| 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 |
25324 |
16562 |
152.9 % |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
75818 |
12082 |
627.5 % |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
18459 |
2934 |
629.1 % |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
37667 |
31982 |
117.8 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
151020 |
128128 |
117.9 % |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
30826 |
29276 |
105.3 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
3312 |
3218 |
102.9 % |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
10670 |
10417 |
102.4 % |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
504 |
495 |
101.8 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
1398 |
1251 |
111.8 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
4388 |
4069 |
107.8 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
159050 |
151522 |
105.0 % |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
324 |
313 |
103.5 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
4 |
0.0 % |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
7407 |
7536 |
98.3 % |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8129 |
7155 |
113.6 % |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
1457 |
1424 |
102.3 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
1166 |
1068 |
109.2 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
14998 |
15668 |
95.7 % |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
30 |
34 |
88.2 % |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
956 |
860 |
111.2 % |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
10 |
8 |
125.0 % |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
121 |
189 |
64.0 % |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
2220 |
2216 |
100.2 % |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
1352 |
1335 |
101.3 % |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
4661 |
4797 |
97.2 % |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
41676 |
37933 |
109.9 % |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
33977 |
34317 |
99.0 % |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
1733 |
1717 |
100.9 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
706 |
709 |
99.6 % |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
15 |
23 |
65.2 % |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
24 |
23 |
104.3 % |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1125235 |
1290716 |
87.2 % |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
6 |
9 |
66.7 % |
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 |
626 |
562 |
111.4 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
3449 |
3428 |
100.6 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
88 |
88 |
100.0 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
893 |
898 |
99.4 % |
| 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 |
17280 |
9878 |
174.9 % |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
18 |
16 |
112.5 % |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
24734 |
22273 |
111.0 % |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
68837 |
53913 |
127.7 % |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
62688 |
55479 |
113.0 % |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
254268 |
228272 |
111.4 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
42 |
32 |
131.2 % |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
7869 |
7914 |
99.4 % |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
5058 |
3341 |
151.4 % |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
4156 |
4103 |
101.3 % |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
4226 |
3271 |
129.2 % |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
32 |
29 |
110.3 % |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
178 |
180 |
98.9 % |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
109061 |
111596 |
97.7 % |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
99333 |
103872 |
95.6 % |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
139 |
128 |
108.6 % |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
375 |
374 |
100.3 % |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
384 |
372 |
103.2 % |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
18189 |
16962 |
107.2 % |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
3081 |
3251 |
94.8 % |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
717 |
704 |
101.8 % |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
370 |
394 |
93.9 % |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
128 |
92 |
139.1 % |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
595 |
569 |
104.6 % |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
262 |
287 |
91.3 % |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
377 |
339 |
111.2 % |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
88 |
101 |
87.1 % |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
23088 |
13782 |
167.5 % |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
287 |
273 |
105.1 % |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
312562 |
381590 |
81.9 % |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
93 |
91 |
102.2 % |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
6702944 |
7217527 |
92.9 % |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
4191036 |
4344358 |
96.5 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
17 |
19 |
89.5 % |
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 |
2151 |
2477 |
86.8 % |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
609 |
754 |
80.8 % |
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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