| 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 |
7873 |
14441 |
54.5 % |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
10034 |
0.0 % |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
2437 |
0.0 % |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
14520 |
28064 |
51.7 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
58537 |
112646 |
52.0 % |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
35232 |
27571 |
127.8 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
3212 |
3057 |
105.1 % |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
11148 |
10407 |
107.1 % |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
795 |
607 |
131.0 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
1321 |
1242 |
106.4 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
4168 |
4075 |
102.3 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
153463 |
158415 |
96.9 % |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
329 |
296 |
111.1 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
8480 |
7594 |
111.7 % |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
7844 |
7491 |
104.7 % |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
1371 |
1473 |
93.1 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
1057 |
975 |
108.4 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
16067 |
15654 |
102.6 % |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
29 |
36 |
80.6 % |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
867 |
820 |
105.7 % |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
10 |
9 |
111.1 % |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
195 |
209 |
93.3 % |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
2220 |
2220 |
100.0 % |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
2264 |
2333 |
97.0 % |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
1390 |
1269 |
109.5 % |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
4800 |
4592 |
104.5 % |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
40041 |
39704 |
100.8 % |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
34719 |
33713 |
103.0 % |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
1866 |
1496 |
124.7 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
695 |
705 |
98.6 % |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
22 |
22 |
100.0 % |
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) |
1218788 |
1272076 |
95.8 % |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
10 |
9 |
111.1 % |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
588 |
566 |
103.9 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
3613 |
3435 |
105.2 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
89 |
88 |
101.1 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
900 |
897 |
100.3 % |
| 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 |
15 |
16 |
93.8 % |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
22347 |
20620 |
108.4 % |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
30990 |
49052 |
63.2 % |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
56239 |
49951 |
112.6 % |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
256948 |
193376 |
132.9 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
25 |
31 |
80.6 % |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
7768 |
11293 |
68.8 % |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4465 |
2976 |
150.0 % |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
3856 |
5871 |
65.7 % |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3835 |
3015 |
127.2 % |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
32 |
27 |
118.5 % |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
160 |
193 |
82.9 % |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
113126 |
111940 |
101.1 % |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
108070 |
107408 |
100.6 % |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
133 |
128 |
103.9 % |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
375 |
341 |
110.0 % |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
380 |
371 |
102.4 % |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
17857 |
17179 |
103.9 % |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
3366 |
3382 |
99.5 % |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
678 |
741 |
91.5 % |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
403 |
416 |
96.9 % |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
96 |
84 |
114.3 % |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
569 |
575 |
99.0 % |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
265 |
297 |
89.2 % |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
337 |
354 |
95.2 % |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
110 |
98 |
112.2 % |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
6 |
10 |
60.0 % |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
302 |
256 |
118.0 % |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
369055 |
384739 |
95.9 % |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
95 |
84 |
113.1 % |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
6027089 |
6432009 |
93.7 % |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
3170055 |
3339749 |
94.9 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
14 |
19 |
73.7 % |
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 |
2723 |
3846 |
70.8 % |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
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