| 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 |
43550 |
41755 |
104.3 % |
1520.00-1601.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br.temps |
96565 |
77143 |
125.2 % |
1520.00-1601.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS NCEP-proces. br. temps |
300626 |
260216 |
115.5 % |
1520.00-1601.99 |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
111130 |
103559 |
107.3 % |
1519.75-1602.25 |
camdar |
Canadian AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
847 |
867 |
97.7 % |
1519.75-1602.25 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
27 |
35 |
77.1 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
102749 |
100248 |
102.5 % |
1521.75-1522.99 |
gnss |
Grnd-based Gbl Navigation Sat System (GNSS) data |
2493 |
2435 |
102.4 % |
1521.95-1522.05 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1601.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
4684 |
4491 |
104.3 % |
1522.00-1522.99 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) ir l-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1601.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared lg-wave derived cloud motion |
4874 |
4266 |
114.3 % |
1522.00-1522.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
404 |
423 |
95.5 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
3600743 |
3569891 |
100.9 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
589 |
585 |
100.7 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5746 |
5856 |
98.1 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
300 |
447 |
67.1 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
95 |
138 |
68.8 % |
1521.50-1600.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
2 |
2 |
100.0 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
13 |
37 |
35.1 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
101 |
97 |
104.1 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
44 |
47 |
93.6 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1077 |
1064 |
101.2 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
183 |
216 |
84.7 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
| 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 |
1522.00-1522.99 |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1519.75-1602.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
1572 |
1586 |
99.1 % |
1519.75-1602.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
56878 |
19738 |
288.2 % |
1520.00-1601.99 |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
2000 |
1372 |
145.8 % |
1519.75-1602.25 |
amdarb |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
10774 |
10570 |
101.9 % |
1519.75-1602.25 |
amsr2 |
GCOM-W AMSR2 1B brightness temperatures |
452746 |
585097 |
77.4 % |
1520.00-1520.99 |
ascat |
METOP 1-2 ASCAT products |
31258 |
25133 |
124.4 % |
1521.00-1601.00 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) br. temps |
125358 |
118548 |
105.7 % |
1521.00-1600.99 |
atmsdb |
NPP Adv Tech MW Sndr(ATMS) b. temps-dir bcst SSEC |
69509 |
60953 |
114.0 % |
1521.00-1600.99 |
cris |
NPP Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) radiances |
26520 |
37828 |
70.1 % |
1521.00-1600.99 |
crisdb |
NPP Crss-trk IR Sndr(CrIS) radiance-dir bcst SSEC |
49941 |
37880 |
131.8 % |
1521.00-1600.99 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
15 |
13 |
115.4 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
5 |
4 |
125.0 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
6427 |
6393 |
100.5 % |
1519.75-1602.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A proc btmps frm RARS |
10602 |
10690 |
99.2 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
esatms |
NPP Adv. Tech. MW Sndr (ATMS) br. temps from RARS |
20763 |
21591 |
96.2 % |
1521.00-1600.99 |
escris |
NPP Crss-track IR Sndr (CrIS) radiances from RARS |
5862 |
6289 |
93.2 % |
1521.00-1600.99 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-3/4 pr btmps frm RARS |
27358 |
28099 |
97.4 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
esiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data vbl chn from RARS |
49989 |
62354 |
80.2 % |
1521.00-1600.99 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS proc. btemps from RARS |
72606 |
66270 |
109.6 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
58303 |
59217 |
98.5 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
25 |
25 |
100.0 % |
1521.00-1600.99 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
5623 |
5444 |
103.3 % |
1521.50-1600.49 |
h20ja |
MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion |
2861 |
2721 |
105.1 % |
1520.50-1601.50 |
iasidb |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiances-direct broadcast SSEC |
14702 |
10133 |
145.1 % |
1521.00-1600.99 |
infav |
AVHRR (NOAA/METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
1131 |
630 |
179.5 % |
1520.50-1601.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT ir lg-wave derived cloud motion |
2945 |
3122 |
94.3 % |
1521.50-1600.49 |
infja |
MTSAT/JMA infrared long-wave derived cloud motion |
2237 |
2322 |
96.3 % |
1520.50-1601.50 |
infvr |
VIIRS (NPP) infrared lg-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1520.50-1601.50 |
kamdar |
Korean AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
320 |
295 |
108.5 % |
1519.75-1602.25 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
218246 |
249024 |
87.6 % |
1522.00-1523.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
46 |
9 |
511.1 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
158 |
77 |
205.2 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
47695 |
48857 |
97.6 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
15984 |
16253 |
98.3 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
476 |
420 |
113.3 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
105 |
123 |
85.4 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
255 |
51 |
500.0 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
4268 |
4265 |
100.1 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
22 |
4 |
550.0 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
158 |
31 |
509.7 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
302 |
309 |
97.7 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
330 |
344 |
95.9 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
321 |
385 |
83.4 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
266 |
257 |
103.5 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
736 |
732 |
100.5 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
262 |
289 |
90.7 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1458 |
1550 |
94.1 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
18203 |
15667 |
116.2 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
229 |
45 |
508.9 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
59 |
58 |
101.7 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
13 |
2 |
650.0 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
20352 |
20222 |
100.6 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
3251 |
1296 |
250.8 % |
1522.50-1523.50 |
mtiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data (varbl. channels) |
35036 |
39333 |
89.1 % |
1521.00-1600.99 |
nxrdw2 |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via Level 2 decoder |
722 |
704 |
102.6 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
64 |
27 |
237.0 % |
1521.00-1523.99 |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.00-1600.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
212 |
192 |
110.4 % |
1519.75-1602.25 |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1521.50-1600.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.00-1600.00 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.00-1600.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.00-1600.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.00-1600.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
876057 |
1083558 |
80.9 % |
1522.50-1523.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1522.00-1600.00 |
sevasr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI All Sky Radiance(proc) |
14727 |
14691 |
100.2 % |
1521.00-1600.99 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiance(proc) |
14727 |
14727 |
100.0 % |
1521.00-1600.99 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
87349 |
50114 |
174.3 % |
1521.00-1600.99 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1522.50-1523.50 |
tmdara |
TAMDAR aircft data-all types(from Panasonic,BUFR) |
4701 |
4558 |
103.1 % |
1519.75-1602.25 |
visja |
MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
1306 |
1582 |
82.6 % |
1520.50-1601.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
6651 |
6982 |
95.3 % |
1522.00-1522.99 |
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