DECEMBER 2016 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number	Total Input	% Input
Land Sfc	Synoptic	19501	19960	20527	19647	79635	79635	*
*	METAR	47686	49385	50855	49434	197360	197360	*
*	sub-total	67187	69345	71382	69081	276995	276995	****
Marine Sfc	Ship	1573	1606	1530	1541	6250	6250	*
*	Drifting Buoy	6946	5665	6869	7017	26497	26497	*
*	Moored Buoy	3374	3380	3389	3376	13519	13519	*
*	CMAN	4087	4066	4067	4103	16323	16323	*
*	Tide Gauge	6094	6204	6172	5994	24464	24464	*
*	MSLP Bogus**	0	0	0	0	0	*	*
*	sub-total	22074	20921	22027	22031	87053	87053	****
Land Soundings	Fixed Land RAOB	681	39	645	32	1397	1397	*
*	Mobile Land RAOB	0	0	0	0	0	0	*
*	Ship RAOB	1	0	1	0	2	2	*
*	Dropsonde	0	0	0	0	0	0	*
*	Pibal	87	116	95	90	388	388	*
*	Profiler	11	10	11	10	42	42	*
*	NEXRAD Wind	1593	1567	1533	1624	6317	6317	*
*	sub-total	2373	1732	2285	1756	8146	8146	****
Aircraft	AIREP	3285	7131	6350	5001	21767	21767	*
*	PIREP	477	104	313	651	1545	1545	*
*	AMDAR	12596	16159	11720	4712	45187	45187	*
*	ACARS	157297	82518	83791	160581	484187	484187	*
*	RECCO	1	0	0	2	3	3	*
*	sub-total	173656	105912	102174	170947	552689	552689	****
Total	non-satellite	265290	197910	197868	263815	924883	924883	****

**    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 2016 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	3507605	3031609	3194828	3624054	13358096
Ozone	OZONE	7148	7263	7122	7266	28799
Satellite Winds	SATWND	759751	1082223	943827	803490	3589291
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	128068	125752	134209	134673	522702
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	8003741	7993170	8023830	8016277	32037018
*	AMSUA 1B**	14771446	14457517	14953339	14646250	58828552
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	11447155	11218053	11528618	11520964	45714790
*	AIRS	159973001	161062402	162657249	157419708	641112360
*	ATMS	592266	590393	591421	591780	2365860
*	AVHRR	8070746	8211537	7720991	8451073	32454347
*	CRIS	30655556	30777959	30826225	30405731	122665471
*	GOME	102991	104733	104032	103848	415604
*	IASI	333669972	329971707	336717185	337955007	1338313871
*	MLS30	49640	49427	49190	50673	198930
*	OMI	235541	336979	345823	334210	1252553
*	SEVIRI	1324801	1340498	1394905	1342023	5402227
*	SSMIS	30498596	29829170	30063636	28653833	119045235
Total	Satellites Received	603798024	600190392	609256430	604060860	2417305706

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

DECEMBER 2016 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	57171	52082	54502	58998	222753
Ozone	OZONE	7067	7186	7031	7170	28454
Satellite Winds	SATWND	759751	1082223	943827	803490	3589291
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	125850	123558	131752	132225	513385
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	520350	522930	522535	523626	2089441
*	AMSUA 1B**	714191	711087	716494	718622	2860394
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	186566	184659	188651	188927	748803
*	AIRS	2233636	2258851	2284601	2212797	8989885
*	ATMS	230807	230295	230659	230801	922562
*	AVHRR	42489	42812	42786	45417	173504
*	CRIS	4746168	4763776	4770660	4710042	18990646
*	GOME	7517	7643	7601	7522	30283
*	IASI	12119826	11930367	12248526	12214874	48513593
*	MLS30	43530	42458	41713	42831	170532
*	OMI	2281	3190	3238	3164	11873
*	SEVIRI	26260	25762	26449	26571	105042
*	SSMIS	483047	475236	479687	459291	1897261
Total	Satellites Selected	22306507	22464115	22700712	22386368	89857702

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

DECEMBER 2016 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	23287	15465	16778	22409	77939
Ozone	OZONE	5137	5223	5103	5193	20656
Satellite Winds	SATWND	759751	1082223	943827	803490	3589291
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	90067	87519	93949	94707	366242
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	0	0	0	0	0
*	AMSUA 1B**	439280	443313	442996	450528	1776117
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	100532	102426	102971	103861	409790
*	AIRS	528563	514650	544677	511153	2099043
*	ATMS	152821	144777	154032	142646	594276
*	AVHRR	0	0	0	0	0
*	CRIS	274660	268213	276686	266067	1085626
*	GOME	0	0	0	0	0
*	IASI	1900330	1958784	1889958	2003916	7752988
*	MLS30	0	0	0	0	0
*	OMI	2281	3190	3238	3164	11873
*	SEVIRI	6654	6601	6798	6673	26726
*	SSMIS	52459	54249	51951	50102	208761
Total	Satellites Assimilated	4335822	4686633	4532964	4463909	18019328

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