MARCH 2016 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number	Total Input	% Input
Land Sfc	Synoptic	19603	19959	20755	20118	80435	80435	*
*	METAR	47602	49438	51174	49667	197881	197881	*
*	sub-total	67205	69397	71929	69785	278316	278316	****
Marine Sfc	Ship	1514	1575	1478	1495	6062	6062	*
*	Drifting Buoy	8239	8113	8090	8233	32675	32675	*
*	Moored Buoy	2875	2888	2885	2879	11527	11527	*
*	CMAN	3946	3940	3998	3989	15873	15873	*
*	Tide Gauge	6047	5699	5984	5928	23658	23658	*
*	MSLP Bogus**	0	0	0	0	0	*	*
*	sub-total	22621	22215	22435	22524	89795	89795	****
Land Soundings	Fixed Land RAOB	667	39	648	34	1388	1388	*
*	Mobile Land RAOB	1	0	1	0	2	2	*
*	Ship RAOB	1	1	1	1	4	4	*
*	Dropsonde	5	1	0	0	6	6	*
*	Pibal	95	116	94	89	394	394	*
*	Profiler	16	13	15	13	57	57	*
*	NEXRAD Wind	1707	1715	1634	1696	6752	6752	*
*	sub-total	2492	1885	2393	1833	8603	8603	****
Aircraft	AIREP	3533	6428	6313	4684	20958	20958	*
*	PIREP	372	75	316	533	1296	1296	*
*	AMDAR	11983	15470	11019	4471	42943	42943	*
*	ACARS	159566	76327	108808	169614	514315	514315	*
*	RECCO	3	0	0	4	7	7	*
*	sub-total	175457	98300	126456	179306	579519	579519	****
Total	non-satellite	267775	191797	223213	273448	956233	956233	****

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

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	4564052	3639478	3949689	4467744	16620963
Ozone	OZONE	7204	7177	7173	7278	28832
Satellite Winds	SATWND	644738	929736	833382	705576	3113432
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	146213	156861	157060	150107	610241
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	8065991	7988991	7973742	8023925	32052649
*	AMSUA 1B**	14236613	13761530	13946115	13886243	55830501
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	11562045	11403648	11346799	11465890	45778382
*	AIRS	157992341	153808124	153138863	153557898	618497226
*	ATMS	604174	599774	603139	603419	2410506
*	CRIS	32199236	31846764	32022839	31901054	127969893
*	GOME	104259	104344	102612	104316	415531
*	IASI	342872297	339843086	338329336	345442646	1366487365
*	MLS30	50540	48842	47928	51185	198495
*	OMI	239326	325566	327869	335135	1227896
*	SEVIRI	1580061	1579944	1580078	1579948	6320031
*	SSMIS	23101110	23290349	24189460	23518202	94099121
Total	Satellites Received	597970200	589334214	588556084	595800566	2371661064

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

MARCH 2016 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	63983	59957	61657	64760	250357
Ozone	OZONE	7042	7052	7039	7109	28242
Satellite Winds	SATWND	644738	929736	833382	705576	3113432
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	138843	149412	149923	142903	581081
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	524562	522030	519550	523781	2089923
*	AMSUA 1B**	742527	735669	730253	739415	2947864
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	188729	187520	186208	188270	750727
*	AIRS	2199069	2152856	2140925	2142910	8635760
*	ATMS	229696	228933	228881	229525	917035
*	CRIS	4790274	4751960	4767334	4761431	19070999
*	GOME	8009	8078	7956	7952	31995
*	IASI	12455358	12298181	12309588	12473295	49536422
*	MLS30	43606	42563	41199	43727	171095
*	OMI	2229	3047	3051	3157	11484
*	SEVIRI	26340	25629	26027	26767	104763
*	SSMIS	375808	378868	395069	386371	1536116
Total	Satellites Selected	22440813	22481491	22408042	22446949	89777295

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

MARCH 2016 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	25531	16969	19999	27543	90042
Ozone	OZONE	5122	5124	5112	5166	20524
Satellite Winds	SATWND	644738	929736	833382	705576	3113432
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	103434	111815	113114	107156	435519
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	48537	49061	48360	50538	196496
*	AMSUA 1B**	477549	476782	468360	481760	1904451
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	97596	98694	97007	97204	390501
*	AIRS	518523	497679	493139	496895	2006236
*	ATMS	147971	140799	148978	138880	576628
*	CRIS	256981	255422	256020	253958	1022381
*	GOME	0	0	0	0	0
*	IASI	1997695	1975930	1958616	2009228	7941469
*	MLS30	0	0	0	0	0
*	OMI	2229	3047	3051	3157	11484
*	SEVIRI	6664	6610	6754	6702	26730
*	SSMIS	40378	41280	40425	41253	163336
Total	Satellites Assimilated	4372948	4608948	4492317	4425016	17899229

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