| 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 |
18697 |
17527 |
106.7 % |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
16708 |
0.0 % |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
4184 |
0.0 % |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
37090 |
33276 |
111.5 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
149542 |
133219 |
112.3 % |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
29155 |
23413 |
124.5 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2227 |
2252 |
98.9 % |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
10494 |
10823 |
97.0 % |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1283 |
1348 |
95.2 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
1298 |
1183 |
109.7 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
11 |
2 |
550.0 % |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
5178 |
4856 |
106.6 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
180256 |
206801 |
87.2 % |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
319 |
295 |
108.1 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
8169 |
7630 |
107.1 % |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8330 |
7810 |
106.7 % |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
1487 |
1495 |
99.5 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
961 |
975 |
98.6 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
17022 |
16156 |
105.4 % |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
60 |
50 |
120.0 % |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
888 |
818 |
108.6 % |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
112 |
204 |
54.9 % |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
2220 |
2209 |
100.5 % |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
2259 |
2340 |
96.5 % |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
1360 |
1301 |
104.5 % |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
4637 |
4217 |
110.0 % |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
42776 |
41412 |
103.3 % |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
31914 |
32593 |
97.9 % |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
1760 |
1526 |
115.3 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
692 |
674 |
102.7 % |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
77 |
59 |
130.5 % |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
21 |
28 |
75.0 % |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1148619 |
901490 |
127.4 % |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
180 |
181 |
99.4 % |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
6 |
5 |
120.0 % |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
510 |
536 |
95.1 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
3465 |
3534 |
98.0 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
88 |
88 |
100.0 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
903 |
895 |
100.9 % |
| 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 |
16 |
106.2 % |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
34614 |
26315 |
131.5 % |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
89333 |
66787 |
133.8 % |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
364441 |
210247 |
173.3 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
22 |
27 |
81.5 % |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
7896 |
11991 |
65.8 % |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3515 |
2023 |
173.8 % |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
4175 |
6163 |
67.7 % |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2878 |
2280 |
126.2 % |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
42 |
25 |
168.0 % |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
162 |
183 |
88.5 % |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
111891 |
111365 |
100.5 % |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
108217 |
106896 |
101.2 % |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
96 |
138 |
69.6 % |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
350 |
340 |
102.9 % |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
384 |
364 |
105.5 % |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
17195 |
16836 |
102.1 % |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
3281 |
3307 |
99.2 % |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
715 |
720 |
99.3 % |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
405 |
343 |
118.1 % |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
101 |
87 |
116.1 % |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
560 |
570 |
98.2 % |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
261 |
277 |
94.2 % |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
406 |
342 |
118.7 % |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
117 |
93 |
125.8 % |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
47 |
40 |
117.5 % |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
276 |
253 |
109.1 % |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
353883 |
284545 |
124.4 % |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
95 |
80 |
118.8 % |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
7829795 |
6068308 |
129.0 % |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
3891709 |
2278902 |
170.8 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
15 |
18 |
83.3 % |
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 |
8539 |
13398 |
63.7 % |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
4791 |
4147 |
115.5 % |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
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