MARCH 2006 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 15561 15932 16146 15853 63492 63492 *
* METAR 32900 33812 35492 35001 137205 137205 *
* sub-total 48461 49744 51638 50854 200697 200697 1.6406040
Marine Sfc Ship 687 685 668 661 2701 2701 *
* Drifting Buoy 7483 7817 8569 8518 32387 32387 *
* Moored Buoy 1219 1236 1231 1235 4921 4921 *
* CMAN 624 610 631 644 2509 2509 *
* Tide Gauge 867 841 856 869 3433 3433 *
* MSLP Bogus** 305 0 286 0 591 * *
* sub-total 10880 11189 11955 11927 45951 45951 0.3756279
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 648 67 654 50 1419 1419 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Ship RAOB 4 1 6 3 14 14 *
* Dropsonde 4 0 0 1 5 5 *
* Pibal 80 106 89 72 347 347 *
* Profiler 265 262 259 255 1041 1041 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1570 1581 1515 1534 6200 6200 *
* sub-total 2571 2017 2523 1915 9026 9026 0.0737833
Aircraft AIREP 979 1245 1095 1201 4520 4520 *
* PIREP 354 59 163 503 1079 1079 *
* AMDAR 9287 13986 12093 7443 42809 42809 *
* ACARS 30239 20384 23180 28350 102153 102153 *
* RECCO 2 0 1 5 8 8 *
* sub-total 40861 35674 36532 37502 150569 150569 1.2308311
Total non-satellite 102773 98624 102648 102198 406243 406243 3.3208466


** 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.


MARCH 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

MARCH 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 339848 225508 358429 348755 1272540
Ozone OZONE 11349 12794 13242 12222 49607
Satellite winds SATWND 25225 15204 16281 24545 81255
Scatterometer winds QUIKSCAT 1462125 1519740 1508046 1405401 5895312
DMSP SSMI NEURAL NET 156410 174610 160410 177290 668720
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 535554 535428 544410 547416 2162808
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 2296748 2279019 2292550 2301369 9169686
Satellite Radiances HIRS2 1B 843758 631925 832296 809342 3117321
* HIRS3 1B 3217867 3545899 3483242 3410044 13657052
* MSU 1B 843758 631925 832296 809342 3117321
* AMSUA 1B ** 3354007 3256334 3416298 3455492 13482131
* AMSUB 1B 10470462 10048570 10478319 10260892 41258243
* AIRS 21939537 21035187 22004203 20779803 85758730
Total Satellite Received 45496648 43912143 45940022 44341913 179690726


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


MARCH 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (SELECTED)

MARCH 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 16551 15482 17705 16595 66333
Ozone OZONE 7542 7562 8039 7223 30366
Satellite winds SATWND 25225 15204 16281 24545 81255
Scatterometer winds QUIKSCAT 327750 432222 332910 396342 1489224
DMSP SSMI NEURAL NET 156410 174610 160410 177290 668720
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 535554 535428 544410 547416 2162808
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 2296748 2279019 2292550 2301369 9169686
Satellite Radiances HIRS2 1B 41484 32129 42447 39414 155474
* HIRS3 1B 21256 22827 22516 22160 88759
* MSU 1B 41484 32129 42447 39414 155474
* AMSUA 1B ** 485596 475559 495595 500771 1957521
* AMSUB 1B 66655 64107 66521 65471 262754
* AIRS 1929627 1862274 1940885 1832878 7565664
Total Satellite Selected 5951882 5948552 5982716 5970888 23854038


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


MARCH 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (ASSIMILATED)

MARCH 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 3805 3191 3977 4638 15611
Ozone OZONE 7542 7562 8039 7223 30366
Satellite winds SATWND 25225 15204 16281 24545 81255
Scatterometer winds QUIKSCAT 108525 144074 110970 132114 495683
DMSP SSMI NEURAL NET 156410 174610 160410 177290 668720
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 29753 29746 30245 30412 120156
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 243793 243248 203152 220315 910508
Satellite Radiances HIRS2 1B 4939 4471 5613 5426 20449
* HIRS3 1B 13391 14664 14027 14820 56902
* MSU 1B 4939 4471 5613 5426 20449
* AMSUA 1B ** 313103 303955 316957 323947 1257962
* AMSUB 1B 29014 28611 29058 27533 114216
* AIRS 543931 515686 550538 499313 2109468
Total Satellite Assimilated 1484370 1489493 1454880 1473002 5901745


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