634	43	626	32	1335	1335	*
*	Mobile Land RAOB	0	0	0	0	0	0	*
*	Ship RAOB	2	0	2	0	4	4	*
*	Dropsonde	1	0	0	0	1	1	*
*	Pibal	81	119	79	65	344	344	*
*	Profiler	25	22	22	23	92	92	*
*	NEXRAD Wind	1547	1535	1505	1549	6136	6136	*
*	sub-total	2290	1719	2234	1669	7912	7912	****
Aircraft	AIREP	2256	4866	3431	3063	13616	13616	*
*	PIREP	360	76	221	479	1136	1136	*
*	AMDAR	9458	12035	8642	4022	34157	34157	*
*	ACARS	169082	79632	83230	170735	502679	502679	*
*	RECCO	2	0	0	3	5	5	*
*	sub-total	181158	96609	95524	178302	551593	551593	****
Total	non-satellite	268955	186177	187431	267577	910140	910140	****

**    Data is not used or included in totals.
***   Data is now dumped from BUFR database. Previous numbers reflected thinning, which is now all done in the analysis.
****  % Input is no longer available due innacuracy and ambiguity.

DECEMBER 2014 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	7094808	6835185	7748937	8663485	30342415
Ozone	OZONE	7172	7271	7127	7298	28868
Satellite Winds	SATWND	311877	353581	409846	403628	1478932
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	156166	168117	168416	167500	660199
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA	10009	10066	9974	10001	40050
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	10266309	10219041	10225393	10220833	40931576
*	AMSUA 1B**	18135753	17987546	18150979	17548296	71822574
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	14444934	14322990	14253472	14287194	57308590
*	AIRS	204304476	203961810	201840306	193843454	803950046
*	ATMS	641467	636330	639438	634740	2551975
*	CRIS	31731698	32005283	32128638	32063769	127929388
*	GOME	104774	104661	103629	104712	417776
*	IASI	388182713	383609052	388314398	390697225	1550803388
*	OMI	221315	321418	338475	327956	1209164
*	SEVIRI	1274194	1265799	1274198	1274262	5088453
Total	Satellites Received	676887665	671808150	675613226	670254353	2694563394

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

DECEMBER 2014 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	106556	103617	110837	113136	434146
Ozone	OZONE	7110	7213	7063	7251	28637
Satellite Winds	SATWND	311877	353581	409846	403628	1478932
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	148374	160666	160824	159791	629655
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA	10009	10066	9974	10001	40050
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	710570	710381	708698	710490	2840139
*	AMSUA 1B**	998557	996488	980649	988444	3964138
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	249254	248284	246901	248105	992544
*	AIRS	3004032	3007921	2982536	2879591	11874080
*	ATMS	245901	243832	244869	243394	977996
*	CRIS	4725009	4763108	4781552	4770483	19040152
*	GOME	7712	7703	7652	7646	30713
*	IASI	14702685	14492455	14732137	14728761	58656038
*	OMI	2149	3102	3241	3188	11680
*	SEVIRI	20580	20000	20524	20586	81690
Total	Satellites Selected	25250375	25128417	25407303	25294495	101080590

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

DECEMBER 2014 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	22177	12505	14882	21296	70860
Ozone	OZONE	5168	5241	5120	5252	20781
Satellite Winds	SATWND	311877	353581	409846	403628	1478932
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	117627	127939	128344	126777	500687
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA	1342	1452	1494	1433	5721
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	56809	59120	57020	59328	232277
*	AMSUA 1B**	723145	719967	705473	720728	2869313
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	128941	128723	127997	128925	514586
*	AIRS	717891	681704	705495	661724	2766814
*	ATMS	174152	166072	171527	163334	675085
*	CRIS	266265	257778	273828	259948	1057819
*	GOME	0	0	0	0	0
*	IASI	1155838	1173576	1155421	1188056	4672891
*	OMI	2149	3102	3241	3188	11680
*	SEVIRI	5312	5257	5399	5276	21244
Total	Satellites Assimilated	3688693	3696017	3765087	3748893	14898690

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