| 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 |
264586 |
276789 |
95.6 % |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
1070595 |
980157 |
109.2 % |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
264760 |
241258 |
109.7 % |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
387759 |
373844 |
103.7 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
1517029 |
1459202 |
104.0 % |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
36416 |
33263 |
109.5 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2891 |
2872 |
100.7 % |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
398843 |
431244 |
92.5 % |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
13517 |
13926 |
97.1 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
5277 |
5960 |
88.5 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
5496 |
5341 |
102.9 % |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
191569 |
198089 |
96.7 % |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
1010676 |
1171858 |
86.2 % |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
454829 |
475730 |
95.6 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
386952 |
450981 |
85.8 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
372 |
372 |
100.0 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
1447 |
5845 |
24.8 % |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
13934 |
13929 |
100.0 % |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
60405 |
59023 |
102.3 % |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
12829 |
16730 |
76.7 % |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
2466 |
2202 |
112.0 % |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
15024 |
15591 |
96.4 % |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
3437 |
3549 |
96.8 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
2450 |
2348 |
104.3 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
43801 |
43585 |
100.5 % |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
259080 |
247189 |
104.8 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
1517 |
1497 |
101.3 % |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
269160 |
201810 |
133.4 % |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
966 |
884 |
109.3 % |
pibal |
Pibal |
74 |
75 |
98.7 % |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
80 |
134 |
59.7 % |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
112 |
123 |
91.1 % |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
638 |
632 |
100.9 % |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
4 |
7 |
57.1 % |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
1525 |
1397 |
109.2 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
18182 |
18179 |
100.0 % |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
852 |
854 |
99.8 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
1091 |
1088 |
100.3 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
1690 |
1664 |
101.6 % |
trmm |
NASA/TRMM microwave imager |
1819546 |
1487906 |
122.3 % |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
74199 |
81976 |
90.5 % |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
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 |
189252 |
186141 |
101.7 % |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) radiances |
612000 |
447563 |
136.7 % |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
4069025 |
3969048 |
102.5 % |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
3018623 |
2269342 |
133.0 % |
bathy |
Bathythermal |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1591 |
1854 |
85.8 % |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
44 |
42 |
104.8 % |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
932177 |
954167 |
97.7 % |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
53982 |
54601 |
98.9 % |
gome |
METOP-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
46360 |
45273 |
102.4 % |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
3070 |
2909 |
105.5 % |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
138496 |
134643 |
102.9 % |
h20in |
INSAT/KALPANA India wvpr derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
14737 |
19136 |
77.0 % |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
1094 |
701 |
156.1 % |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
715 |
652 |
109.7 % |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
230 |
224 |
102.7 % |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
156 |
177 |
88.1 % |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT Sec Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiances (proc.) |
184010 |
183968 |
100.0 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
1725815 |
1756818 |
98.2 % |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
tesac |
TESAC |
1166 |
1127 |
103.5 % |
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 |
314 |
354 |
88.7 % |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
9264 |
7073 |
131.0 % |