| 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 |
51033 |
46235 |
110.4 % |
1502.00-1502.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
120295 |
35679 |
337.2 % |
1502.00-1502.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
29621 |
8704 |
340.3 % |
1502.00-1502.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
83455 |
73743 |
113.2 % |
1502.00-1502.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
335032 |
295372 |
113.4 % |
1502.00-1502.99 |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
8376 |
8125 |
103.1 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
731 |
709 |
103.1 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
82899 |
63541 |
130.5 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
1213 |
1390 |
87.3 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
158 |
156 |
101.3 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
543 |
556 |
97.7 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
681 |
467 |
145.8 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
16021 |
12552 |
127.6 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
17992 |
38353 |
46.9 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
41891 |
32173 |
130.2 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
44387 |
45258 |
98.1 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
518 |
506 |
102.4 % |
1503.00-1503.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
115 |
112 |
102.7 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.00-1500.99 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
6616 |
6682 |
99.0 % |
1502.00-1502.99 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
12603 |
12682 |
99.4 % |
1502.50-1503.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
5906 |
6358 |
92.9 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1500.00-1500.99 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
5026 |
4700 |
106.9 % |
1502.00-1502.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
348 |
326 |
106.7 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
372 |
334 |
111.4 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
6842 |
7057 |
97.0 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
11 |
81.8 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
294 |
248 |
118.5 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
38 |
50 |
76.0 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
659 |
101.1 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
403 |
390 |
103.3 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1443 |
1494 |
96.6 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
14310 |
12092 |
118.3 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
7718 |
7425 |
103.9 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
336 |
332 |
101.2 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
37708 |
28365 |
132.9 % |
1502.00-1502.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
284 |
285 |
99.6 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
75360 |
25522 |
295.3 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
123 |
67 |
183.6 % |
1502.00-1502.99 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.49 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
558816 |
643434 |
86.8 % |
1502.50-1503.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1160067 |
1263396 |
91.8 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
180 |
160 |
112.5 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1561 |
1525 |
102.4 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
214 |
216 |
99.1 % |
1503.00-1503.99 |
trmm |
NASA/TRMM microwave imager |
358208 |
269548 |
132.9 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.00-1501.99 |
| 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 |
1503.50-1504.49 |
amsre |
AQUA AMSR-E processed brightness temperatures |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
18144 |
3090 |
587.2 % |
1502.50-1503.49 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) radiances |
0 |
47270 |
0.0 % |
1503.00-1503.99 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
7829 |
6013 |
130.2 % |
1502.00-1502.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
548024 |
435599 |
125.8 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
635155 |
602071 |
105.5 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
bathy |
Bathythermal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.49 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
173278 |
113582 |
152.6 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
39201 |
39472 |
99.3 % |
1503.00-1503.99 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
210661 |
205524 |
102.5 % |
1503.00-1503.99 |
gome |
METOP-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
2256 |
2478 |
91.0 % |
1502.50-1503.49 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
28728 |
28582 |
100.5 % |
1502.50-1503.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
7667 |
7306 |
104.9 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1118007 |
987479 |
113.2 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
6915 |
4772 |
144.9 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
0 |
29 |
0.0 % |
1502.50-1503.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
0 |
5 |
0.0 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
46 |
47 |
97.9 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
32504 |
33294 |
97.6 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
28124 |
26797 |
105.0 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
26 |
34 |
76.5 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
125 |
125 |
100.0 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
106 |
117 |
90.6 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
3139 |
3008 |
104.4 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1046 |
1071 |
97.7 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
250 |
222 |
112.6 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
113 |
120 |
94.2 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
29 |
137.9 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
196 |
185 |
105.9 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
68 |
66 |
103.0 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
140 |
111 |
126.1 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
34 |
23 |
147.8 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
3 |
6 |
50.0 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
58 |
54 |
107.4 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.49 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.49 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
152619 |
183002 |
83.4 % |
1502.50-1503.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
28 |
27 |
103.7 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
1947515 |
2072531 |
94.0 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT Sec Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiances (proc.) |
36802 |
36802 |
100.0 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
32 |
25 |
128.0 % |
1503.50-1504.50 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
218040 |
156850 |
139.0 % |
1502.50-1503.49 |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
717 |
604 |
118.7 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.49 |
tesac |
TESAC |
84 |
69 |
121.7 % |
1503.50-1504.49 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.49 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1503.50-1504.49 |
trkob |
TRACKOB |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1502.50-1503.49 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
917 |
954 |
96.1 % |
1502.50-1503.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1501.50-1502.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
844 |
1116 |
75.6 % |
1501.50-1502.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
12513 |
9590 |
130.5 % |
1502.00-1502.99 |
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