| 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 |
60371 |
50089 |
120.5 % |
1520.00-1520.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
62910 |
68532 |
91.8 % |
1520.00-1520.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
15462 |
16851 |
91.8 % |
1520.00-1520.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
88880 |
79664 |
111.6 % |
1520.00-1520.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
253089 |
319501 |
79.2 % |
1520.00-1520.99 |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
10321 |
9948 |
103.7 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
189 |
167 |
113.2 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
82899 |
58029 |
142.9 % |
1519.50-1520.49 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
722 |
379 |
190.5 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
395 |
546 |
72.3 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
585 |
535 |
109.3 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
486 |
396 |
122.7 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
17065 |
15550 |
109.7 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
91484 |
59471 |
153.8 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
40269 |
40668 |
99.0 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
67579 |
55420 |
121.9 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
445 |
509 |
87.4 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
115 |
111 |
103.6 % |
1519.50-1520.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
64 |
0.0 % |
1518.00-1518.99 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
6359 |
5473 |
116.2 % |
1520.00-1520.99 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
12717 |
12957 |
98.1 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
5889 |
5978 |
98.5 % |
1519.50-1520.49 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
28 |
0.0 % |
1518.00-1518.99 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
4734 |
3469 |
136.5 % |
1520.00-1520.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
301 |
325 |
92.6 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
317 |
340 |
93.2 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
6561 |
6964 |
94.2 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
12 |
100.0 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
296 |
258 |
114.7 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
4 |
4 |
100.0 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
662 |
100.6 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
135 |
380 |
35.5 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1611 |
1433 |
112.4 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
8817 |
11345 |
77.7 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
8277 |
7101 |
116.6 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
328 |
341 |
96.2 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
26908 |
29990 |
89.7 % |
1520.00-1520.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
218 |
286 |
76.2 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
61500 |
40052 |
153.6 % |
1519.50-1520.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
36 |
64 |
56.2 % |
1520.00-1520.99 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.49 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
628540 |
631090 |
99.6 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
928473 |
1331613 |
69.7 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
167 |
155 |
107.7 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1520 |
1495 |
101.7 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
215 |
209 |
102.9 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
trmm |
NASA/TRMM microwave imager |
361690 |
270595 |
133.7 % |
1519.50-1520.49 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.00-1519.99 |
| 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 |
1521.50-1522.49 |
amsre |
AQUA AMSR-E processed brightness temperatures |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1520.49 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
2016 |
3963 |
50.9 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) radiances |
34656 |
32352 |
107.1 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
606 |
5085 |
11.9 % |
1520.00-1520.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
300802 |
478937 |
62.8 % |
1519.50-1520.49 |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
0 |
227749 |
0.0 % |
1519.50-1520.49 |
bathy |
Bathythermal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1520.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
5 |
120.0 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.49 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
97056 |
114175 |
85.0 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
37026 |
33980 |
109.0 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
210385 |
195590 |
107.6 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
gome |
METOP-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
6412 |
2764 |
232.0 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
28894 |
29277 |
98.7 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
6452 |
6074 |
106.2 % |
1519.50-1520.49 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1520.49 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1010903 |
946052 |
106.9 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
9725 |
7423 |
131.0 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
2 |
6 |
33.3 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
48 |
47 |
102.1 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33964 |
32950 |
103.1 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
27234 |
26722 |
101.9 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
31 |
35 |
88.6 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
125 |
124 |
100.8 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
140 |
121 |
115.7 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1347 |
2981 |
45.2 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
979 |
1044 |
93.8 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
217 |
222 |
97.7 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
115 |
116 |
99.1 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
35 |
114.3 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
193 |
193 |
100.0 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
70 |
67 |
104.5 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
143 |
104 |
137.5 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
33 |
23 |
143.5 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
16 |
27 |
59.3 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
53 |
56 |
94.6 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.49 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.49 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
170555 |
174574 |
97.7 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
27 |
29 |
93.1 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
2101057 |
2333905 |
90.0 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT Sec Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiances (proc.) |
36802 |
36802 |
100.0 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
28 |
26 |
107.7 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
125040 |
155911 |
80.2 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
1 |
619 |
0.2 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.49 |
tesac |
TESAC |
77 |
68 |
113.2 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.49 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.49 |
trkob |
TRACKOB |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1521.49 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
2374 |
1203 |
197.3 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1520.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1520.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
16560 |
13273 |
124.8 % |
1520.00-1520.99 |
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