| 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 |
60734 |
49713 |
122.2 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
18990 |
67822 |
28.0 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
4686 |
16750 |
28.0 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
102094 |
82570 |
123.6 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
408356 |
319025 |
128.0 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
11163 |
10562 |
105.7 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
274 |
286 |
95.8 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
58599 |
63882 |
91.7 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
1013 |
1162 |
87.2 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
396 |
404 |
98.0 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
722 |
566 |
127.6 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
731 |
713 |
102.5 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
23252 |
14746 |
157.7 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
117284 |
50158 |
233.8 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
58753 |
36572 |
160.7 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
64046 |
38850 |
164.9 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
491 |
501 |
98.0 % |
1518.00-1518.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
109 |
108 |
100.9 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
212 |
724 |
29.3 % |
1515.00-1515.99 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
5718 |
6133 |
93.2 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
12921 |
13335 |
96.9 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
5982 |
5932 |
100.8 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
69 |
452 |
15.3 % |
1515.00-1515.99 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
4488 |
4636 |
96.8 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
260 |
337 |
77.2 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
314 |
340 |
92.4 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
6955 |
7132 |
97.5 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
16 |
75.0 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
302 |
252 |
119.8 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
4 |
3 |
133.3 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
662 |
100.6 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
404 |
395 |
102.3 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1606 |
1470 |
109.3 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
9847 |
11681 |
84.3 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
8511 |
7426 |
114.6 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
333 |
351 |
94.9 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
45748 |
31247 |
146.4 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
287 |
283 |
101.4 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
50400 |
38710 |
130.2 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
53 |
66 |
80.3 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.49 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
580972 |
563990 |
103.0 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
856642 |
1198946 |
71.4 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
159 |
151 |
105.3 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1404 |
1546 |
90.8 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
216 |
209 |
103.3 % |
1518.00-1518.99 |
trmm |
NASA/TRMM microwave imager |
358659 |
251279 |
142.7 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.00-1516.99 |
| 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 |
1518.50-1519.49 |
amsre |
AQUA AMSR-E processed brightness temperatures |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1517.49 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
20160 |
4834 |
417.0 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) radiances |
0 |
30138 |
0.0 % |
1518.00-1518.99 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
14550 |
5755 |
252.8 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
625155 |
635568 |
98.4 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
957656 |
405060 |
236.4 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
bathy |
Bathythermal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1517.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
6 |
100.0 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.49 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
126399 |
113574 |
111.3 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
35813 |
34783 |
103.0 % |
1518.00-1518.99 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
210413 |
168793 |
124.7 % |
1518.00-1518.99 |
gome |
METOP-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
1276 |
3065 |
41.6 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
29792 |
29897 |
99.6 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
6422 |
5874 |
109.3 % |
1516.50-1517.49 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1517.49 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
967401 |
914121 |
105.8 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
9124 |
4478 |
203.8 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
34 |
46 |
73.9 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
4 |
6 |
66.7 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
47 |
47 |
100.0 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33363 |
33310 |
100.2 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
27584 |
27819 |
99.2 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
37 |
91.9 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
125 |
123 |
101.6 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
138 |
119 |
116.0 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
3519 |
3079 |
114.3 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
985 |
1069 |
92.1 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
216 |
222 |
97.3 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
111 |
117 |
94.9 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
34 |
117.6 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
197 |
192 |
102.6 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
71 |
63 |
112.7 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
96 |
101 |
95.0 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
38 |
23 |
165.2 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
34 |
34 |
100.0 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
48 |
59 |
81.4 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.49 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.49 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
154710 |
150963 |
102.5 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
27 |
30 |
90.0 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
1931359 |
2111368 |
91.5 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT Sec Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiances (proc.) |
36802 |
36802 |
100.0 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
31 |
27 |
114.8 % |
1518.50-1519.50 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
59160 |
136600 |
43.3 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
698 |
663 |
105.3 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.49 |
tesac |
TESAC |
43 |
90 |
47.8 % |
1518.50-1519.49 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.49 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.50-1519.49 |
trkob |
TRACKOB |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.49 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
19032 |
17339 |
109.8 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1517.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1517.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
17994 |
20154 |
89.3 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
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