| 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) |
45369 |
39926 |
113.6 % |
2016.75-2023.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
327 |
277 |
118.1 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
146409 |
135033 |
108.4 % |
2019.00-2021.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
273602 |
273200 |
100.1 % |
2018.75-2019.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
323 |
273 |
118.3 % |
2019.00-2019.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2017.50-2022.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2017.50-2022.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
334 |
315 |
106.0 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
200 |
221 |
90.5 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5431 |
5381 |
100.9 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
13 |
138.5 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
32889 |
29591 |
111.1 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
27995 |
27055 |
103.5 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
27 |
34 |
79.4 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
194 |
175 |
110.9 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
100 |
65 |
153.8 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
2101 |
2421 |
86.8 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1003 |
956 |
104.9 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
48 |
57 |
84.2 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
208 |
224 |
92.9 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
81 |
83 |
97.6 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
666 |
629 |
105.9 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
162 |
168 |
96.4 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
560 |
557 |
100.5 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
333 |
314 |
106.1 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
10420 |
10478 |
99.4 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
51 |
65 |
78.5 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
63 |
86 |
73.3 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
21 |
15 |
140.0 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
3713 |
5319 |
69.8 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
290 |
329 |
88.1 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
284 |
286 |
99.3 % |
2019.00-2021.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
16 |
19 |
84.2 % |
2018.50-2021.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
2 |
1 |
200.0 % |
2019.00-2021.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
29 |
25 |
116.0 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
129 |
123 |
104.9 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
872 |
825 |
105.7 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2019.50-2020.50 |
| 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 |
31571 |
35814 |
88.2 % |
2017.00-2022.99 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
75851 |
37928 |
200.0 % |
2017.00-2022.99 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
18438 |
9205 |
200.3 % |
2017.00-2022.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
28742 |
60982 |
47.1 % |
2017.00-2022.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
115873 |
243195 |
47.6 % |
2017.00-2022.99 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2016.75-2023.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
1100 |
1200 |
91.7 % |
2016.75-2023.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
18302 |
33317 |
54.9 % |
2017.00-2022.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5400 |
3543 |
152.4 % |
2016.75-2023.25 |
ascat |
METOP-2 ASCAT products |
0 |
6327 |
0.0 % |
2018.00-2022.00 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1864 |
1768 |
105.4 % |
2016.75-2023.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
9 |
13 |
69.2 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2019.00-2021.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3676 |
3545 |
103.7 % |
2016.75-2023.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 AMSU-A proc. bright. temps from RARS |
18153 |
12935 |
140.3 % |
2019.00-2021.00 |
esamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B proc. bright. temps from RARS |
69840 |
49051 |
142.4 % |
2019.00-2021.00 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 HIRS-3/-4 proc bright. temps from RARS |
46666 |
32653 |
142.9 % |
2019.00-2021.00 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 MHS processed bright. temps from RARS |
136740 |
93816 |
145.8 % |
2019.00-2021.00 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5356 |
7937 |
67.5 % |
2018.50-2021.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
4013 |
2021 |
198.6 % |
2017.50-2022.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2017.50-2022.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2772 |
4069 |
68.1 % |
2018.50-2021.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
3494 |
2528 |
138.2 % |
2017.50-2022.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2017.50-2022.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
961630 |
839064 |
114.6 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2019.50-2020.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
9289 |
1841 |
504.6 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
5 |
120.0 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
44 |
45 |
97.8 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
104 |
106 |
98.1 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
35 |
29 |
120.7 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
954 |
980 |
97.3 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2019.00-2021.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
145 |
155 |
93.5 % |
2016.75-2023.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
131 |
120 |
109.2 % |
2018.50-2021.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2018.50-2021.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
1248218 |
1018401 |
122.6 % |
2019.00-2021.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2019.00-2021.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2019.00-2021.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2019.00-2021.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1426467 |
845864 |
168.6 % |
2019.50-2020.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2019.00-2021.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
2 |
5 |
40.0 % |
2019.50-2020.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2019.50-2020.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2016.75-2023.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2016.75-2023.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2016.75-2023.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
5178 |
4918 |
105.3 % |
2018.50-2021.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2017.50-2022.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
438 |
403 |
108.7 % |
2017.50-2022.50 |
wdsat |
CORIOLIS WindSat products from FNMOC |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2018.00-2022.00 |
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