| 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 |
23653 |
22846 |
103.5 % |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
72354 |
31317 |
231.0 % |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
17611 |
7625 |
231.0 % |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
29342 |
36267 |
80.9 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
117367 |
145105 |
80.9 % |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
56323 |
54919 |
102.6 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1211 |
1153 |
105.0 % |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
6890 |
5916 |
116.5 % |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2887 |
2590 |
111.5 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
1055 |
1249 |
84.5 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
2470 |
2215 |
111.5 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
164270 |
149813 |
109.7 % |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
318 |
303 |
105.0 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
9750 |
9260 |
105.3 % |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8785 |
8579 |
102.4 % |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
1393 |
1488 |
93.6 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
1076 |
977 |
110.1 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
15305 |
15297 |
100.1 % |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
30 |
36 |
83.3 % |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
844 |
826 |
102.2 % |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
10 |
11 |
90.9 % |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
200 |
207 |
96.6 % |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
2109 |
2094 |
100.7 % |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
2237 |
2343 |
95.5 % |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
1371 |
1331 |
103.0 % |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
4656 |
4394 |
106.0 % |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
38701 |
38440 |
100.7 % |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
34573 |
31687 |
109.1 % |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
1858 |
1540 |
120.6 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
706 |
695 |
101.6 % |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
194 |
142 |
136.6 % |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
24 |
27 |
88.9 % |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1043617 |
1043489 |
100.0 % |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
172 |
174 |
98.9 % |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
3 |
5 |
60.0 % |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
576 |
544 |
105.9 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
3414 |
3486 |
97.9 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
84 |
84 |
100.0 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
900 |
901 |
99.9 % |
| 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 |
34 |
29 |
117.2 % |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
24098 |
23884 |
100.9 % |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
123499 |
103949 |
118.8 % |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
62619 |
61581 |
101.7 % |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
132636 |
148676 |
89.2 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
36 |
44 |
81.8 % |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
7916 |
11231 |
70.5 % |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2869 |
2504 |
114.6 % |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
4000 |
5715 |
70.0 % |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3257 |
2667 |
122.1 % |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
35 |
26 |
134.6 % |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
176 |
199 |
88.4 % |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
112908 |
112056 |
100.8 % |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
108743 |
105415 |
103.2 % |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
166 |
141 |
117.7 % |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
375 |
337 |
111.3 % |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
384 |
374 |
102.7 % |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
18039 |
16905 |
106.7 % |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
3319 |
3405 |
97.5 % |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
657 |
752 |
87.4 % |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
404 |
424 |
95.3 % |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
112 |
98 |
114.3 % |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
574 |
577 |
99.5 % |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
281 |
297 |
94.6 % |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
329 |
372 |
88.4 % |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
111 |
99 |
112.1 % |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
28395 |
14333 |
198.1 % |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
67 |
57 |
117.5 % |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
280 |
267 |
104.9 % |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
278629 |
291001 |
95.7 % |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
97 |
89 |
109.0 % |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
7224931 |
7203309 |
100.3 % |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
3659898 |
3493239 |
104.8 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
25 |
21 |
119.0 % |
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 |
663 |
857 |
77.4 % |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
13479 |
10779 |
125.0 % |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
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