| 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 |
57457 |
46638 |
123.2 % |
1920.00-1920.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
117363 |
53719 |
218.5 % |
1920.00-1920.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
28848 |
13209 |
218.4 % |
1920.00-1920.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
88873 |
75727 |
117.4 % |
1920.00-1920.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
238461 |
301558 |
79.1 % |
1920.00-1920.99 |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
11294 |
10499 |
107.6 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
162 |
162 |
100.0 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
95049 |
68480 |
138.8 % |
1919.50-1920.49 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
622 |
664 |
93.7 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
476 |
585 |
81.4 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
558 |
547 |
102.0 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
463 |
375 |
123.5 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
5627 |
13916 |
40.4 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
42168 |
55698 |
75.7 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
18928 |
35891 |
52.7 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
56762 |
68232 |
83.2 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
486 |
472 |
103.0 % |
1921.00-1921.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
110 |
108 |
101.9 % |
1919.50-1920.49 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
6260 |
6691 |
93.6 % |
1920.00-1920.99 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
13557 |
14927 |
90.8 % |
1920.50-1921.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
4077 |
5953 |
68.5 % |
1919.50-1920.49 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
1842 |
4132 |
44.6 % |
1920.00-1920.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
339 |
350 |
96.9 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
298 |
308 |
96.8 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
7031 |
6930 |
101.5 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
16 |
14 |
114.3 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
247 |
246 |
100.4 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
4 |
4 |
100.0 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
62 |
64 |
96.9 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
648 |
102.8 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
651 |
661 |
98.5 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
429 |
379 |
113.2 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1376 |
1415 |
97.2 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
8814 |
12019 |
73.3 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
7972 |
7287 |
109.4 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
289 |
344 |
84.0 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
35040 |
33241 |
105.4 % |
1920.00-1920.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
287 |
281 |
102.1 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
29580 |
43964 |
67.3 % |
1919.50-1920.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
54 |
66 |
81.8 % |
1920.00-1920.99 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1921.50-1922.49 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
6 |
9 |
66.7 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
706467 |
525033 |
134.6 % |
1920.50-1921.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1921.50-1922.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1807578 |
952608 |
189.8 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
169 |
155 |
109.0 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1500 |
1506 |
99.6 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
216 |
215 |
100.5 % |
1921.00-1921.99 |
trmm |
NASA/TRMM microwave imager |
160635 |
308366 |
52.1 % |
1919.50-1920.49 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1919.00-1919.99 |
| 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 |
1921.50-1922.49 |
amsre |
AQUA AMSR-E processed brightness temperatures |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1919.50-1920.49 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
6006 |
7643 |
78.6 % |
1920.50-1921.49 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) radiances |
49440 |
33670 |
146.8 % |
1921.00-1921.99 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
0 |
5045 |
0.0 % |
1920.00-1920.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
0 |
451699 |
0.0 % |
1919.50-1920.49 |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
0 |
264997 |
0.0 % |
1919.50-1920.49 |
bathy |
Bathythermal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1919.50-1920.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1921.50-1922.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1921.50-1922.49 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
47160 |
96768 |
48.7 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
39047 |
38602 |
101.2 % |
1921.00-1921.99 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
210894 |
210097 |
100.4 % |
1921.00-1921.99 |
gome |
METOP-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
304 |
3338 |
9.1 % |
1920.50-1921.49 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
30326 |
34271 |
88.5 % |
1920.50-1921.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4680 |
6064 |
77.2 % |
1919.50-1920.49 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1919.50-1920.49 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1017052 |
920249 |
110.5 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1921.50-1922.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
13030 |
2507 |
519.7 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
33 |
39 |
84.6 % |
1920.50-1921.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
7 |
85.7 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
48 |
48 |
100.0 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
32165 |
33461 |
96.1 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
27680 |
28552 |
96.9 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
27 |
33 |
81.8 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
125 |
96 |
130.2 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
139 |
130 |
106.9 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
3157 |
3044 |
103.7 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1033 |
1108 |
93.2 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
213 |
248 |
85.9 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
129 |
128 |
100.8 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
35 |
33 |
106.1 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
178 |
193 |
92.2 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
68 |
71 |
95.8 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
45 |
112 |
40.2 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
24 |
19 |
126.3 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
30 |
33 |
90.9 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
55 |
56 |
98.2 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1921.50-1922.49 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1921.50-1922.49 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
209167 |
144013 |
145.2 % |
1920.50-1921.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1921.50-1922.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1921.50-1922.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
29 |
27 |
107.4 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
2596572 |
2015298 |
128.8 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1921.50-1922.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT Sec Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiances (proc.) |
36802 |
36802 |
100.0 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
12 |
31 |
38.7 % |
1921.50-1922.50 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
174960 |
171464 |
102.0 % |
1920.50-1921.49 |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
659 |
230 |
286.5 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1921.50-1922.49 |
tesac |
TESAC |
66 |
63 |
104.8 % |
1921.50-1922.49 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1921.50-1922.49 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1921.50-1922.49 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
1338 |
841 |
159.1 % |
1920.50-1921.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1919.50-1920.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1919.50-1920.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
10753 |
12310 |
87.4 % |
1920.00-1920.99 |
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