| 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 |
29917 |
31359 |
95.4 % |
1515.00-1520.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br.temps |
55540 |
63685 |
87.2 % |
1515.00-1520.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS NCEP-proces. br. temps |
204194 |
211061 |
96.7 % |
1515.00-1520.99 |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
108894 |
98398 |
110.7 % |
1514.75-1521.25 |
camdar |
Canadian AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
665 |
784 |
84.8 % |
1514.75-1521.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
31 |
37 |
83.8 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
102727 |
96958 |
105.9 % |
1516.75-1517.99 |
gnss |
Grnd-based Gbl Navigation Sat System (GNSS) data |
2588 |
2489 |
104.0 % |
1516.95-1517.05 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1520.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
4107 |
3520 |
116.7 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) ir l-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1520.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared lg-wave derived cloud motion |
4621 |
3450 |
133.9 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
410 |
422 |
97.2 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
3607660 |
3565820 |
101.2 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
598 |
570 |
104.9 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5946 |
5987 |
99.3 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
449 |
423 |
106.1 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
100 |
138 |
72.5 % |
1516.50-1519.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
3 |
12 |
25.0 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
23 |
37 |
62.2 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
91 |
80 |
113.8 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
88 |
97 |
90.7 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
2282 |
2238 |
102.0 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
183 |
230 |
79.6 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
| 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 |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.00-1517.99 |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1514.75-1521.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
4224 |
3805 |
111.0 % |
1514.75-1521.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
75999 |
33885 |
224.3 % |
1515.00-1520.99 |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
1766 |
1412 |
125.1 % |
1514.75-1521.25 |
amdarb |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
9523 |
9308 |
102.3 % |
1514.75-1521.25 |
amsr2 |
GCOM-W AMSR2 1B brightness temperatures |
1019466 |
743027 |
137.2 % |
1515.00-1515.99 |
ascat |
METOP 1-2 ASCAT products |
26761 |
19025 |
140.7 % |
1516.00-1520.00 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) br. temps |
155534 |
136226 |
114.2 % |
1516.00-1519.99 |
atmsdb |
NPP Adv Tech MW Sndr(ATMS) b. temps-dir bcst SSEC |
106047 |
95937 |
110.5 % |
1516.00-1519.99 |
cris |
NPP Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) radiances |
76756 |
41408 |
185.4 % |
1516.00-1519.99 |
crisdb |
NPP Crss-trk IR Sndr(CrIS) radiance-dir bcst SSEC |
61464 |
45926 |
133.8 % |
1516.00-1519.99 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
4 |
5 |
80.0 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
2 |
3 |
66.7 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
10183 |
10070 |
101.1 % |
1514.75-1521.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A proc btmps frm RARS |
8490 |
10304 |
82.4 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
esatms |
NPP Adv. Tech. MW Sndr (ATMS) br. temps from RARS |
71041 |
79002 |
89.9 % |
1516.00-1519.99 |
escris |
NPP Crss-track IR Sndr (CrIS) radiances from RARS |
38601 |
29897 |
129.1 % |
1516.00-1519.99 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-3/4 pr btmps frm RARS |
21794 |
27573 |
79.0 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
esiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data vbl chn from RARS |
36741 |
36542 |
100.5 % |
1516.00-1519.99 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS proc. btemps from RARS |
99038 |
91358 |
108.4 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
55136 |
56467 |
97.6 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
19 |
21 |
90.5 % |
1516.00-1519.99 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5907 |
5692 |
103.8 % |
1516.50-1519.49 |
h20ja |
MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion |
2704 |
2690 |
100.5 % |
1515.50-1520.50 |
iasidb |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiances-direct broadcast SSEC |
31136 |
30065 |
103.6 % |
1516.00-1519.99 |
infav |
AVHRR (NOAA/METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
530 |
503 |
105.4 % |
1515.50-1520.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT ir lg-wave derived cloud motion |
3126 |
3270 |
95.6 % |
1516.50-1519.49 |
infja |
MTSAT/JMA infrared long-wave derived cloud motion |
1734 |
2219 |
78.1 % |
1515.50-1520.50 |
infvr |
VIIRS (NPP) infrared lg-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1520.50 |
kamdar |
Korean AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
41 |
85 |
48.2 % |
1514.75-1521.25 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
136971 |
119927 |
114.2 % |
1517.00-1518.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
1572 |
4807 |
32.7 % |
1517.00-1518.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
46 |
9 |
511.1 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
158 |
76 |
207.9 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
49387 |
48920 |
101.0 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
16575 |
16161 |
102.6 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
479 |
425 |
112.7 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
107 |
121 |
88.4 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
232 |
49 |
473.5 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
4343 |
4184 |
103.8 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
21 |
4 |
525.0 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
163 |
29 |
562.1 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
302 |
307 |
98.4 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
327 |
343 |
95.3 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
428 |
360 |
118.9 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
261 |
254 |
102.8 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
744 |
733 |
101.5 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
287 |
294 |
97.6 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1459 |
1534 |
95.1 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
16868 |
15148 |
111.4 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
226 |
43 |
525.6 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
55 |
58 |
94.8 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
6 |
2 |
300.0 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
20100 |
20496 |
98.1 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
3251 |
1279 |
254.2 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
mtiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data (varbl. channels) |
24151 |
21296 |
113.4 % |
1516.00-1519.99 |
nxrdw2 |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via Level 2 decoder |
546 |
539 |
101.3 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
21 |
34 |
61.8 % |
1516.00-1518.99 |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.00-1519.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
257 |
246 |
104.5 % |
1514.75-1521.25 |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1516.50-1519.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.00-1519.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.00-1519.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.00-1519.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1517.00-1519.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
772779 |
841440 |
91.8 % |
1517.50-1518.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1517.00-1519.00 |
sevasr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI All Sky Radiance(proc) |
14727 |
14699 |
100.2 % |
1516.00-1519.99 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiance(proc) |
14727 |
14727 |
100.0 % |
1516.00-1519.99 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
28451 |
45536 |
62.5 % |
1516.00-1519.99 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
13 |
15 |
86.7 % |
1517.50-1518.50 |
tmdara |
TAMDAR aircft data-all types(from Panasonic,BUFR) |
5276 |
5172 |
102.0 % |
1514.75-1521.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
7547 |
8373 |
90.1 % |
1516.50-1519.49 |
visja |
MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1515.50-1520.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
3456 |
4412 |
78.3 % |
1517.00-1517.99 |
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