| 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 |
17972 |
12620 |
142.4 % |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
69865 |
49405 |
141.4 % |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
17626 |
12083 |
145.9 % |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
38249 |
22155 |
172.6 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
149870 |
85422 |
175.4 % |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
8875 |
8209 |
108.1 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2719 |
2542 |
107.0 % |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
11483 |
10764 |
106.7 % |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
713 |
573 |
124.4 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
1084 |
1039 |
104.3 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3480 |
3118 |
111.6 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
147460 |
175587 |
84.0 % |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
254 |
244 |
104.1 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
8098 |
7383 |
109.7 % |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8440 |
7951 |
106.2 % |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
1331 |
1533 |
86.8 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
940 |
966 |
97.3 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
15554 |
15522 |
100.2 % |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
41 |
0.0 % |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
749 |
654 |
114.5 % |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
30 |
28 |
107.1 % |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
1904 |
1844 |
103.3 % |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
2297 |
2277 |
100.9 % |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
1338 |
1342 |
99.7 % |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
4893 |
4619 |
105.9 % |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
27560 |
28508 |
96.7 % |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
30599 |
28492 |
107.4 % |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
2120 |
1935 |
109.6 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
681 |
704 |
96.7 % |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
13 |
22 |
59.1 % |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
49 |
53 |
92.5 % |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1380690 |
1448204 |
95.3 % |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
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 |
573 |
517 |
110.8 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
3607 |
3679 |
98.0 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
133 |
133 |
100.0 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
727 |
732 |
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 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
14585 |
16330 |
89.3 % |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
24 |
21 |
114.3 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
19 |
27 |
70.4 % |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
6473 |
6566 |
98.6 % |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3988 |
3055 |
130.5 % |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
3742 |
3860 |
96.9 % |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3753 |
3012 |
124.6 % |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
50 |
45 |
111.1 % |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
156 |
153 |
102.0 % |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
113531 |
104336 |
108.8 % |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
110465 |
110284 |
100.2 % |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
140 |
159 |
88.1 % |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
375 |
428 |
87.6 % |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
390 |
363 |
107.4 % |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
18818 |
18128 |
103.8 % |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
4022 |
3877 |
103.7 % |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
775 |
775 |
100.0 % |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
416 |
347 |
119.9 % |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
121 |
111 |
109.0 % |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
557 |
534 |
104.3 % |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
258 |
266 |
97.0 % |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
450 |
502 |
89.6 % |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
115 |
119 |
96.6 % |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
19405 |
21273 |
91.2 % |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
360 |
332 |
108.4 % |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
400483 |
417818 |
95.9 % |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
65 |
72 |
90.3 % |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
6496202 |
6577748 |
98.8 % |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
3678844 |
3930753 |
93.6 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
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 |
1380 |
973 |
141.8 % |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
658 |
798 |
82.5 % |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
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