| Critical Data with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean | UTC Time Window |
acars |
Automated MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (from ARINC) |
16050 |
15137 |
106.0 % |
2004.75-2011.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
212 |
347 |
61.1 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
107706 |
82751 |
130.2 % |
2007.00-2009.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
273787 |
243620 |
112.4 % |
2006.75-2007.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
336 |
310 |
108.4 % |
2007.00-2007.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2005.50-2010.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2005.50-2010.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
340 |
308 |
110.4 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
262 |
251 |
104.4 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5358 |
5437 |
98.5 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
9 |
100.0 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
31357 |
30910 |
101.4 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
25463 |
26717 |
95.3 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
28 |
32 |
87.5 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
234 |
204 |
114.7 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
100 |
100.0 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2391 |
2455 |
97.4 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
995 |
946 |
105.2 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
29 |
51 |
56.9 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
200 |
209 |
95.7 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
77 |
76 |
101.3 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
179 |
174 |
102.9 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
352 |
348 |
101.1 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
10209 |
10003 |
102.1 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
64 |
59 |
108.5 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
77 |
94 |
81.9 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
15 |
18 |
83.3 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6631 |
6548 |
101.3 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
368 |
346 |
106.4 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
282 |
293 |
96.2 % |
2007.00-2009.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
2006.50-2009.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
2007.00-2009.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
27 |
26 |
103.8 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
133 |
123 |
108.1 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
888 |
834 |
106.5 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2007.50-2008.50 |
| Data Types of Opportunity with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean | UTC Time Window |
1bamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP-2 AMSU-A NCEP-proc. br. temps |
28346 |
33234 |
85.3 % |
2005.00-2010.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
19106 |
40418 |
47.3 % |
2005.00-2010.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
4674 |
9916 |
47.1 % |
2005.00-2010.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
58182 |
61853 |
94.1 % |
2005.00-2010.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
234134 |
247335 |
94.7 % |
2005.00-2010.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2004.75-2011.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2163 |
2162 |
100.0 % |
2004.75-2011.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
16435 |
0.0 % |
2005.00-2010.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
9253 |
10756 |
86.0 % |
2004.75-2011.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
11070 |
4989 |
221.9 % |
2006.00-2010.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
174 |
112 |
155.4 % |
2004.75-2011.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
6 |
116.7 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2007.00-2009.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3531 |
3690 |
95.7 % |
2004.75-2011.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
7782 |
10012 |
77.7 % |
2007.00-2009.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
9727 |
7629 |
127.5 % |
2007.00-2009.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
19668 |
25753 |
76.4 % |
2007.00-2009.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
94214 |
122652 |
76.8 % |
2007.00-2009.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5386 |
5262 |
102.4 % |
2006.50-2009.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4102 |
3474 |
118.1 % |
2005.50-2010.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2005.50-2010.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2775 |
2724 |
101.9 % |
2006.50-2009.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3025 |
3259 |
92.8 % |
2005.50-2010.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2005.50-2010.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
966364 |
935633 |
103.3 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2007.50-2008.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
5099 |
2631 |
193.8 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
5 |
6 |
83.3 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
46 |
46 |
100.0 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
100 |
108 |
92.6 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
30 |
133.3 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1322 |
1267 |
104.3 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
2007.00-2009.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
16 |
8 |
200.0 % |
2004.75-2011.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
142 |
131 |
108.4 % |
2006.50-2009.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2006.50-2009.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
945276 |
1179412 |
80.1 % |
2007.00-2009.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2007.00-2009.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2007.00-2009.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2007.00-2009.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
988429 |
1111793 |
88.9 % |
2007.50-2008.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2007.00-2009.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
1 |
3 |
33.3 % |
2007.50-2008.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2007.50-2008.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2004.75-2011.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2004.75-2011.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2004.75-2011.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
2741 |
3326 |
82.4 % |
2006.50-2009.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
208 |
479 |
43.4 % |
2005.50-2010.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2005.50-2010.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2006.00-2010.00 |
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