| 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 |
58223 |
48586 |
119.8 % |
1510.00-1510.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
31320 |
12490 |
250.8 % |
1510.00-1510.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
7622 |
3071 |
248.2 % |
1510.00-1510.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
91773 |
86720 |
105.8 % |
1510.00-1510.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
367930 |
345925 |
106.4 % |
1510.00-1510.99 |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
5884 |
7509 |
78.4 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
648 |
605 |
107.1 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
107199 |
62826 |
170.6 % |
1509.50-1510.49 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
1321 |
2143 |
61.6 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
333 |
317 |
105.0 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
842 |
591 |
142.5 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
716 |
804 |
89.1 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
15990 |
18289 |
87.4 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
89404 |
37771 |
236.7 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
42843 |
46722 |
91.7 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
16345 |
20173 |
81.0 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
470 |
488 |
96.3 % |
1511.00-1511.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
126 |
116 |
108.6 % |
1509.50-1510.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.00-1508.99 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
7300 |
7064 |
103.3 % |
1510.00-1510.99 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
12652 |
13011 |
97.2 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
5206 |
6041 |
86.2 % |
1509.50-1510.49 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.00-1508.99 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
7523 |
7142 |
105.3 % |
1510.00-1510.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
345 |
330 |
104.5 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
380 |
343 |
110.8 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
7186 |
7551 |
95.2 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
16 |
56.2 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
302 |
252 |
119.8 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
57 |
0.0 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
354 |
397 |
89.2 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1499 |
1415 |
105.9 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
12336 |
11987 |
102.9 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6996 |
7232 |
96.7 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
340 |
343 |
99.1 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
37708 |
30736 |
122.7 % |
1510.00-1510.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
282 |
279 |
101.1 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
49440 |
39017 |
126.7 % |
1509.50-1510.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
52 |
48 |
108.3 % |
1510.00-1510.99 |
pibal |
Pibal |
12 |
5 |
240.0 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
513268 |
524649 |
97.8 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
119 |
114 |
104.4 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
849647 |
861368 |
98.6 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
245 |
251 |
97.6 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
4775 |
4833 |
98.8 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
161 |
155 |
103.9 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
215 |
215 |
100.0 % |
1511.00-1511.99 |
trmm |
NASA/TRMM microwave imager |
290512 |
276569 |
105.0 % |
1509.50-1510.49 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.00-1509.99 |
| 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 |
1511.50-1512.49 |
amsre |
AQUA AMSR-E processed brightness temperatures |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.50-1510.49 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
12096 |
4587 |
263.7 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
423 |
6952 |
6.1 % |
1510.00-1510.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
663275 |
665156 |
99.7 % |
1509.50-1510.49 |
bathy |
Bathythermal |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1509.50-1510.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
6 |
116.7 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
86492 |
175128 |
49.4 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
11090 |
11241 |
98.7 % |
1511.00-1511.99 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
149686 |
146812 |
102.0 % |
1511.00-1511.99 |
gome |
METOP-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
3848 |
2736 |
140.6 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
29685 |
29876 |
99.4 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
7133 |
6757 |
105.6 % |
1509.50-1510.49 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.50-1510.49 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
373888 |
335947 |
111.3 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
2266 |
1968 |
115.1 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
7 |
6 |
116.7 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
52 |
49 |
106.1 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31743 |
32549 |
97.5 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
25307 |
27111 |
93.3 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
32 |
33 |
97.0 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
125 |
124 |
100.8 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
72 |
122 |
59.0 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
3155 |
3005 |
105.0 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1037 |
1060 |
97.8 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
214 |
218 |
98.2 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
112 |
115 |
97.4 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
29 |
137.9 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
185 |
189 |
97.9 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
53 |
66 |
80.3 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
83 |
109 |
76.1 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
37 |
22 |
168.2 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
13 |
18 |
72.2 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
60 |
55 |
109.1 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
154942 |
155487 |
99.6 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
27 |
96.3 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
1903199 |
1954771 |
97.4 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT Sec Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiances (proc.) |
36802 |
36450 |
101.0 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
97 |
91 |
106.6 % |
1511.50-1512.50 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
134940 |
136401 |
98.9 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
tesac |
TESAC |
86 |
69 |
124.6 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
trkob |
TRACKOB |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1511.49 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
22154 |
22337 |
99.2 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.50-1510.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.50-1510.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
7845 |
3125 |
251.0 % |
1510.00-1510.99 |
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