| Critical Data with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean | UTC Time Window |
1bamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP-2 AMSU-A NCEP-proc. br. temps |
42651 |
47248 |
90.3 % |
2500.00-2500.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
86851 |
56958 |
152.5 % |
2500.00-2500.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
21344 |
14005 |
152.4 % |
2500.00-2500.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
73261 |
76321 |
96.0 % |
2500.00-2500.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
294160 |
291742 |
100.8 % |
2500.00-2500.99 |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
10122 |
9469 |
106.9 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
696 |
688 |
101.2 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
95049 |
60581 |
156.9 % |
2423.50-2500.49 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
1071 |
1048 |
102.2 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
366 |
348 |
105.2 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
417 |
514 |
81.1 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
288 |
278 |
103.6 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
11791 |
15718 |
75.0 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
0 |
62782 |
0.0 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
29513 |
39167 |
75.4 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
50671 |
58491 |
86.6 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
510 |
474 |
107.6 % |
2501.00-2501.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
132 |
104 |
126.9 % |
2423.50-2500.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2422.00-2422.99 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2500.00-2500.99 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
10280 |
12018 |
85.5 % |
2500.50-2501.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
9758 |
8738 |
111.7 % |
2423.50-2500.49 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2422.00-2422.99 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2500.00-2500.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
305 |
333 |
91.6 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
335 |
301 |
111.3 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
6721 |
6836 |
98.3 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
12 |
100.0 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
242 |
240 |
100.8 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
4 |
75.0 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
60 |
63 |
95.2 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
638 |
654 |
97.6 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
400 |
384 |
104.2 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1447 |
1417 |
102.1 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
13882 |
12893 |
107.7 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
7834 |
7340 |
106.7 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
359 |
335 |
107.2 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
21596 |
28000 |
77.1 % |
2500.00-2500.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
283 |
278 |
101.8 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
17820 |
22370 |
79.7 % |
2423.50-2500.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
26 |
65 |
40.0 % |
2500.00-2500.99 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
8 |
9 |
88.9 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
493189 |
515720 |
95.6 % |
2500.50-2501.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
991424 |
1027185 |
96.5 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
164 |
157 |
104.5 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1709 |
1692 |
101.0 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
215 |
215 |
100.0 % |
2501.00-2501.99 |
trmm |
NASA/TRMM microwave imager |
334599 |
257391 |
130.0 % |
2423.50-2500.49 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2423.00-2423.99 |
| Data Types of Opportunity with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean | UTC Time Window |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
amsre |
AQUA AMSR-E processed brightness temperatures |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2423.50-2500.49 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
0 |
2285 |
0.0 % |
2500.50-2501.49 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
3122 |
4724 |
66.1 % |
2500.00-2500.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
862484 |
580643 |
148.5 % |
2423.50-2500.49 |
bathy |
Bathythermal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2423.50-2500.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
10 |
8 |
125.0 % |
2501.50-2502.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
142774 |
120751 |
118.2 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
10264 |
11511 |
89.2 % |
2501.00-2501.99 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
166989 |
197427 |
84.6 % |
2501.00-2501.99 |
gome |
METOP-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
2848 |
2023 |
140.8 % |
2500.50-2501.49 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
22726 |
26552 |
85.6 % |
2500.50-2501.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
10771 |
10143 |
106.2 % |
2423.50-2500.49 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2423.50-2500.49 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1058897 |
1014013 |
104.4 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
2847 |
3696 |
77.0 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
0 |
38 |
0.0 % |
2500.50-2501.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
10 |
6 |
166.7 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
48 |
47 |
102.1 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33160 |
32945 |
100.7 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
28857 |
27742 |
104.0 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
42 |
81.0 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
125 |
106 |
117.9 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
106 |
127 |
83.5 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
3079 |
3077 |
100.1 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1076 |
1099 |
97.9 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
191 |
240 |
79.6 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
126 |
130 |
96.9 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
30 |
27 |
111.1 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
191 |
194 |
98.5 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
70 |
70 |
100.0 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
110 |
114 |
96.5 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
25 |
21 |
119.0 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
19 |
14 |
135.7 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
60 |
61 |
98.4 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
134675 |
142081 |
94.8 % |
2500.50-2501.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
27 |
27 |
100.0 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
2008200 |
2015430 |
99.6 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT Sec Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiances (proc.) |
36802 |
36802 |
100.0 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
30 |
28 |
107.1 % |
2501.50-2502.50 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
160500 |
145834 |
110.1 % |
2500.50-2501.49 |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
708 |
450 |
157.3 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
tesac |
TESAC |
41 |
60 |
68.3 % |
2501.50-2502.49 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2501.50-2502.49 |
trkob |
TRACKOB |
0 |
10 |
0.0 % |
2500.50-2501.49 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2500.50-2501.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2423.50-2500.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
2837 |
2637 |
107.6 % |
2423.50-2500.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2500.00-2500.99 |
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