| 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) |
22889 |
24219 |
94.5 % |
1910.75-1917.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
259 |
287 |
90.2 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
117534 |
121974 |
96.4 % |
1913.00-1915.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
273965 |
264628 |
103.5 % |
1912.75-1913.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
318 |
282 |
112.8 % |
1913.00-1913.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1911.50-1916.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1911.50-1916.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
274 |
307 |
89.3 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
164 |
218 |
75.2 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5664 |
5515 |
102.7 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
12 |
15 |
80.0 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
30779 |
31047 |
99.1 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
27798 |
28955 |
96.0 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
39 |
87.2 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
185 |
189 |
97.9 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
77 |
129.9 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2532 |
2385 |
106.2 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
935 |
996 |
93.9 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
59 |
56 |
105.4 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
203 |
228 |
89.0 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
81 |
78 |
103.8 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
659 |
101.1 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
163 |
176 |
92.6 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
564 |
583 |
96.7 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
371 |
323 |
114.9 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
8045 |
10941 |
73.5 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
48 |
64 |
75.0 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
72 |
92 |
78.3 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
21 |
14 |
150.0 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6458 |
5863 |
110.1 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
294 |
344 |
85.5 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
280 |
272 |
102.9 % |
1913.00-1915.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
14 |
19 |
73.7 % |
1912.50-1915.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
2 |
1 |
200.0 % |
1913.00-1915.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
26 |
24 |
108.3 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
136 |
122 |
111.5 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
767 |
818 |
93.8 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.50-1914.50 |
| 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 |
34832 |
30867 |
112.8 % |
1911.00-1916.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
29029 |
48059 |
60.4 % |
1911.00-1916.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
7305 |
11983 |
61.0 % |
1911.00-1916.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
54341 |
48000 |
113.2 % |
1911.00-1916.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
225043 |
192245 |
117.1 % |
1911.00-1916.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.75-1917.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2427 |
2305 |
105.3 % |
1910.75-1917.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
56682 |
17575 |
322.5 % |
1911.00-1916.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
6248 |
6454 |
96.8 % |
1910.75-1917.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
700 |
5396 |
13.0 % |
1912.00-1916.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1122 |
1703 |
65.9 % |
1910.75-1917.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
6 |
116.7 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
8 |
1 |
800.0 % |
1913.00-1915.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
4258 |
4066 |
104.7 % |
1910.75-1917.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
6239 |
12007 |
52.0 % |
1913.00-1915.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
22050 |
46506 |
47.4 % |
1913.00-1915.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
15994 |
31330 |
51.1 % |
1913.00-1915.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
67398 |
102393 |
65.8 % |
1913.00-1915.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5505 |
8043 |
68.4 % |
1912.50-1915.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2679 |
1962 |
136.5 % |
1911.50-1916.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1911.50-1916.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2826 |
4127 |
68.5 % |
1912.50-1915.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2860 |
2302 |
124.2 % |
1911.50-1916.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1911.50-1916.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1056801 |
962759 |
109.8 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.50-1914.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
1963 |
955 |
205.5 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
10 |
5 |
200.0 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
52 |
48 |
108.3 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
112 |
93.8 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
35 |
31 |
112.9 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1100 |
1029 |
106.9 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.00-1915.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
93 |
101 |
92.1 % |
1910.75-1917.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
127 |
125 |
101.6 % |
1912.50-1915.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1912.50-1915.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1075722 |
785959 |
136.9 % |
1913.00-1915.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.00-1915.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.00-1915.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.00-1915.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
939333 |
544403 |
172.5 % |
1913.50-1914.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.00-1915.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
1 |
5 |
20.0 % |
1913.50-1914.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1913.50-1914.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.75-1917.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.75-1917.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1910.75-1917.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
4496 |
8654 |
52.0 % |
1912.50-1915.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1911.50-1916.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1911.50-1916.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1912.00-1916.00 |
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