| 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) |
9641 |
5354 |
180.1 % |
1505.75-1512.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
179 |
294 |
60.9 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
102524 |
85654 |
119.7 % |
1508.00-1510.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
272490 |
244583 |
111.4 % |
1507.75-1508.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
319 |
312 |
102.2 % |
1508.00-1508.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
3376 |
3507 |
96.3 % |
1506.50-1511.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
3517 |
3209 |
109.6 % |
1506.50-1511.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
326 |
306 |
106.5 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
270 |
241 |
112.0 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5370 |
5470 |
98.2 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
28611 |
30546 |
93.7 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
25450 |
27061 |
94.0 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
29 |
37 |
78.4 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
238 |
193 |
123.3 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
99 |
101.0 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2262 |
2428 |
93.2 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
936 |
950 |
98.5 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
29 |
52 |
55.8 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
198 |
210 |
94.3 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
73 |
77 |
94.8 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
666 |
100.0 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
168 |
174 |
96.6 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
322 |
360 |
89.4 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
10350 |
10390 |
99.6 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
47 |
61 |
77.0 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
101 |
92 |
109.8 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
20 |
18 |
111.1 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4630 |
5966 |
77.6 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
341 |
339 |
100.6 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
283 |
295 |
95.9 % |
1508.00-1510.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1507.50-1510.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.00-1510.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
25 |
26 |
96.2 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
156 |
139 |
112.2 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1113 |
1156 |
96.3 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.50-1509.50 |
| 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 |
31903 |
34559 |
92.3 % |
1506.00-1511.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
22946 |
47716 |
48.1 % |
1506.00-1511.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
5547 |
11761 |
47.2 % |
1506.00-1511.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
65116 |
60184 |
108.2 % |
1506.00-1511.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
260534 |
241033 |
108.1 % |
1506.00-1511.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.75-1512.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1917 |
1751 |
109.5 % |
1505.75-1512.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
15240 |
22660 |
67.3 % |
1506.00-1511.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
9540 |
11534 |
82.7 % |
1505.75-1512.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
0 |
5794 |
0.0 % |
1507.00-1511.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
152 |
168 |
90.5 % |
1505.75-1512.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.00-1510.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3548 |
3408 |
104.1 % |
1505.75-1512.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
9561 |
10482 |
91.2 % |
1508.00-1510.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
29023 |
14529 |
199.8 % |
1508.00-1510.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
24042 |
26878 |
89.4 % |
1508.00-1510.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
88634 |
115363 |
76.8 % |
1508.00-1510.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5234 |
5328 |
98.2 % |
1507.50-1510.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4778 |
2895 |
165.0 % |
1506.50-1511.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.50-1511.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2771 |
2738 |
101.2 % |
1507.50-1510.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3694 |
2864 |
129.0 % |
1506.50-1511.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.50-1511.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
714770 |
829537 |
86.2 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.50-1509.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
1967 |
2486 |
79.1 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
6 |
100.0 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
51 |
48 |
106.2 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
106 |
106 |
100.0 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
29 |
137.9 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1047 |
1237 |
84.6 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.00-1510.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
9 |
7 |
128.6 % |
1505.75-1512.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
138 |
130 |
106.2 % |
1507.50-1510.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.50-1510.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1069504 |
1165387 |
91.8 % |
1508.00-1510.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.00-1510.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.00-1510.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.00-1510.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1016819 |
1036993 |
98.1 % |
1508.50-1509.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.00-1510.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
8 |
11 |
72.7 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
201 |
196 |
102.6 % |
1508.50-1509.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.75-1512.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.75-1512.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1505.75-1512.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
3449 |
4200 |
82.1 % |
1507.50-1510.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
224 |
213 |
105.2 % |
1506.50-1511.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.50-1511.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.00-1511.00 |
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