| 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 |
63970 |
49989 |
128.0 % |
1500.00-1500.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
56514 |
0.0 % |
1500.00-1500.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
13898 |
0.0 % |
1500.00-1500.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
115076 |
78868 |
145.9 % |
1500.00-1500.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
458728 |
307674 |
149.1 % |
1500.00-1500.99 |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
10151 |
9649 |
105.2 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
699 |
718 |
97.4 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
120315 |
64727 |
185.9 % |
1423.50-1500.49 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
1150 |
1042 |
110.4 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
317 |
348 |
91.1 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
608 |
530 |
114.7 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
323 |
295 |
109.5 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
11130 |
16759 |
66.4 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
94613 |
58757 |
161.0 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
30017 |
40915 |
73.4 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
62213 |
54701 |
113.7 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
530 |
503 |
105.4 % |
1501.00-1501.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
129 |
107 |
120.6 % |
1423.50-1500.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1422.00-1422.99 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.00-1500.99 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
10241 |
10660 |
96.1 % |
1500.50-1501.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
8177 |
9010 |
90.8 % |
1423.50-1500.49 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1422.00-1422.99 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.00-1500.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
308 |
318 |
96.9 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
374 |
337 |
111.0 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
6729 |
6834 |
98.5 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
11 |
81.8 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
290 |
249 |
116.5 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
34 |
61 |
55.7 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
391 |
396 |
98.7 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1406 |
1520 |
92.5 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
12426 |
12180 |
102.0 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6520 |
7637 |
85.4 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
335 |
333 |
100.6 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
24272 |
29093 |
83.4 % |
1500.00-1500.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
285 |
283 |
100.7 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
0 |
18314 |
0.0 % |
1423.50-1500.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
54 |
62 |
87.1 % |
1500.00-1500.99 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
537366 |
566779 |
94.8 % |
1500.50-1501.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1299760 |
1254841 |
103.6 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
166 |
156 |
106.4 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1701 |
1683 |
101.1 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
214 |
215 |
99.5 % |
1501.00-1501.99 |
trmm |
NASA/TRMM microwave imager |
345004 |
279332 |
123.5 % |
1423.50-1500.49 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.00-1423.99 |
| 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 |
1501.50-1502.49 |
amsre |
AQUA AMSR-E processed brightness temperatures |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.50-1500.49 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
14112 |
3226 |
437.4 % |
1500.50-1501.49 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) radiances |
0 |
50925 |
0.0 % |
1501.00-1501.99 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
14485 |
5252 |
275.8 % |
1500.00-1500.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
668000 |
613508 |
108.9 % |
1423.50-1500.49 |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
900746 |
279700 |
322.0 % |
1423.50-1500.49 |
bathy |
Bathythermal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.50-1500.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
9 |
8 |
112.5 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
35371 |
135139 |
26.2 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
11710 |
11297 |
103.7 % |
1501.00-1501.99 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
212626 |
181491 |
117.2 % |
1501.00-1501.99 |
gome |
METOP-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
1224 |
2370 |
51.6 % |
1500.50-1501.49 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
22844 |
23339 |
97.9 % |
1500.50-1501.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
10004 |
10183 |
98.2 % |
1423.50-1500.49 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.50-1500.49 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1116352 |
992207 |
112.5 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
9987 |
6544 |
152.6 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
34 |
33 |
103.0 % |
1500.50-1501.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
6 |
100.0 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
52 |
47 |
110.6 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31555 |
32858 |
96.0 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
21226 |
24880 |
85.3 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
37 |
40 |
92.5 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
125 |
125 |
100.0 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
106 |
121 |
87.6 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2906 |
3085 |
94.2 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1007 |
1076 |
93.6 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
217 |
230 |
94.3 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
112 |
120 |
93.3 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
32 |
125.0 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
197 |
191 |
103.1 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
66 |
64 |
103.1 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
134 |
112 |
119.6 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
36 |
23 |
156.5 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
19 |
14 |
135.7 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
67 |
61 |
109.8 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
142863 |
159076 |
89.8 % |
1500.50-1501.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
25 |
28 |
89.3 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
2195552 |
2207613 |
99.5 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT Sec Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiances (proc.) |
36802 |
36802 |
100.0 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
34 |
28 |
121.4 % |
1501.50-1502.50 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
139080 |
146283 |
95.1 % |
1500.50-1501.49 |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
704 |
632 |
111.4 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
tesac |
TESAC |
61 |
67 |
91.0 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
trkob |
TRACKOB |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.50-1501.49 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.50-1501.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1423.50-1500.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
1968 |
2606 |
75.5 % |
1423.50-1500.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.00-1500.99 |
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