| 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) |
17316 |
9690 |
178.7 % |
2008.75-2015.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
415 |
431 |
96.3 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
152842 |
153788 |
99.4 % |
2011.00-2013.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
272107 |
271813 |
100.1 % |
2010.75-2011.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
298 |
294 |
101.4 % |
2011.00-2011.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
7310 |
7611 |
96.0 % |
2010.50-2013.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
7369 |
7838 |
94.0 % |
2010.50-2013.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
541 |
610 |
88.7 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
390 |
408 |
95.6 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
6267 |
6014 |
104.2 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
30 |
24 |
125.0 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
47172 |
46892 |
100.6 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
43310 |
43874 |
98.7 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
52 |
55 |
94.5 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
354 |
334 |
106.0 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
150 |
154 |
97.4 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
6615 |
6073 |
108.9 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1217 |
1282 |
94.9 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
81 |
83 |
97.6 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
250 |
292 |
85.6 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
171 |
147 |
116.3 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
888 |
881 |
100.8 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
216 |
236 |
91.5 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
846 |
871 |
97.1 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
616 |
575 |
107.1 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
13604 |
17205 |
79.1 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
140 |
124 |
112.9 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
167 |
156 |
107.1 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
44 |
40 |
110.0 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
13854 |
12643 |
109.6 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
654 |
634 |
103.2 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
431 |
518 |
83.2 % |
2011.00-2013.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
12 |
19 |
63.2 % |
2010.50-2013.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
170 |
171 |
99.4 % |
2011.00-2013.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
42 |
37 |
113.5 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
235 |
267 |
88.0 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
2127 |
2199 |
96.7 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2011.50-2012.50 |
| 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 |
31430 |
33205 |
94.7 % |
2009.00-2014.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
4961 |
0.0 % |
2009.00-2014.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
1683 |
0.0 % |
2009.00-2014.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
65485 |
62891 |
104.1 % |
2009.00-2014.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
262309 |
247759 |
105.9 % |
2009.00-2014.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2008.75-2015.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2146 |
2031 |
105.7 % |
2008.75-2015.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
17814 |
0.0 % |
2009.00-2014.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
9845 |
6904 |
142.6 % |
2008.75-2015.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
15258 |
9505 |
160.5 % |
2010.00-2014.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1451 |
1168 |
124.2 % |
2008.75-2015.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
2011.00-2013.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
4112 |
4604 |
89.3 % |
2008.75-2015.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
18347 |
17712 |
103.6 % |
2011.00-2013.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
661 |
54692 |
1.2 % |
2011.00-2013.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
46782 |
45486 |
102.8 % |
2011.00-2013.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
225597 |
141989 |
158.9 % |
2011.00-2013.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5281 |
8957 |
59.0 % |
2010.50-2013.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
3660 |
1965 |
186.3 % |
2010.50-2013.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2010.50-2013.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2797 |
4562 |
61.3 % |
2010.50-2013.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3072 |
2255 |
136.2 % |
2010.50-2013.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2010.50-2013.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1096156 |
1277489 |
85.8 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2011.50-2012.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
667 |
1880 |
35.5 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
17 |
11 |
154.5 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
80 |
88 |
90.9 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
175 |
167 |
104.8 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
36 |
32 |
112.5 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
2081 |
1767 |
117.8 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2011.00-2013.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
66 |
50 |
132.0 % |
2008.75-2015.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
153 |
157 |
97.5 % |
2010.50-2013.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2010.50-2013.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1049778 |
889775 |
118.0 % |
2011.00-2013.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
155506 |
133363 |
116.6 % |
2011.00-2013.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
2011.00-2013.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
7 |
4 |
175.0 % |
2011.00-2013.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1417729 |
866160 |
163.7 % |
2011.50-2012.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2011.00-2013.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
2 |
3 |
66.7 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
88 |
88 |
100.0 % |
2011.50-2012.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2008.75-2015.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2008.75-2015.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2008.75-2015.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
5593 |
10164 |
55.0 % |
2010.50-2013.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2010.50-2013.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
5011 |
4161 |
120.4 % |
2010.50-2013.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2010.00-2014.00 |