| 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 |
15215 |
17090 |
89.0 % |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
52338 |
54257 |
96.5 % |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
12573 |
13151 |
95.6 % |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
24497 |
24685 |
99.2 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1695 |
1721 |
98.5 % |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
16399 |
16369 |
100.2 % |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
6957 |
7101 |
98.0 % |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
2286 |
2272 |
100.6 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
837 |
1072 |
78.1 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
4054 |
4063 |
99.8 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
130237 |
170238 |
76.5 % |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
262 |
253 |
103.6 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
9068 |
8487 |
106.8 % |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8741 |
8779 |
99.6 % |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
1571 |
1531 |
102.6 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
1033 |
972 |
106.3 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
15747 |
15834 |
99.5 % |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
41 |
0.0 % |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
750 |
660 |
113.6 % |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
30 |
30 |
100.0 % |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
118 |
122 |
96.7 % |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
1904 |
1874 |
101.6 % |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
2351 |
2319 |
101.4 % |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
1362 |
1337 |
101.9 % |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
4693 |
4650 |
100.9 % |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
28888 |
28342 |
101.9 % |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
29939 |
29007 |
103.2 % |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
2127 |
1942 |
109.5 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
670 |
682 |
98.2 % |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
120 |
210 |
57.1 % |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
48 |
54 |
88.9 % |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1142019 |
1161153 |
98.4 % |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
3 |
0.0 % |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
555 |
511 |
108.6 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
3838 |
3786 |
101.4 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
130 |
131 |
99.2 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
732 |
721 |
101.5 % |
| 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 |
9263 |
11728 |
79.0 % |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
34 |
33 |
103.0 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
31 |
24 |
129.2 % |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
6803 |
6851 |
99.3 % |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3738 |
2249 |
166.2 % |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
3946 |
3840 |
102.8 % |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3087 |
2589 |
119.2 % |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
51 |
46 |
110.9 % |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
160 |
157 |
101.9 % |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
114201 |
102547 |
111.4 % |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
118422 |
101734 |
116.4 % |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
151 |
155 |
97.4 % |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
350 |
398 |
87.9 % |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
381 |
359 |
106.1 % |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
18829 |
18327 |
102.7 % |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
3970 |
3969 |
100.0 % |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
811 |
784 |
103.4 % |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
393 |
345 |
113.9 % |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
143 |
132 |
108.3 % |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
549 |
538 |
102.0 % |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
302 |
277 |
109.0 % |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
508 |
475 |
106.9 % |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
116 |
119 |
97.5 % |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
12365 |
15209 |
81.3 % |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
57 |
104 |
54.8 % |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
368 |
347 |
106.1 % |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
293965 |
303705 |
96.8 % |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
65 |
73 |
89.0 % |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
6302611 |
6182033 |
102.0 % |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
2757128 |
3373525 |
81.7 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
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 |
5361 |
5115 |
104.8 % |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
16698 |
15649 |
106.7 % |
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