| 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 |
19874 |
17771 |
111.8 % |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
13170 |
0.0 % |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
3360 |
0.0 % |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
39952 |
32180 |
124.2 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
159319 |
128767 |
123.7 % |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
23904 |
24505 |
97.5 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2560 |
2349 |
109.0 % |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
11450 |
10511 |
108.9 % |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1240 |
1310 |
94.7 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
1363 |
1248 |
109.2 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
5 |
0.0 % |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
5036 |
4878 |
103.2 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
177956 |
171999 |
103.5 % |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
315 |
316 |
99.7 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
6891 |
7205 |
95.6 % |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
7564 |
7278 |
103.9 % |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
1478 |
1428 |
103.5 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
1171 |
1070 |
109.4 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
15624 |
16383 |
95.4 % |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
33 |
48 |
68.8 % |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
965 |
870 |
110.9 % |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
10 |
9 |
111.1 % |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
2220 |
2213 |
100.3 % |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
1344 |
1341 |
100.2 % |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
4647 |
4541 |
102.3 % |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
42792 |
40096 |
106.7 % |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
33934 |
33839 |
100.3 % |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
1728 |
1772 |
97.5 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
704 |
695 |
101.3 % |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
46 |
62 |
74.2 % |
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) |
999775 |
1010504 |
98.9 % |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
178 |
178 |
100.0 % |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
609 |
538 |
113.2 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
3516 |
3541 |
99.3 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
88 |
88 |
100.0 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
894 |
877 |
101.9 % |
| 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 |
17 |
15 |
113.3 % |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
36893 |
30094 |
122.6 % |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
104136 |
73960 |
140.8 % |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
88869 |
76852 |
115.6 % |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
348858 |
281205 |
124.1 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
37 |
34 |
108.8 % |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
7784 |
7969 |
97.7 % |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3994 |
2173 |
183.8 % |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
4163 |
4116 |
101.1 % |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3003 |
2237 |
134.2 % |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
16 |
27 |
59.3 % |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
186 |
178 |
104.5 % |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
107604 |
111351 |
96.6 % |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
99523 |
103797 |
95.9 % |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
116 |
135 |
85.9 % |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
375 |
374 |
100.3 % |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
317 |
365 |
86.8 % |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
18574 |
17038 |
109.0 % |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
3154 |
3249 |
97.1 % |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
713 |
705 |
101.1 % |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
365 |
375 |
97.3 % |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
128 |
96 |
133.3 % |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
562 |
569 |
98.8 % |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
278 |
270 |
103.0 % |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
329 |
341 |
96.5 % |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
102 |
102 |
100.0 % |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
6177 |
11008 |
56.1 % |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
278 |
264 |
105.3 % |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
306690 |
301908 |
101.6 % |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
92 |
91 |
101.1 % |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
7312728 |
7046374 |
103.8 % |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
3269549 |
3231909 |
101.2 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
15 |
19 |
78.9 % |
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 |
6919 |
7238 |
95.6 % |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
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