| 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) |
10160 |
10188 |
99.7 % |
1506.75-1513.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
372 |
311 |
119.6 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
86045 |
80516 |
106.9 % |
1509.00-1511.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
271513 |
263428 |
103.1 % |
1508.75-1509.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
319 |
310 |
102.9 % |
1509.00-1509.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
6744 |
7153 |
94.3 % |
1507.50-1512.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
7524 |
7163 |
105.0 % |
1507.50-1512.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
328 |
299 |
109.7 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
265 |
241 |
110.0 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5386 |
5542 |
97.2 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
9 |
10 |
90.0 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
28598 |
30602 |
93.5 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
24538 |
27337 |
89.8 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
39 |
30 |
130.0 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
239 |
191 |
125.1 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
99 |
101.0 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2432 |
2439 |
99.7 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
936 |
949 |
98.6 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
33 |
52 |
63.5 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
212 |
206 |
102.9 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
72 |
75 |
96.0 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
665 |
100.2 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
166 |
171 |
97.1 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
318 |
358 |
88.8 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
11101 |
10873 |
102.1 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
45 |
54 |
83.3 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
52 |
84 |
61.9 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
21 |
18 |
116.7 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
5656 |
5850 |
96.7 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
347 |
341 |
101.8 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
290 |
291 |
99.7 % |
1509.00-1511.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
16 |
100.0 % |
1508.50-1511.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1509.00-1511.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
26 |
100.0 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
140 |
126 |
111.1 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
878 |
832 |
105.5 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.50-1510.50 |
| 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 |
32440 |
31341 |
103.5 % |
1507.00-1512.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
28225 |
0.0 % |
1507.00-1512.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
7013 |
0.0 % |
1507.00-1512.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
56145 |
50780 |
110.6 % |
1507.00-1512.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
224698 |
203583 |
110.4 % |
1507.00-1512.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.75-1513.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1621 |
1472 |
110.1 % |
1506.75-1513.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
38871 |
22507 |
172.7 % |
1507.00-1512.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
9814 |
12670 |
77.5 % |
1506.75-1513.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
10080 |
5302 |
190.1 % |
1508.00-1512.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
240 |
261 |
92.0 % |
1506.75-1513.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
4 |
150.0 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1509.00-1511.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3910 |
3504 |
111.6 % |
1506.75-1513.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
17118 |
14041 |
121.9 % |
1509.00-1511.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
41160 |
41576 |
99.0 % |
1509.00-1511.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
42267 |
35300 |
119.7 % |
1509.00-1511.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
140370 |
125572 |
111.8 % |
1509.00-1511.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5268 |
5261 |
100.1 % |
1508.50-1511.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
5181 |
3189 |
162.5 % |
1507.50-1512.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.50-1512.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2772 |
2699 |
102.7 % |
1508.50-1511.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
4046 |
3195 |
126.6 % |
1507.50-1512.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.50-1512.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1113542 |
932389 |
119.4 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.50-1510.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
1607 |
2078 |
77.3 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
4 |
5 |
80.0 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
52 |
48 |
108.3 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
106 |
99.1 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
40 |
28 |
142.9 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1312 |
1235 |
106.2 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.00-1511.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
10 |
8 |
125.0 % |
1506.75-1513.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
136 |
131 |
103.8 % |
1508.50-1511.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.50-1511.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1035639 |
1095340 |
94.5 % |
1509.00-1511.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.00-1511.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.00-1511.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.00-1511.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
945724 |
982428 |
96.3 % |
1509.50-1510.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.00-1511.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
1 |
4 |
25.0 % |
1509.50-1510.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.50-1510.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.75-1513.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.75-1513.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.75-1513.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
3961 |
4579 |
86.5 % |
1508.50-1511.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
141 |
97 |
145.4 % |
1507.50-1512.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1507.50-1512.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1508.00-1512.00 |
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