| 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 |
43575 |
47190 |
92.3 % |
1606.00-1606.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
210118 |
161952 |
129.7 % |
1606.00-1606.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
51854 |
40177 |
129.1 % |
1606.00-1606.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
66926 |
73731 |
90.8 % |
1606.00-1606.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
259350 |
282581 |
91.8 % |
1606.00-1606.99 |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
2840 |
3111 |
91.3 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
299 |
268 |
111.6 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
1466 |
1189 |
123.3 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
0 |
4 |
0.0 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
530 |
511 |
103.7 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
580 |
531 |
109.2 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
26461 |
16715 |
158.3 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
104435 |
55497 |
188.2 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
61489 |
40578 |
151.5 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
27949 |
38016 |
73.5 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
348 |
364 |
95.6 % |
1607.00-1607.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
51 |
74 |
68.9 % |
1605.50-1606.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1604.00-1604.99 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1606.00-1606.99 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
9615 |
9562 |
100.6 % |
1606.50-1607.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
10168 |
9186 |
110.7 % |
1605.50-1606.49 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1606.00-1606.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
366 |
369 |
99.2 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
288 |
280 |
102.9 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
7475 |
7308 |
102.3 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
12 |
0.0 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
147 |
121 |
121.5 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
9 |
100.0 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
560 |
586 |
95.6 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
627 |
723 |
86.7 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
296 |
365 |
81.1 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1111 |
1210 |
91.8 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7340 |
8245 |
89.0 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
5913 |
5394 |
109.6 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
462 |
465 |
99.4 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
53456 |
51676 |
103.4 % |
1606.00-1606.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
280 |
282 |
99.3 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
86280 |
50634 |
170.4 % |
1605.50-1606.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
154 |
168 |
91.7 % |
1606.00-1606.99 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1607.50-1608.49 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
18 |
88.9 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
649791 |
700763 |
92.7 % |
1606.50-1607.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1607.50-1608.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1016848 |
1086095 |
93.6 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
165 |
158 |
104.4 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1787 |
1805 |
99.0 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
23 |
100.0 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
174 |
172 |
101.2 % |
1607.00-1607.99 |
trmm |
NASA/TRMM microwave imager |
328213 |
321587 |
102.1 % |
1605.50-1606.49 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
12385 |
0.0 % |
1605.00-1605.99 |
| 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 |
1607.50-1608.49 |
amsre |
AQUA AMSR-E processed brightness temperatures |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1605.50-1606.49 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
26166 |
30043 |
87.1 % |
1606.50-1607.49 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
8966 |
11362 |
78.9 % |
1606.00-1606.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
792422 |
847992 |
93.4 % |
1605.50-1606.49 |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
365016 |
563431 |
64.8 % |
1605.50-1606.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
1607.50-1608.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1607.50-1608.49 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
170303 |
125066 |
136.2 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1607.00-1607.99 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
149809 |
161822 |
92.6 % |
1607.00-1607.99 |
gome |
METOP-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
7784 |
9429 |
82.6 % |
1606.50-1607.49 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
20995 |
20786 |
101.0 % |
1606.50-1607.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
12060 |
11963 |
100.8 % |
1605.50-1606.49 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1605.50-1606.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
10 |
10 |
100.0 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
39 |
40 |
97.5 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
25525 |
30479 |
83.7 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
19588 |
28246 |
69.3 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
30 |
50 |
60.0 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
133 |
75.2 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
112 |
96.4 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2538 |
2548 |
99.6 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1155 |
1310 |
88.2 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
208 |
248 |
83.9 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
83 |
92 |
90.2 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
34 |
35 |
97.1 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
161 |
177 |
91.0 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
51 |
61 |
83.6 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
0 |
142 |
0.0 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
28 |
34 |
82.4 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
89 |
78 |
114.1 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
33 |
33 |
100.0 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1607.50-1608.49 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
191080 |
203970 |
93.7 % |
1606.50-1607.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1607.50-1608.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1607.50-1608.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
25 |
27 |
92.6 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
1725271 |
1894473 |
91.1 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1607.50-1608.49 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1607.50-1608.50 |
slpbg |
Sea level pressure bogus |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1602.00-1602.99 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
112620 |
134998 |
83.4 % |
1606.50-1607.49 |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
15 |
11 |
136.4 % |
1607.50-1608.49 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1607.50-1608.49 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1607.50-1608.49 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1607.50-1608.49 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
6670 |
8306 |
80.3 % |
1606.50-1607.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1605.50-1606.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
1921 |
2229 |
86.2 % |
1605.50-1606.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1606.00-1606.99 |
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