| Critical Data 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 |
8331 |
33031 |
25.2 % |
3116.00-3121.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3116.00-3121.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
12859 |
60365 |
21.3 % |
3116.00-3121.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
50288 |
241506 |
20.8 % |
3116.00-3121.99 |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
83049 |
80455 |
103.2 % |
3115.75-3122.25 |
camdar |
Canadian AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
1559 |
1714 |
91.0 % |
3115.75-3122.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
368 |
394 |
93.4 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
0 |
206019 |
0.0 % |
3117.75-3118.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
315 |
308 |
102.3 % |
3118.00-3118.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3116.50-3121.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3116.50-3121.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
362 |
348 |
104.0 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
396 |
290 |
136.6 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5422 |
5418 |
100.1 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
277 |
300 |
92.3 % |
3118.00-3120.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
11 |
11 |
100.0 % |
3117.50-3120.50 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
167 |
175 |
95.4 % |
3117.50-3120.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
6 |
5 |
120.0 % |
3118.00-3120.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
33 |
29 |
113.8 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
120 |
108 |
111.1 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
23 |
9 |
255.6 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
906 |
888 |
102.0 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
213 |
242 |
88.0 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
| Data Types of Opportunity with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean | UTC Time Window |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3116.00-3121.99 |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3115.75-3122.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
1695 |
1705 |
99.4 % |
3115.75-3122.25 |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
6378 |
8703 |
73.3 % |
3115.75-3122.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
0 |
19457 |
0.0 % |
3117.00-3121.00 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) radiances |
45870 |
58998 |
77.7 % |
3117.00-3120.99 |
cris |
NPP Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) radiances |
39981 |
43614 |
91.7 % |
3117.00-3120.99 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
1 |
6 |
16.7 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
8 |
1 |
800.0 % |
3118.00-3120.00 |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
4916 |
4208 |
116.8 % |
3115.75-3122.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
7853 |
10164 |
77.3 % |
3118.00-3120.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
23169 |
26541 |
87.3 % |
3118.00-3120.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
116257 |
121259 |
95.9 % |
3118.00-3120.00 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
0 |
95966 |
0.0 % |
3118.00-3120.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4739 |
4057 |
116.8 % |
3117.50-3120.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2412 |
2551 |
94.6 % |
3116.50-3121.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2768 |
2471 |
112.0 % |
3117.50-3120.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3316 |
2896 |
114.5 % |
3116.50-3121.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
68888 |
128644 |
53.5 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
5182 |
10175 |
50.9 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
5 |
4 |
125.0 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
3 |
39 |
7.7 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
17 |
105.9 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33185 |
34676 |
95.7 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
25094 |
25520 |
98.3 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
48 |
39 |
123.1 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
190 |
178 |
106.7 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
100 |
100.0 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
128 |
112 |
114.3 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2623 |
2618 |
100.2 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
551 |
596 |
92.4 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
79 |
81 |
97.5 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
295 |
250 |
118.0 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
86 |
90 |
95.6 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
330 |
524 |
63.0 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
35 |
26 |
134.6 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
202 |
181 |
111.6 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
678 |
649 |
104.5 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
339 |
332 |
102.1 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1438 |
1309 |
109.9 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
11951 |
10687 |
111.8 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
68 |
68 |
100.0 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
93 |
81 |
114.8 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
17 |
16 |
106.2 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
6828 |
7197 |
94.9 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
362 |
351 |
103.1 % |
3118.50-3119.50 |
mtiasi |
METOP-2 IASI 1C radiance data (variable channels) |
0 |
23748 |
0.0 % |
3117.00-3120.99 |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3118.00-3120.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
105 |
129 |
81.4 % |
3115.75-3122.25 |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3117.50-3120.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
0 |
1227757 |
0.0 % |
3118.00-3120.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3118.00-3120.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3118.00-3120.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3118.00-3120.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
560730 |
854739 |
65.6 % |
3118.50-3119.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
3 |
2 |
150.0 % |
3118.00-3120.00 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3118.50-3119.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3115.75-3122.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3115.75-3122.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3115.75-3122.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
6177 |
6244 |
98.9 % |
3117.50-3120.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3116.50-3121.50 |
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