SEPTEMBER 2018 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number	Total Input	% Input
Land Sfc	Synoptic	20688	21256	22376	21263	85583	85583	*
*	METAR	46315	48103	50094	48276	192788	192788	*
*	sub-total	67003	69359	72470	69539	278371	278371	****
Marine Sfc	Ship	1711	1689	1659	1670	6729	6729	*
*	Drifting Buoy	2412	2297	2364	2356	9429	9429	*
*	Moored Buoy	4784	4764	4763	4772	19083	19083	*
*	CMAN	4419	4412	4423	4428	17682	17682	*
*	Tide Gauge	5628	5600	5610	5582	22420	22420	*
*	MSLP Bogus**	0	0	0	0	0	*	*
*	sub-total	18954	18762	18819	18808	75343	75343	****
Land Soundings	Fixed Land RAOB	686	53	668	55	1462	1462	*
*	Mobile Land RAOB	0	0	0	0	0	0	*
*	Ship RAOB	2	1	3	1	7	7	*
*	Dropsonde	11	4	6	11	32	32	*
*	Pibal	72	89	78	55	294	294	*
*	Profiler	4	2	4	2	12	12	*
*	NEXRAD Wind	1843	1860	1835	1813	7351	7351	*
*	sub-total	2618	2009	2594	1937	9158	9158	****
Aircraft	AIREP	5835	9089	7754	5024	27702	27702	*
*	PIREP	279	44	356	498	1177	1177	*
*	AMDAR	6029	8274	7121	2777	24201	24201	*
*	ACARS	180813	69733	117693	184607	552846	552846	*
*	RECCO	5	2	3	7	17	17	*
*	sub-total	192961	87142	132927	192913	605943	605943	****
Total	non-satellite	281536	177272	226810	283197	968815	968815	****

**    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.

SEPTEMBER 2018 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	4893975	3853758	3942986	4969301	17660020
Ozone	OZONE	6693	6797	7052	6600	27142
Satellite Winds	SATWND	1454195	1458791	1715339	2001427	6629752
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	102063	102990	103047	100377	408477
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	7875481	7820537	7819067	7875317	31390402
*	AMSUA 1B**	14381218	13675386	14450830	14186719	56694153
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	11275803	10434771	11251017	11299736	44261327
*	AIRS	162547963	161199668	162324268	157481308	643553207
*	ATMS	1229048	1226338	1226319	1229088	4910793
*	AVHRR	8489035	7521827	8533342	8461383	33005587
*	CRIS	34443236	34037666	34860697	35966073	139307672
*	CRIS-FSR	34443236	34037666	34860697	35966073	278501694
*	GOME	104518	104751	102415	104673	416357
*	IASI	425773677	368240077	399064841	386846542	1579925137
*	OMI	233396	302506	285382	294544	1115828
*	SAPHIR	8892726	8645763	8065930	8845510	34449929
*	SEVIRI	1291673	1308224	1373536	1299443	5272876
*	SSMIS	30139304	29157104	29834984	29417791	118549183
Total	Satellites Received	748045004	683847622	719713430	705165808	2856771864

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

SEPTEMBER 2018 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	63212	53973	56706	63658	237549
Ozone	OZONE	6541	6584	6835	6439	26399
Satellite Winds	SATWND	1454195	1458791	1715339	2001427	6629752
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	99718	100540	100537	98165	398960
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	514188	510620	506181	513721	2044710
*	AMSUA 1B**	707512	663817	704292	708169	2783790
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	185795	173026	183239	186034	728094
*	AIRS	2257226	2247659	2263253	2198538	8966676
*	ATMS	462873	461997	459677	460110	1844657
*	AVHRR	44410	38801	43632	44430	171273
*	CRIS	4789300	4787998	4767802	4770303	19115403
*	CRIS-FSR	4789300	4787998	4767802	4770303	39821277
*	GOME	7928	8015	7863	7894	31700
*	IASI	12387986	11904439	12116226	12435706	48844357
*	OMI	2059	2703	2531	2598	9891
*	SAPHIR	54570	57705	54828	55378	222481
*	SEVIRI	26130	26541	27142	26112	105925
*	SSMIS	479144	467240	481539	469871	1897794
Total	Satellites Selected	28731108	28140232	28661795	29232150	114765285

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

SEPTEMBER 2018 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	26310	20672	24936	29576	101494
Ozone	OZONE	4757	4788	4966	4683	19194
Satellite Winds	SATWND	1454195	1458791	1715339	2001427	6629752
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	71874	72669	72738	70964	288245
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	0	0	0	0	0
*	AMSUA 1B**	440289	415404	442362	448560	1746615
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	100567	93648	98763	99925	392903
*	AIRS	564307	532734	559882	518242	2175165
*	ATMS	313199	297585	308231	290824	1209839
*	AVHRR	16518	15715	16573	17002	65808
*	CRIS	281881	268587	283116	263676	1097260
*	CRIS-FSR	281881	268587	283116	263676	2291987
*	GOME	0	0	0	0	0
*	IASI	2019431	1963600	1974787	2064570	8022388
*	OMI	2059	2703	2531	2598	9891
*	SAPHIR	0	0	0	0	0
*	SEVIRI	0	0	0	0	0
*	SSMIS	43963	45292	44099	43989	177343
Total	Satellites Assimilated	5643313	5484798	5857304	6145209	23130624

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