| Critical Data with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean |
1bamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP-2 AMSU-A NCEP-proc. br. temps |
30644 |
24106 |
127.1 % |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
30111 |
35439 |
85.0 % |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
7330 |
8770 |
83.6 % |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
60840 |
38013 |
160.1 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
244891 |
153278 |
159.8 % |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
58189 |
56076 |
103.8 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1062 |
1221 |
87.0 % |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
12718 |
10186 |
124.9 % |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
6874 |
6176 |
111.3 % |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2853 |
2492 |
114.5 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
1306 |
1304 |
100.2 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2442 |
2320 |
105.3 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
139916 |
145132 |
96.4 % |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
328 |
318 |
103.1 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
8783 |
8998 |
97.6 % |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
9656 |
8587 |
112.4 % |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
1479 |
1436 |
103.0 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
1161 |
1059 |
109.6 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
14833 |
15338 |
96.7 % |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
30 |
34 |
88.2 % |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
933 |
864 |
108.0 % |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
10 |
10 |
100.0 % |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
129 |
193 |
66.8 % |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
2109 |
2094 |
100.7 % |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
1332 |
1380 |
96.5 % |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
4506 |
4655 |
96.8 % |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
38254 |
36888 |
103.7 % |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
32251 |
32795 |
98.3 % |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
1709 |
1771 |
96.5 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
711 |
707 |
100.6 % |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
105 |
139 |
75.5 % |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
24 |
24 |
100.0 % |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1164287 |
1190092 |
97.8 % |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
176 |
172 |
102.3 % |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
4 |
4 |
100.0 % |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
2 |
0.0 % |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
594 |
540 |
110.0 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
3574 |
3455 |
103.4 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
84 |
84 |
100.0 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
896 |
902 |
99.3 % |
| Data Types of Opportunity with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
27 |
30 |
90.0 % |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
31335 |
27053 |
115.8 % |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
92929 |
118795 |
78.2 % |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
74784 |
69522 |
107.6 % |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
215920 |
171578 |
125.8 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
44 |
40 |
110.0 % |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
7980 |
8027 |
99.4 % |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4044 |
2737 |
147.8 % |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
4000 |
4089 |
97.8 % |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3586 |
2718 |
131.9 % |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
25 |
27 |
92.6 % |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
178 |
183 |
97.3 % |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
106842 |
111979 |
95.4 % |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
97956 |
104521 |
93.7 % |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
127 |
142 |
89.4 % |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
375 |
374 |
100.3 % |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
383 |
368 |
104.1 % |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
16771 |
17021 |
98.5 % |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
3195 |
3288 |
97.2 % |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
707 |
721 |
98.1 % |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
393 |
395 |
99.5 % |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
128 |
110 |
116.4 % |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
593 |
573 |
103.5 % |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
268 |
293 |
91.5 % |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
344 |
351 |
98.0 % |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
91 |
102 |
89.2 % |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
12002 |
14650 |
81.9 % |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
90 |
63 |
142.9 % |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
232 |
272 |
85.3 % |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
312573 |
334013 |
93.6 % |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
78 |
92 |
84.8 % |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
8991000 |
8335791 |
107.9 % |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
4765063 |
4605694 |
103.5 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
17 |
22 |
77.3 % |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
541 |
640 |
84.5 % |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
17391 |
16380 |
106.2 % |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
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