| Critical Data with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean | UTC Time Window |
1bamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A NCEP-proc. br.temps |
30628 |
30860 |
99.2 % |
1510.00-1515.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br.temps |
58324 |
52713 |
110.6 % |
1510.00-1515.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS NCEP-proces. br. temps |
232904 |
186337 |
125.0 % |
1510.00-1515.99 |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
51918 |
48620 |
106.8 % |
1509.75-1516.25 |
camdar |
Canadian AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
504 |
623 |
80.9 % |
1509.75-1516.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
35 |
34 |
102.9 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
103048 |
102884 |
100.2 % |
1511.75-1512.99 |
gnss |
Grnd-based Gbl Navigation Sat System (GNSS) data |
2574 |
2449 |
105.1 % |
1511.95-1512.05 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1515.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
3490 |
3548 |
98.4 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) ir l-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1515.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared lg-wave derived cloud motion |
3725 |
3632 |
102.6 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
419 |
426 |
98.4 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
3614291 |
3461614 |
104.4 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
572 |
571 |
100.2 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
6127 |
6167 |
99.4 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
445 |
442 |
100.7 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
123 |
141 |
87.2 % |
1511.50-1514.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
165 |
166 |
99.4 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
24 |
37 |
64.9 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
91 |
88 |
103.4 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
46 |
44 |
104.5 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1086 |
1055 |
102.9 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
249 |
241 |
103.3 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
| Data Types of Opportunity with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean | UTC Time Window |
3p9us |
GOES/NESDIS infrared shrt-wave derived cld motion |
13578 |
14768 |
91.9 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1509.75-1516.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
4659 |
4420 |
105.4 % |
1509.75-1516.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
69209 |
28668 |
241.4 % |
1510.00-1515.99 |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
4517 |
3686 |
122.5 % |
1509.75-1516.25 |
amdarb |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
10440 |
11216 |
93.1 % |
1509.75-1516.25 |
amsr2 |
GCOM-W AMSR2 1B brightness temperatures |
1159600 |
697826 |
166.2 % |
1510.00-1510.99 |
ascat |
METOP 1-2 ASCAT products |
19604 |
17567 |
111.6 % |
1511.00-1515.00 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) br. temps |
142262 |
121625 |
117.0 % |
1511.00-1514.99 |
atmsdb |
NPP Adv Tech MW Sndr(ATMS) b. temps-dir bcst SSEC |
79685 |
68425 |
116.5 % |
1511.00-1514.99 |
cris |
NPP Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) radiances |
62313 |
24987 |
249.4 % |
1511.00-1514.99 |
crisdb |
NPP Crss-trk IR Sndr(CrIS) radiance-dir bcst SSEC |
56981 |
35903 |
158.7 % |
1511.00-1514.99 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
4 |
4 |
100.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
0 |
3 |
0.0 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
9606 |
9598 |
100.1 % |
1509.75-1516.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A proc btmps frm RARS |
4174 |
8889 |
47.0 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
esatms |
NPP Adv. Tech. MW Sndr (ATMS) br. temps from RARS |
72011 |
75790 |
95.0 % |
1511.00-1514.99 |
escris |
NPP Crss-track IR Sndr (CrIS) radiances from RARS |
44844 |
33865 |
132.4 % |
1511.00-1514.99 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-3/4 pr btmps frm RARS |
10698 |
23084 |
46.3 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
esiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data vbl chn from RARS |
44210 |
54933 |
80.5 % |
1511.00-1514.99 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS proc. btemps from RARS |
41742 |
72049 |
57.9 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
43999 |
45520 |
96.7 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
18 |
18 |
100.0 % |
1511.00-1514.99 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5786 |
5596 |
103.4 % |
1511.50-1514.49 |
h20ja |
MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion |
2562 |
2671 |
95.9 % |
1510.50-1515.50 |
iasidb |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiances-direct broadcast SSEC |
10665 |
8537 |
124.9 % |
1511.00-1514.99 |
infav |
AVHRR (NOAA/METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
1071 |
625 |
171.4 % |
1510.50-1515.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT ir lg-wave derived cloud motion |
3065 |
3212 |
95.4 % |
1511.50-1514.49 |
infja |
MTSAT/JMA infrared long-wave derived cloud motion |
1625 |
2270 |
71.6 % |
1510.50-1515.50 |
infvr |
VIIRS (NPP) infrared lg-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1515.50 |
kamdar |
Korean AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
683 |
557 |
122.6 % |
1509.75-1516.25 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
106529 |
111207 |
95.8 % |
1512.00-1513.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
5282 |
4638 |
113.9 % |
1512.00-1513.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
43 |
7 |
614.3 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
213 |
76 |
280.3 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
49212 |
49113 |
100.2 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
16609 |
16185 |
102.6 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
478 |
401 |
119.2 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
141 |
122 |
115.6 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
231 |
42 |
550.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
4426 |
4294 |
103.1 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
22 |
4 |
550.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
138 |
25 |
552.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
301 |
307 |
98.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
332 |
338 |
98.2 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
321 |
371 |
86.5 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
250 |
255 |
98.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
740 |
729 |
101.5 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
276 |
294 |
93.9 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1586 |
1560 |
101.7 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
17347 |
15064 |
115.2 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
224 |
36 |
622.2 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
51 |
56 |
91.1 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
7 |
1 |
700.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
22819 |
20388 |
111.9 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
3236 |
1189 |
272.2 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
mtiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data (varbl. channels) |
23322 |
22977 |
101.5 % |
1511.00-1514.99 |
nxrdw2 |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via Level 2 decoder |
672 |
654 |
102.8 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
34 |
18 |
188.9 % |
1511.00-1513.99 |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.00-1514.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
146 |
145 |
100.7 % |
1509.75-1516.25 |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1514.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.00-1514.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.00-1514.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.00-1514.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
3 |
2 |
150.0 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
926550 |
837180 |
110.7 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1512.00-1514.00 |
sevasr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI All Sky Radiance(proc) |
14727 |
14659 |
100.5 % |
1511.00-1514.99 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiance(proc) |
14727 |
14727 |
100.0 % |
1511.00-1514.99 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
52966 |
33561 |
157.8 % |
1511.00-1514.99 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.50 |
tmdara |
TAMDAR aircft data-all types(from Panasonic,BUFR) |
6392 |
5762 |
110.9 % |
1509.75-1516.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
6753 |
7204 |
93.7 % |
1511.50-1514.49 |
visja |
MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1515.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.00-1512.99 |
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