| 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 |
6859 |
7935 |
86.4 % |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br.temps |
10815 |
15026 |
72.0 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS NCEP-proces. br. temps |
43526 |
54739 |
79.5 % |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
48620 |
62075 |
78.3 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
5127 |
4893 |
104.8 % |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
5785 |
5143 |
112.5 % |
ascat |
METOP 1-2 ASCAT products |
13457 |
10657 |
126.3 % |
camdar |
Canadian AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
412 |
558 |
73.8 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
76 |
72 |
105.6 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
0 |
2 |
0.0 % |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
11758 |
11636 |
101.0 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
77508 |
75243 |
103.0 % |
gnss |
Grnd-based Gbl Navigation Sat System (GNSS) data |
1029 |
1049 |
98.1 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
10 |
12 |
83.3 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h2ius |
GOES-15&dn/NESDIS wv imager derived cloud motion |
157 |
44 |
356.8 % |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) ir l-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infus |
GOES-15&dn/NESDIS ir long-wave derived cld motion |
2751 |
2591 |
106.2 % |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
1201 |
1206 |
99.6 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
1397 |
1370 |
102.0 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
12737 |
12855 |
99.1 % |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
107 |
17 |
629.4 % |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
484 |
231 |
209.5 % |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
118902 |
119365 |
99.6 % |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
39725 |
39159 |
101.4 % |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
1223 |
1030 |
118.7 % |
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) |
281 |
271 |
103.7 % |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
16031 |
15838 |
101.2 % |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
21 |
4 |
525.0 % |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
624 |
630 |
99.0 % |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
851 |
864 |
98.5 % |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
856 |
860 |
99.5 % |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
575 |
581 |
99.0 % |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
1687 |
1670 |
101.0 % |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
855 |
844 |
101.3 % |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
3870 |
3858 |
100.3 % |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
43755 |
37772 |
115.8 % |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
154 |
166 |
92.8 % |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
21 |
3 |
700.0 % |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
54389 |
51974 |
104.6 % |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
8309 |
3030 |
274.2 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
502 |
511 |
98.2 % |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
259 |
297 |
87.2 % |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
158 |
160 |
98.8 % |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
2 |
2 |
100.0 % |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
71 |
94 |
75.5 % |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
272 |
265 |
102.6 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
102 |
101 |
101.0 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
3226 |
3215 |
100.3 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
14 |
16 |
87.5 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
882 |
1025 |
86.0 % |
| Data Types of Opportunity with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean |
3p9us |
GOES-15&dn/NESDIS ir short-wv derived cld motion |
13562 |
13030 |
104.1 % |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
amdarb |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
12388 |
13294 |
93.2 % |
atms |
NPP/NOAA-20 ATMS brightness temperatures |
114622 |
85725 |
133.7 % |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
10 |
9 |
111.1 % |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A proc btmps frm RARS |
15862 |
13301 |
119.3 % |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-3/4 pr btmps frm RARS |
40928 |
35337 |
115.8 % |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS proc. btemps from RARS |
115379 |
104339 |
110.6 % |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
102990 |
102879 |
100.1 % |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5786 |
5596 |
103.4 % |
h20ja |
MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion |
1247 |
1339 |
93.1 % |
infav |
AVHRR (NOAA/METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT ir lg-wave derived cloud motion |
3065 |
3212 |
95.4 % |
infja |
MTSAT/JMA infrared long-wave derived cloud motion |
751 |
1128 |
66.6 % |
infvr |
VIIRS (NPP) infrared lg-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
kamdar |
Korean AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
802 |
686 |
116.9 % |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
4907902 |
4745845 |
103.4 % |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
157180 |
163205 |
96.3 % |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
7211 |
6742 |
107.0 % |
nxrdw2 |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via Level 2 decoder |
1146 |
1129 |
101.5 % |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
15 |
13 |
115.4 % |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
148 |
138 |
107.2 % |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
7240546 |
7836589 |
92.4 % |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
2837934 |
2708648 |
104.8 % |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiance(proc) |
9818 |
9818 |
100.0 % |
tmdara |
TAMDAR aircft data-all types(from Panasonic,BUFR) |
7682 |
7330 |
104.8 % |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
6753 |
7204 |
93.7 % |
visja |
MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
visus |
GOES-15&dn/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
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