| Critical Data with Normal Counts |
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean |
1bamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP-2 AMSU-A NCEP-proc. br. temps |
481969 |
470180 |
102.5 % |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
731171 |
635588 |
115.0 % |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
179480 |
156915 |
114.4 % |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
721250 |
710900 |
101.5 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
2892329 |
2850214 |
101.5 % |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
51464 |
51260 |
100.4 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
4041 |
3788 |
106.7 % |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
729000 |
705614 |
103.3 % |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
16469 |
15229 |
108.1 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
8039 |
7628 |
105.4 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
11 |
0.0 % |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
8057 |
7771 |
103.7 % |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
161560 |
145670 |
110.9 % |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
489652 |
404832 |
121.0 % |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
410016 |
371530 |
110.4 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
535419 |
473130 |
113.2 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
696 |
750 |
92.8 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
14694 |
13941 |
105.4 % |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
12766 |
13131 |
97.2 % |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
71907 |
73709 |
97.6 % |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
17175 |
18120 |
94.8 % |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
8050 |
6622 |
121.6 % |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
15217 |
15056 |
101.1 % |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
4068 |
3937 |
103.3 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
2995 |
2745 |
109.1 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
44620 |
46548 |
95.9 % |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
324000 |
323709 |
100.1 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
1703 |
1673 |
101.8 % |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
331920 |
303300 |
109.4 % |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
675 |
614 |
109.9 % |
pibal |
Pibal |
83 |
76 |
109.2 % |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
126 |
165 |
76.4 % |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
64 |
63 |
101.6 % |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
2 |
2 |
100.0 % |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
636 |
632 |
100.6 % |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
1571 |
1471 |
106.8 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
18772 |
18790 |
99.9 % |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
5746 |
6998 |
82.1 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
1073 |
1069 |
100.4 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
2752 |
2731 |
100.8 % |
trmm |
NASA/TRMM microwave imager |
2190648 |
2163792 |
101.2 % |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
124805 |
123686 |
100.9 % |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
| Data Types of Opportunity with Normal Counts |
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
241920 |
241767 |
100.1 % |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) radiances |
777600 |
759661 |
102.4 % |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
87087 |
84328 |
103.3 % |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
4591829 |
4519329 |
101.6 % |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
4163179 |
4027572 |
103.4 % |
bathy |
Bathythermal |
5 |
10 |
50.0 % |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2041 |
2535 |
80.5 % |
cris |
NPP Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) radiances |
729000 |
726252 |
100.4 % |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
41 |
32 |
128.1 % |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
1459839 |
1317802 |
110.8 % |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
52131 |
50439 |
103.4 % |
gome |
METOP-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
47456 |
54891 |
86.5 % |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
4438 |
4340 |
102.3 % |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
166401 |
165692 |
100.4 % |
h20in |
INSAT/KALPANA India wvpr derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
22432 |
19659 |
114.1 % |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
888 |
869 |
102.2 % |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
622 |
620 |
100.3 % |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
222 |
237 |
93.7 % |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT Sec Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiances (proc.) |
220812 |
220212 |
100.3 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
32 |
31 |
103.2 % |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
2372019 |
2067544 |
114.7 % |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
tesac |
TESAC |
1575 |
1471 |
107.1 % |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
trkob |
TRACKOB |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |