| 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 |
44692 |
37960 |
117.7 % |
2504.00-2504.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
120784 |
59932 |
201.5 % |
2504.00-2504.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
29621 |
14735 |
201.0 % |
2504.00-2504.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
54050 |
64328 |
84.0 % |
2504.00-2504.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
217685 |
254100 |
85.7 % |
2504.00-2504.99 |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
3240 |
3900 |
83.1 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
633 |
591 |
107.1 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
22149 |
70577 |
31.4 % |
2503.50-2504.49 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
1448 |
2100 |
69.0 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
10 |
40 |
25.0 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
610 |
621 |
98.2 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
778 |
771 |
100.9 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
6720 |
13474 |
49.9 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
33030 |
33364 |
99.0 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
16968 |
32692 |
51.9 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
36542 |
44126 |
82.8 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
525 |
467 |
112.4 % |
2505.00-2505.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
115 |
112 |
102.7 % |
2503.50-2504.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2502.00-2502.99 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
7932 |
6923 |
114.6 % |
2504.00-2504.99 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
12620 |
14515 |
86.9 % |
2504.50-2505.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
7033 |
6523 |
107.8 % |
2503.50-2504.49 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2502.00-2502.99 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
6471 |
6781 |
95.4 % |
2504.00-2504.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
311 |
339 |
91.7 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
351 |
303 |
115.8 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
7114 |
7255 |
98.1 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
13 |
92.3 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
240 |
237 |
101.3 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
4 |
3 |
133.3 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
64 |
65 |
98.5 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
648 |
668 |
97.0 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
418 |
377 |
110.9 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1586 |
1371 |
115.7 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
11137 |
11533 |
96.6 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
8267 |
7192 |
114.9 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
363 |
335 |
108.4 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
21596 |
27730 |
77.9 % |
2504.00-2504.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
291 |
284 |
102.5 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
144 |
66 |
218.2 % |
2504.00-2504.99 |
pibal |
Pibal |
3 |
9 |
33.3 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
8 |
9 |
88.9 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
610307 |
644716 |
94.7 % |
2504.50-2505.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
873389 |
929937 |
93.9 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
291 |
266 |
109.4 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
4550 |
4596 |
99.0 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
135 |
153 |
88.2 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
216 |
215 |
100.5 % |
2505.00-2505.99 |
trmm |
NASA/TRMM microwave imager |
290376 |
281856 |
103.0 % |
2503.50-2504.49 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2503.00-2503.99 |
| 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 |
2505.50-2506.49 |
amsre |
AQUA AMSR-E processed brightness temperatures |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2503.50-2504.49 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
0 |
2349 |
0.0 % |
2504.50-2505.49 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) radiances |
115872 |
48675 |
238.1 % |
2505.00-2505.99 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
0 |
2187 |
0.0 % |
2504.00-2504.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
154729 |
507117 |
30.5 % |
2503.50-2504.49 |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
0 |
2346 |
0.0 % |
2503.50-2504.49 |
bathy |
Bathythermal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2503.50-2504.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
5 |
120.0 % |
2505.50-2506.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2505.50-2506.49 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
27180 |
110769 |
24.5 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
10533 |
11437 |
92.1 % |
2505.00-2505.99 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
211397 |
200301 |
105.5 % |
2505.00-2505.99 |
gome |
METOP-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
776 |
2315 |
33.5 % |
2504.50-2505.49 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
29098 |
33081 |
88.0 % |
2504.50-2505.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
8349 |
8065 |
103.5 % |
2503.50-2504.49 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2503.50-2504.49 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1098953 |
675642 |
162.7 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2505.50-2506.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
1259 |
2093 |
60.2 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
116 |
35 |
331.4 % |
2504.50-2505.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
12 |
6 |
200.0 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
48 |
48 |
100.0 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33828 |
33513 |
100.9 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
28939 |
28770 |
100.6 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
38 |
32 |
118.8 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
125 |
109 |
114.7 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
106 |
128 |
82.8 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
3342 |
2954 |
113.1 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1075 |
1099 |
97.8 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
201 |
232 |
86.6 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
131 |
129 |
101.6 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
30 |
26 |
115.4 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
192 |
192 |
100.0 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
72 |
67 |
107.5 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
126 |
113 |
111.5 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
23 |
21 |
109.5 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
0 |
2 |
0.0 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
58 |
55 |
105.5 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2505.50-2506.49 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2505.50-2506.49 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
174560 |
194112 |
89.9 % |
2504.50-2505.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2505.50-2506.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2505.50-2506.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
29 |
26 |
111.5 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
1710657 |
1777075 |
96.3 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2505.50-2506.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT Sec Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiances (proc.) |
36802 |
36802 |
100.0 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
108 |
105 |
102.9 % |
2505.50-2506.50 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
141060 |
127042 |
111.0 % |
2504.50-2505.49 |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
728 |
406 |
179.3 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2505.50-2506.49 |
tesac |
TESAC |
47 |
62 |
75.8 % |
2505.50-2506.49 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2505.50-2506.49 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2505.50-2506.49 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
6523 |
6542 |
99.7 % |
2504.50-2505.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2503.50-2504.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
1156 |
1270 |
91.0 % |
2503.50-2504.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2504.00-2504.99 |
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