| 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) |
12432 |
13496 |
92.1 % |
0102.00-0104.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
262 |
239 |
109.6 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
74662 |
67959 |
109.9 % |
0102.00-0104.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
269545 |
219173 |
123.0 % |
0101.75-0102.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
242 |
252 |
96.0 % |
0102.00-0102.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
4188 |
4054 |
103.3 % |
0100.50-0105.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
3851 |
3874 |
99.4 % |
0100.50-0105.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
308 |
313 |
98.4 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
183 |
185 |
98.9 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5120 |
5086 |
100.7 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
17 |
105.9 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
32822 |
28767 |
114.1 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
31444 |
29108 |
108.0 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
47 |
72.3 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
68 |
112 |
60.7 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
8 |
8 |
100.0 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
75 |
107 |
70.1 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1900 |
1902 |
99.9 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1030 |
1148 |
89.7 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
23 |
34 |
67.6 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
201 |
209 |
96.2 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
77 |
53 |
145.3 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
224 |
582 |
38.5 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
141 |
150 |
94.0 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
530 |
599 |
88.5 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
305 |
294 |
103.7 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
6171 |
6978 |
88.4 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
39 |
47 |
83.0 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
107 |
99 |
108.1 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
24 |
25 |
96.0 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4257 |
3463 |
122.9 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
471 |
433 |
108.8 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
283 |
282 |
100.4 % |
0102.00-0104.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
36 |
38 |
94.7 % |
0101.50-0104.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
0102.00-0104.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
22 |
23 |
95.7 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
106 |
130 |
81.5 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
1114 |
1155 |
96.5 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.50-0103.50 |
| 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 |
0 |
3417 |
0.0 % |
0102.00-0104.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
36107 |
9606 |
375.9 % |
0102.00-0104.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
8844 |
2362 |
374.4 % |
0102.00-0104.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
0 |
6041 |
0.0 % |
0102.00-0104.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
0 |
23391 |
0.0 % |
0102.00-0104.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.00-0104.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2025 |
2068 |
97.9 % |
3023.75-0106.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
11283 |
7043 |
160.2 % |
0101.00-0104.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5953 |
5236 |
113.7 % |
3023.75-0106.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1579 |
1486 |
106.3 % |
3023.75-0106.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
11 |
7 |
157.1 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.00-0104.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
1315 |
1315 |
100.0 % |
3023.75-0106.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4409 |
4414 |
99.9 % |
0101.50-0104.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
2208 |
2583 |
85.5 % |
0100.50-0105.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.50-0105.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2622 |
2607 |
100.6 % |
0101.50-0104.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
2060 |
3103 |
66.4 % |
0100.50-0105.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0100.50-0105.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
6 |
9 |
66.7 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
41 |
37 |
110.8 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
107 |
101 |
105.9 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
31 |
38 |
81.6 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
884 |
965 |
91.6 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.00-0104.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
77 |
88 |
87.5 % |
3023.75-0106.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
152 |
167 |
91.0 % |
0101.50-0104.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.50-0104.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
787297 |
627874 |
125.4 % |
0102.25-0103.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.25-0103.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.00-0104.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.00-0104.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
2 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.00-0104.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0102.50-0103.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
191 |
196 |
97.4 % |
0102.50-0103.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.75-0106.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.75-0106.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3023.75-0106.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0101.50-0104.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
544 |
1095 |
49.7 % |
0100.50-0105.50 |
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