| Critical Data with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean |
1bamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A NCEP-proc. br.temps |
10970 |
13658 |
80.3 % |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br.temps |
19939 |
26986 |
73.9 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS NCEP-proces. br. temps |
80287 |
108323 |
74.1 % |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
29213 |
60900 |
48.0 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
7055 |
7051 |
100.1 % |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
5591 |
5754 |
97.2 % |
ascat |
METOP 1-2 ASCAT products |
16347 |
16164 |
101.1 % |
camdar |
Canadian AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
30 |
39 |
76.9 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
174 |
173 |
100.6 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
6370 |
7925 |
80.4 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
57569 |
62170 |
92.6 % |
gnss |
Grnd-based Gbl Navigation Sat System (GNSS) data |
1175 |
1123 |
104.6 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
23 |
14 |
164.3 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
55 |
43 |
127.9 % |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) ir l-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared lg-wave derived cloud motion |
2127 |
3292 |
64.6 % |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
1030 |
1087 |
94.8 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
1223 |
1239 |
98.7 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
12032 |
12263 |
98.1 % |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
221 |
218 |
101.4 % |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
106611 |
105869 |
100.7 % |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
44773 |
45607 |
98.2 % |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
269 |
275 |
97.8 % |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
484 |
481 |
100.6 % |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
11781 |
12750 |
92.4 % |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
154 |
139 |
110.8 % |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
604 |
593 |
101.9 % |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
878 |
853 |
102.9 % |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
756 |
889 |
85.0 % |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
530 |
519 |
102.1 % |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
1727 |
1696 |
101.8 % |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
860 |
842 |
102.1 % |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
3745 |
3820 |
98.0 % |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
31978 |
35044 |
91.3 % |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
151 |
145 |
104.1 % |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
194 |
199 |
97.5 % |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
38532 |
38424 |
100.3 % |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
1901 |
1959 |
97.0 % |
mtiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data (varbl. channels) |
29902 |
24897 |
120.1 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
486 |
513 |
94.7 % |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
284 |
267 |
106.4 % |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
8 |
12 |
66.7 % |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
71 |
61 |
116.4 % |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
404 |
395 |
102.3 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
25 |
26 |
96.2 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
3258 |
3001 |
108.6 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
13 |
14 |
92.9 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
892 |
959 |
93.0 % |
| Data Types of Opportunity with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
amdarb |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
11231 |
12044 |
93.2 % |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) br. temps |
38832 |
59007 |
65.8 % |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
13 |
11 |
118.2 % |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A proc btmps frm RARS |
10432 |
9806 |
106.4 % |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-3/4 pr btmps frm RARS |
23411 |
26562 |
88.1 % |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS proc. btemps from RARS |
107185 |
127092 |
84.3 % |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
104951 |
104654 |
100.3 % |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4829 |
5326 |
90.7 % |
h20ja |
MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion |
1082 |
1193 |
90.7 % |
infav |
AVHRR (NOAA/METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT ir lg-wave derived cloud motion |
2899 |
2972 |
97.5 % |
infja |
MTSAT/JMA infrared long-wave derived cloud motion |
1222 |
1204 |
101.5 % |
infvr |
VIIRS (NPP) infrared lg-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
kamdar |
Korean AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
563 |
785 |
71.7 % |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
3717924 |
3472758 |
107.1 % |
nxrdw2 |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via Level 2 decoder |
429 |
479 |
89.6 % |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
13 |
10 |
130.0 % |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
31 |
47 |
66.0 % |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
204675 |
264527 |
77.4 % |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
1516875 |
2299356 |
66.0 % |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
764467 |
1183594 |
64.6 % |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiance(proc) |
9818 |
9595 |
102.3 % |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
22574 |
17200 |
131.2 % |
tmdara |
TAMDAR aircft data-all types(from Panasonic,BUFR) |
5902 |
5893 |
100.2 % |
visja |
MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
161 |
305 |
52.8 % |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
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