| 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 |
60871 |
54605 |
111.5 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
120433 |
88773 |
135.7 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
29621 |
22431 |
132.1 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
105221 |
81532 |
129.1 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
423501 |
328563 |
128.9 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
10464 |
9962 |
105.0 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
665 |
648 |
102.6 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
82899 |
61717 |
134.3 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
1287 |
1626 |
79.2 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
373 |
487 |
76.6 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
613 |
558 |
109.9 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
866 |
851 |
101.8 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
16937 |
15553 |
108.9 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
85359 |
45109 |
189.2 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
45033 |
40271 |
111.8 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
79090 |
61449 |
128.7 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
503 |
503 |
100.0 % |
1513.00-1513.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
105 |
111 |
94.6 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.00-1510.99 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.00-1512.99 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
10380 |
10544 |
98.4 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
8488 |
7919 |
107.2 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.00-1510.99 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.00-1512.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
341 |
324 |
105.2 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
377 |
336 |
112.2 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
7203 |
7526 |
95.7 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
16 |
75.0 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
301 |
250 |
120.4 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
4 |
3 |
133.3 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
636 |
104.7 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
398 |
383 |
103.9 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1605 |
1408 |
114.0 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
11767 |
11186 |
105.2 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
8399 |
7049 |
119.2 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
339 |
345 |
98.3 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
35068 |
31792 |
110.3 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
284 |
271 |
104.8 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
83640 |
44962 |
186.0 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
157 |
86 |
182.6 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.49 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
486318 |
467185 |
104.1 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
954915 |
865403 |
110.3 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
161 |
146 |
110.3 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1779 |
1706 |
104.3 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
215 |
209 |
102.9 % |
1513.00-1513.99 |
trmm |
NASA/TRMM microwave imager |
337395 |
274960 |
122.7 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.00-1511.99 |
| 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 |
1513.50-1514.49 |
amsre |
AQUA AMSR-E processed brightness temperatures |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
20160 |
4970 |
405.6 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) radiances |
0 |
41997 |
0.0 % |
1513.00-1513.99 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
11163 |
5691 |
196.2 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
656251 |
599996 |
109.4 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
679780 |
294702 |
230.7 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
bathy |
Bathythermal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
7 |
100.0 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
137860 |
141950 |
97.1 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
10744 |
10437 |
102.9 % |
1513.00-1513.99 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
212807 |
197573 |
107.7 % |
1513.00-1513.99 |
gome |
METOP-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
2512 |
3385 |
74.2 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
23516 |
22961 |
102.4 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
10907 |
8948 |
121.9 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1074012 |
959270 |
112.0 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
1649 |
1643 |
100.4 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
0 |
32 |
0.0 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
6 |
133.3 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
50 |
48 |
104.2 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33346 |
32117 |
103.8 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
24122 |
27396 |
88.0 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
32 |
35 |
91.4 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
125 |
124 |
100.8 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
140 |
118 |
118.6 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
3471 |
2932 |
118.4 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1032 |
1066 |
96.8 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
216 |
217 |
99.5 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
113 |
119 |
95.0 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
33 |
121.2 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
191 |
193 |
99.0 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
69 |
64 |
107.8 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
103 |
93 |
110.8 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
39 |
23 |
169.6 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
28 |
40 |
70.0 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
59 |
57 |
103.5 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.49 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.49 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
144390 |
138699 |
104.1 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
30 |
28 |
107.1 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
2076050 |
1923283 |
107.9 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT Sec Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiances (proc.) |
36802 |
36802 |
100.0 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
34 |
27 |
125.9 % |
1513.50-1514.50 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
49800 |
150200 |
33.2 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.49 |
tesac |
TESAC |
86 |
66 |
130.3 % |
1513.50-1514.49 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.49 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1513.50-1514.49 |
trkob |
TRACKOB |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
20545 |
19954 |
103.0 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.00-1512.99 |
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