| 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 |
52191 |
44797 |
116.5 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
45002 |
0.0 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
11057 |
0.0 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
116057 |
82724 |
140.3 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
467909 |
325125 |
143.9 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
11440 |
10123 |
113.0 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
219 |
192 |
114.1 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
120315 |
63448 |
189.6 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
628 |
362 |
173.5 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
406 |
509 |
79.8 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
841 |
557 |
151.0 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
435 |
434 |
100.2 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
21771 |
17903 |
121.6 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
9630 |
51698 |
18.6 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
54935 |
44418 |
123.7 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
67787 |
58955 |
115.0 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
507 |
510 |
99.4 % |
1522.00-1522.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
104 |
105 |
99.0 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
6609 |
1376 |
480.3 % |
1519.00-1519.99 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.00-1521.99 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
10251 |
10574 |
96.9 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
5008 |
5635 |
88.9 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
2249 |
536 |
419.6 % |
1519.00-1519.99 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.00-1521.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
345 |
328 |
105.2 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
369 |
337 |
109.5 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
6660 |
6915 |
96.3 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
11 |
81.8 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
298 |
261 |
114.2 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
4 |
4 |
100.0 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
379 |
388 |
97.7 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1495 |
1438 |
104.0 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
9203 |
10499 |
87.7 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6709 |
7064 |
95.0 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
332 |
352 |
94.3 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
40468 |
31784 |
127.3 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
285 |
285 |
100.0 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
37080 |
40130 |
92.4 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
75 |
60 |
125.0 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.49 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
604674 |
626227 |
96.6 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
888671 |
1310278 |
67.8 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
167 |
157 |
106.4 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1808 |
1791 |
100.9 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
215 |
209 |
102.9 % |
1522.00-1522.99 |
trmm |
NASA/TRMM microwave imager |
239200 |
286212 |
83.6 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.00-1520.99 |
| 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 |
1522.50-1523.49 |
amsre |
AQUA AMSR-E processed brightness temperatures |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1521.49 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
4032 |
4096 |
98.4 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) radiances |
0 |
29370 |
0.0 % |
1522.00-1522.99 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
13119 |
6032 |
217.5 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
983133 |
543312 |
181.0 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btmps |
283524 |
251571 |
112.7 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
bathy |
Bathythermal |
0 |
2 |
0.0 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
17 |
17 |
100.0 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.49 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
165752 |
132453 |
125.1 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
11694 |
11091 |
105.4 % |
1522.00-1522.99 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
210275 |
203165 |
103.5 % |
1522.00-1522.99 |
gome |
METOP-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
1616 |
2489 |
64.9 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
22892 |
23258 |
98.4 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
5559 |
5836 |
95.3 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1521.49 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1031349 |
961117 |
107.3 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
12710 |
8572 |
148.3 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
74 |
40 |
185.0 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
5 |
120.0 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
48 |
48 |
100.0 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31723 |
32519 |
97.6 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
21919 |
26538 |
82.6 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
48 |
42 |
114.3 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
125 |
124 |
100.8 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
139 |
127 |
109.4 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
3215 |
3046 |
105.5 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
969 |
1094 |
88.6 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
217 |
216 |
100.5 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
116 |
115 |
100.9 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
36 |
111.1 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
192 |
192 |
100.0 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
70 |
68 |
102.9 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
126 |
98 |
128.6 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
39 |
24 |
162.5 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
17 |
26 |
65.4 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
36 |
55 |
65.5 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.49 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.49 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
166222 |
175341 |
94.8 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
25 |
29 |
86.2 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
2050018 |
2343051 |
87.5 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT Sec Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiances (proc.) |
36802 |
36802 |
100.0 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
29 |
24 |
120.8 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
211140 |
159662 |
132.2 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
683 |
592 |
115.4 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.49 |
tesac |
TESAC |
104 |
87 |
119.5 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.49 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.49 |
trkob |
TRACKOB |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.49 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
208 |
81 |
256.8 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1521.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
542 |
450 |
120.4 % |
1520.50-1521.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
17 |
0.0 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
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