MARCH 2015 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 19201 19615 20083 19557 78456 78456 *
* METAR 43135 44724 46668 45029 179556 179556 *
* sub-total 62336 64339 66751 64586 258012 258012 ****
Marine Sfc Ship 1442 1477 1392 1414 5725 5725 *
* Drifting Buoy 9029 9255 9264 9225 36773 36773 *
* Moored Buoy 2066 2074 2075 2069 8284 8284 *
* CMAN 3838 3763 3879 3866 15346 15346 *
* Tide Gauge 5901 5707 5882 5912 23402 23402 *
* MSLP Bogus** 0 0 0 0 0 * *
* sub-total 22276 22276 22492 22486 89530 89530 ****
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 595 46 566 34 1241 1241 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Ship RAOB 2 0 3 0 5 5 *
* Dropsonde 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Pibal 81 117 75 64 337 337 *
* Profiler 18 15 15 15 63 63 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1624 1638 1577 1634 6473 6473 *
* sub-total 2320 1816 2236 1747 8119 8119 ****
Aircraft AIREP 2630 4771 3805 3054 14260 14260 *
* PIREP 281 49 228 399 957 957 *
* AMDAR 9920 12578 8999 4163 35660 35660 *
* ACARS 167675 69318 101648 172323 510964 510964 *
* RECCO 1 0 0 2 3 3 *
* sub-total 180507 86716 114680 179941 561844 561844 ****
Total non-satellite 267439 175147 206159 268760 917505 917505 ****


**    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.



MARCH 2015 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

MARCH 2015 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 8308376 6697168 9228661 10339331 34573536
Ozone OZONE 6934 7156 7061 7156 28307
Satellite Winds SATWND 627091 903075 817586 663024 3010776
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 0 0 0 0 0
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 147276 153652 162509 157047 620484
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B
* HIRS4 1B 7956484 7953952 7961873 7946788 31819097
* AMSUA 1B** 14333401 14386773 14645397 13927339 57292910
* AMSUB 1B
* MHS 11324363 11418801 11345948 11298190 45387302
* AIRS 159358327 159624579 160798579 154040284 633821769
* ATMS 589151 605771 603825 599527 2398274
* CRIS 31348799 32259150 32147559 31872017 127627525
* GOME 104308 104326 104254 104298 417186
* IASI 342472194 336634641 342099395 344145906 1365352136
* MLS30 52080 49520 49044 49816 200460
* OMI 243646 334105 345869 346417 1270037
* SEVIRI 1579894 1562869 1579932 1579869 6302564
* SSMIS 35205420 34030293 35602790 36049573 140888076
Total Satellites Received 613657744 606725831 617500282 613126582 2451010439


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



MARCH 2015 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

MARCH 2015 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 109718 104708 113534 116526 444486
Ozone OZONE 6804 7031 6892 6978 27705
Satellite Winds SATWND 627091 903075 817586 663024 3010776
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 0 0 0 0 0
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 139877 146301 155100 149704 590982
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B
* HIRS4 1B 517608 519535 519051 519578 2075772
* AMSUA 1B** 733396 746452 738992 739745 2958585
* AMSUB 1B
* MHS 185033 187509 186185 185988 744715
* AIRS 2226433 2237117 2238608 2154347 8856505
* ATMS 224970 231672 230777 229097 916516
* CRIS 4666908 4795141 4779171 4748615 18989835
* GOME 8163 8139 8151 8018 32471
* IASI 12456403 12203072 12456143 12448626 49564244
* MLS30 44483 43306 42543 43269 173601
* OMI 2392 3279 3372 3412 12455
* SEVIRI 25543 25089 25318 25548 101498
* SSMIS 574421 556779 577520 588859 2297579
Total Satellites Selected 22549243 22718205 22898943 22631334 90797725


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



MARCH 2015 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

MARCH 2015 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 22653 14092 18339 24827 79911
Ozone OZONE 4949 5109 5004 5072 20134
Satellite Winds SATWND 627091 903075 817586 663024 3010776
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 0 0 0 0 0
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 104859 110317 117849 113453 446478
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B
* HIRS4 1B 45275 47062 45444 48603 186384
* AMSUA 1B** 486031 497121 489143 495163 1967458
* AMSUB 1B
* MHS 95861 98016 96901 95306 386084
* AIRS 531344 528664 525728 512922 2098658
* ATMS 145019 143825 150885 140643 580372
* CRIS 258055 272023 265941 267798 1063817
* GOME 0 0 0 0 0
* IASI 1998944 2005208 1993010 2054682 8051844
* MLS30 0 0 0 0 0
* OMI 2392 3279 3372 3412 12455
* SEVIRI 6491 6476 6603 6448 26018
* SSMIS 104532 106963 104624 105775 421894
Total Satellites Assimilated 4433496 4741230 4640429 4537128 18352283


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