| 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 |
19081 |
21202 |
90.0 % |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
30351 |
34713 |
87.4 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
121254 |
139000 |
87.2 % |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
58398 |
56102 |
104.1 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2112 |
2054 |
102.8 % |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
15366 |
13846 |
111.0 % |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
6810 |
7121 |
95.6 % |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2042 |
2305 |
88.6 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
1373 |
1222 |
112.4 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
5320 |
4949 |
107.5 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
234908 |
212969 |
110.3 % |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
322 |
315 |
102.2 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
7591 |
8235 |
92.2 % |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8303 |
8167 |
101.7 % |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
1468 |
1430 |
102.7 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
1148 |
1067 |
107.6 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
15513 |
16028 |
96.8 % |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
33 |
50 |
66.0 % |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
964 |
884 |
109.0 % |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
11 |
10 |
110.0 % |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
2220 |
2190 |
101.4 % |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
1348 |
1362 |
99.0 % |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
4825 |
4747 |
101.6 % |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
33019 |
39688 |
83.2 % |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
34776 |
34687 |
100.3 % |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
1664 |
1828 |
91.0 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
715 |
695 |
102.9 % |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
160 |
188 |
85.1 % |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
24 |
24 |
100.0 % |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1139232 |
1088670 |
104.6 % |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
8 |
10 |
80.0 % |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
2 |
2 |
100.0 % |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
2 |
0.0 % |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
597 |
544 |
109.7 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
3443 |
3597 |
95.7 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
86 |
86 |
100.0 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
897 |
882 |
101.7 % |
| 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 |
26 |
29 |
89.7 % |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
23703 |
30707 |
77.2 % |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
109821 |
100410 |
109.4 % |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
56689 |
77274 |
73.4 % |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
202655 |
272819 |
74.3 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
30 |
39 |
76.9 % |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
7691 |
8094 |
95.0 % |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3811 |
2114 |
180.3 % |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
4027 |
4234 |
95.1 % |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3421 |
2297 |
148.9 % |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
33 |
26 |
126.9 % |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
183 |
182 |
100.5 % |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
112918 |
112168 |
100.7 % |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
97391 |
101416 |
96.0 % |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
96 |
132 |
72.7 % |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
375 |
369 |
101.6 % |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
378 |
359 |
105.3 % |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
18588 |
17505 |
106.2 % |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
3051 |
3238 |
94.2 % |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
695 |
725 |
95.9 % |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
351 |
381 |
92.1 % |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
127 |
107 |
118.7 % |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
583 |
574 |
101.6 % |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
282 |
273 |
103.3 % |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
352 |
334 |
105.4 % |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
92 |
99 |
92.9 % |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
265 |
266 |
99.6 % |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
301225 |
290987 |
103.5 % |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
90 |
94 |
95.7 % |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
7338627 |
7170731 |
102.3 % |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
3646671 |
3973945 |
91.8 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
26 |
20 |
130.0 % |
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 |
9733 |
8638 |
112.7 % |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
20962 |
17313 |
121.1 % |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
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