| 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 |
45470 |
44739 |
101.6 % |
1909.00-1909.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
54752 |
70154 |
78.0 % |
1909.00-1909.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
219849 |
274755 |
80.0 % |
1909.00-1909.99 |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
3105 |
1197 |
259.4 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
582 |
512 |
113.7 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
58599 |
59391 |
98.7 % |
1908.50-1909.49 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
1169 |
1127 |
103.7 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
197 |
243 |
81.1 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
731 |
556 |
131.5 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
902 |
882 |
102.3 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
29738 |
17444 |
170.5 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
84086 |
55963 |
150.3 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
67266 |
43950 |
153.1 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
44315 |
52422 |
84.5 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
492 |
453 |
108.6 % |
1910.00-1910.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
139 |
114 |
121.9 % |
1908.50-1909.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
2737 |
600 |
456.2 % |
1907.00-1907.99 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1909.00-1909.99 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
10957 |
12526 |
87.5 % |
1909.50-1910.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
6949 |
6088 |
114.1 % |
1908.50-1909.49 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
1270 |
405 |
313.6 % |
1907.00-1907.99 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1909.00-1909.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
327 |
350 |
93.4 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
265 |
307 |
86.3 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
7596 |
7435 |
102.2 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
16 |
75.0 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
253 |
239 |
105.9 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
2 |
3 |
66.7 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
65 |
63 |
103.2 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
728 |
755 |
96.4 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
416 |
380 |
109.5 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1585 |
1413 |
112.2 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
8806 |
13069 |
67.4 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
7700 |
7179 |
107.3 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
297 |
357 |
83.2 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
15480 |
32668 |
47.4 % |
1909.00-1909.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
281 |
271 |
103.7 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
50 |
54 |
92.6 % |
1909.00-1909.99 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.49 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
7 |
9 |
77.8 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
646586 |
509248 |
127.0 % |
1909.50-1910.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1176821 |
706509 |
166.6 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
146 |
146 |
100.0 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1736 |
1702 |
102.0 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
217 |
214 |
101.4 % |
1910.00-1910.99 |
trmm |
NASA/TRMM microwave imager |
159954 |
315154 |
50.8 % |
1908.50-1909.49 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.00-1908.99 |
| 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 |
1910.50-1911.49 |
amsre |
AQUA AMSR-E processed brightness temperatures |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.50-1909.49 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
0 |
8985 |
0.0 % |
1909.50-1910.49 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) radiances |
89280 |
43706 |
204.3 % |
1910.00-1910.99 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
2842 |
4158 |
68.4 % |
1909.00-1909.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
874080 |
662555 |
131.9 % |
1908.50-1909.49 |
bathy |
Bathythermal |
4 |
1 |
400.0 % |
1908.50-1909.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
2 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.49 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
247055 |
126967 |
194.6 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
11643 |
12073 |
96.4 % |
1910.00-1910.99 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
211031 |
210881 |
100.1 % |
1910.00-1910.99 |
gome |
METOP-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
2848 |
3961 |
71.9 % |
1909.50-1910.49 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
23503 |
27790 |
84.6 % |
1909.50-1910.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
9014 |
7286 |
123.7 % |
1908.50-1909.49 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.50-1909.49 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1104182 |
1041963 |
106.0 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
4745 |
1236 |
383.9 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
0 |
24 |
0.0 % |
1909.50-1910.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
5 |
120.0 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
49 |
49 |
100.0 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33307 |
32889 |
101.3 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
25263 |
28445 |
88.8 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
42 |
42 |
100.0 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
125 |
105 |
119.0 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
140 |
127 |
110.2 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
3330 |
3009 |
110.7 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1047 |
1060 |
98.8 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
220 |
226 |
97.3 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
129 |
106 |
121.7 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
30 |
27 |
111.1 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
182 |
191 |
95.3 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
73 |
72 |
101.4 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
91 |
109 |
83.5 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
27 |
19 |
142.1 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
3 |
10 |
30.0 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
60 |
57 |
105.3 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.49 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.49 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
201551 |
157806 |
127.7 % |
1909.50-1910.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
27 |
25 |
108.0 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
2173386 |
1777333 |
122.3 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT Sec Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiances (proc.) |
36802 |
36802 |
100.0 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
8 |
29 |
27.6 % |
1910.50-1911.50 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
154020 |
139257 |
110.6 % |
1909.50-1910.49 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.49 |
tesac |
TESAC |
84 |
84 |
100.0 % |
1910.50-1911.49 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.49 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.50-1911.49 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
19766 |
22549 |
87.7 % |
1909.50-1910.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1908.50-1909.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
308 |
310 |
99.4 % |
1908.50-1909.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1909.00-1909.99 |
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