| 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 |
40908 |
40585 |
100.8 % |
1519.00-1600.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br.temps |
86529 |
83119 |
104.1 % |
1519.00-1600.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS NCEP-proces. br. temps |
252606 |
254205 |
99.4 % |
1519.00-1600.99 |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
111099 |
101657 |
109.3 % |
1518.75-1601.25 |
camdar |
Canadian AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
1086 |
1133 |
95.9 % |
1518.75-1601.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
26 |
35 |
74.3 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
102638 |
98311 |
104.4 % |
1520.75-1521.99 |
gnss |
Grnd-based Gbl Navigation Sat System (GNSS) data |
2598 |
2450 |
106.0 % |
1520.95-1521.05 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1600.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
4402 |
4261 |
103.3 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) ir l-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1600.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared lg-wave derived cloud motion |
4773 |
4003 |
119.2 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
411 |
421 |
97.6 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
3606785 |
3606974 |
100.0 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
604 |
576 |
104.9 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5849 |
5898 |
99.2 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
450 |
445 |
101.1 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
107 |
139 |
77.0 % |
1520.50-1523.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
23 |
36 |
63.9 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
99 |
95 |
104.2 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
43 |
45 |
95.6 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1027 |
1056 |
97.3 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
183 |
238 |
76.9 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
| 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 |
1521.00-1521.99 |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1518.75-1601.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
1846 |
1799 |
102.6 % |
1518.75-1601.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
7111 |
23783 |
29.9 % |
1519.00-1600.99 |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
1359 |
1260 |
107.9 % |
1518.75-1601.25 |
amdarb |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
10177 |
9758 |
104.3 % |
1518.75-1601.25 |
amsr2 |
GCOM-W AMSR2 1B brightness temperatures |
535414 |
636645 |
84.1 % |
1519.00-1519.99 |
ascat |
METOP 1-2 ASCAT products |
21763 |
24508 |
88.8 % |
1520.00-1600.00 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) br. temps |
152908 |
114525 |
133.5 % |
1520.00-1523.99 |
atmsdb |
NPP Adv Tech MW Sndr(ATMS) b. temps-dir bcst SSEC |
55296 |
67641 |
81.7 % |
1520.00-1523.99 |
cris |
NPP Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) radiances |
38576 |
36859 |
104.7 % |
1520.00-1523.99 |
crisdb |
NPP Crss-trk IR Sndr(CrIS) radiance-dir bcst SSEC |
34560 |
40476 |
85.4 % |
1520.00-1523.99 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
4 |
4 |
100.0 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
5 |
3 |
166.7 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
8571 |
8380 |
102.3 % |
1518.75-1601.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A proc btmps frm RARS |
15861 |
10241 |
154.9 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
esatms |
NPP Adv. Tech. MW Sndr (ATMS) br. temps from RARS |
23464 |
22906 |
102.4 % |
1520.00-1523.99 |
escris |
NPP Crss-track IR Sndr (CrIS) radiances from RARS |
0 |
7285 |
0.0 % |
1520.00-1523.99 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-3/4 pr btmps frm RARS |
43283 |
27290 |
158.6 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
esiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data vbl chn from RARS |
80861 |
61699 |
131.1 % |
1520.00-1523.99 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS proc. btemps from RARS |
136093 |
81333 |
167.3 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
56662 |
56141 |
100.9 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
23 |
25 |
92.0 % |
1520.00-1523.99 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5621 |
5486 |
102.5 % |
1520.50-1523.49 |
h20ja |
MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion |
2809 |
2717 |
103.4 % |
1519.50-1600.50 |
iasidb |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiances-direct broadcast SSEC |
22184 |
17125 |
129.5 % |
1520.00-1523.99 |
infav |
AVHRR (NOAA/METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
636 |
0.0 % |
1519.50-1600.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT ir lg-wave derived cloud motion |
2937 |
3150 |
93.2 % |
1520.50-1523.49 |
infja |
MTSAT/JMA infrared long-wave derived cloud motion |
1992 |
2304 |
86.5 % |
1519.50-1600.50 |
infvr |
VIIRS (NPP) infrared lg-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.50-1600.50 |
kamdar |
Korean AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
107 |
110 |
97.3 % |
1518.75-1601.25 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
207836 |
254488 |
81.7 % |
1521.00-1522.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
41 |
8 |
512.5 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
214 |
81 |
264.2 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
49450 |
48866 |
101.2 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
16607 |
16082 |
103.3 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
484 |
419 |
115.5 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
124 |
84.7 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
255 |
50 |
510.0 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
3841 |
4265 |
90.1 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
22 |
5 |
440.0 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
131 |
30 |
436.7 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
302 |
307 |
98.4 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
335 |
336 |
99.7 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
321 |
396 |
81.1 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
263 |
257 |
102.3 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
744 |
730 |
101.9 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
294 |
289 |
101.7 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1586 |
1543 |
102.8 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
17511 |
15191 |
115.3 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
225 |
42 |
535.7 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
52 |
56 |
92.9 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
6 |
2 |
300.0 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
23156 |
20027 |
115.6 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
3250 |
1255 |
259.0 % |
1521.50-1522.50 |
mtiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data (varbl. channels) |
29826 |
37384 |
79.8 % |
1520.00-1523.99 |
nxrdw2 |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via Level 2 decoder |
648 |
665 |
97.4 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
7 |
34 |
20.6 % |
1520.00-1522.99 |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.00-1523.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
232 |
212 |
109.4 % |
1518.75-1601.25 |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1523.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.00-1523.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.00-1523.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.00-1523.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.00-1523.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
897932 |
1082549 |
82.9 % |
1521.50-1522.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1521.00-1523.00 |
saphir |
Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR L1A2 brightness temps |
114 |
3686 |
3.1 % |
1519.00-1600.99 |
sevasr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI All Sky Radiance(proc) |
14727 |
14695 |
100.2 % |
1520.00-1523.99 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiance(proc) |
14727 |
14727 |
100.0 % |
1520.00-1523.99 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
84141 |
57514 |
146.3 % |
1520.00-1523.99 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1522.50 |
tmdara |
TAMDAR aircft data-all types(from Panasonic,BUFR) |
4237 |
4065 |
104.2 % |
1518.75-1601.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
192 |
765 |
25.1 % |
1520.50-1523.49 |
visja |
MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
912 |
1153 |
79.1 % |
1519.50-1600.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
5689 |
6574 |
86.5 % |
1521.00-1521.99 |
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