| 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 |
63954 |
51157 |
125.0 % |
1516.00-1516.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
120295 |
49938 |
240.9 % |
1516.00-1516.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
29621 |
12274 |
241.3 % |
1516.00-1516.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
82616 |
78711 |
105.0 % |
1516.00-1516.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
331600 |
306833 |
108.1 % |
1516.00-1516.99 |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
11451 |
10125 |
113.1 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
364 |
338 |
107.7 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
49566 |
59717 |
83.0 % |
1515.50-1516.49 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
782 |
1172 |
66.7 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
402 |
471 |
85.4 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
732 |
578 |
126.6 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
801 |
750 |
106.8 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
17420 |
16379 |
106.4 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
0 |
56457 |
0.0 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
45179 |
40423 |
111.8 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
62308 |
56396 |
110.5 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
473 |
480 |
98.5 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
90 |
116 |
77.6 % |
1515.50-1516.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
1031 |
78 |
n/a |
1514.00-1514.99 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
5037 |
7186 |
70.1 % |
1516.00-1516.99 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
13011 |
13390 |
97.2 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
5762 |
5930 |
97.2 % |
1515.50-1516.49 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
492 |
57 |
863.2 % |
1514.00-1514.99 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
5064 |
6998 |
72.4 % |
1516.00-1516.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
345 |
317 |
108.8 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
384 |
335 |
114.6 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
7032 |
7249 |
97.0 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
16 |
75.0 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
300 |
257 |
116.7 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
4 |
3 |
133.3 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
659 |
101.1 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
397 |
385 |
103.1 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1604 |
1476 |
108.7 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
9870 |
11649 |
84.7 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
8403 |
7340 |
114.5 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
327 |
339 |
96.5 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
37704 |
32487 |
116.1 % |
1516.00-1516.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
289 |
280 |
103.2 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
43080 |
47030 |
91.6 % |
1515.50-1516.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
74 |
71 |
104.2 % |
1516.00-1516.99 |
pibal |
Pibal |
14 |
9 |
155.6 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
563617 |
529938 |
106.4 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
4 |
2 |
200.0 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1047870 |
1123168 |
93.3 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
244 |
247 |
98.8 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
4640 |
4746 |
97.8 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
131 |
142 |
92.3 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
215 |
216 |
99.5 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
trmm |
NASA/TRMM microwave imager |
389609 |
276055 |
141.1 % |
1515.50-1516.49 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.00-1515.99 |
| 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 |
1517.50-1518.49 |
amsre |
AQUA AMSR-E processed brightness temperatures |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1516.49 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
2016 |
5037 |
40.0 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) radiances |
81888 |
27718 |
295.4 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
5396 |
5242 |
102.9 % |
1516.00-1516.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
798178 |
550519 |
145.0 % |
1515.50-1516.49 |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
265145 |
356944 |
74.3 % |
1515.50-1516.49 |
bathy |
Bathythermal |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
1515.50-1516.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
10 |
9 |
111.1 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.49 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
216051 |
132875 |
162.6 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
10789 |
10758 |
100.3 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
210271 |
201631 |
104.3 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
gome |
METOP-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
1968 |
2395 |
82.2 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
29825 |
30024 |
99.3 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
6109 |
5990 |
102.0 % |
1515.50-1516.49 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1516.49 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
981849 |
941907 |
104.2 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
8229 |
2981 |
276.0 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
76 |
46 |
165.2 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
5 |
120.0 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
50 |
49 |
102.0 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33236 |
32868 |
101.1 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
23396 |
25862 |
90.5 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
42 |
36 |
116.7 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
125 |
123 |
101.6 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
137 |
116 |
118.1 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
3484 |
3039 |
114.6 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
993 |
1057 |
93.9 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
212 |
226 |
93.8 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
106 |
118 |
89.8 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
34 |
117.6 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
194 |
191 |
101.6 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
69 |
58 |
119.0 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
142 |
96 |
147.9 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
38 |
23 |
165.2 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
29 |
35 |
82.9 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
53 |
54 |
98.1 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.49 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.49 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
147101 |
141722 |
103.8 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
27 |
29 |
93.1 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
1981724 |
1997484 |
99.2 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT Sec Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiances (proc.) |
36802 |
36802 |
100.0 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
112 |
102 |
109.8 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
207720 |
143346 |
144.9 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
696 |
642 |
108.4 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.49 |
tesac |
TESAC |
88 |
66 |
133.3 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.49 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.49 |
trkob |
TRACKOB |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1517.49 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
22678 |
22325 |
101.6 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1516.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1516.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
13587 |
14220 |
95.5 % |
1516.00-1516.99 |
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