| 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) |
9009 |
4349 |
207.2 % |
3011.00-3013.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
456 |
441 |
103.4 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
104831 |
117334 |
89.3 % |
3011.00-3013.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
268784 |
266715 |
100.8 % |
3010.75-3011.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
218 |
251 |
86.9 % |
3011.00-3011.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
7253 |
7320 |
99.1 % |
3010.50-3013.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
8703 |
8173 |
106.5 % |
3010.50-3013.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
614 |
598 |
102.7 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
379 |
365 |
103.8 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
6117 |
5981 |
102.3 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
30 |
30 |
100.0 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
44625 |
39729 |
112.3 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
48433 |
45340 |
106.8 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
66 |
91 |
72.5 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
248 |
259 |
95.8 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
15 |
15 |
100.0 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
207 |
171 |
121.1 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
6194 |
6681 |
92.7 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1541 |
1592 |
96.8 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
50 |
68 |
73.5 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
335 |
335 |
100.0 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
152 |
136 |
111.8 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
560 |
698 |
80.2 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
231 |
225 |
102.7 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
915 |
917 |
99.8 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
584 |
578 |
101.0 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
12036 |
12064 |
99.8 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
119 |
104 |
114.4 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
206 |
183 |
112.6 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
53 |
52 |
101.9 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
10748 |
8748 |
122.9 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
873 |
862 |
101.3 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
526 |
469 |
112.2 % |
3011.00-3013.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
32 |
38 |
84.2 % |
3010.50-3013.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
165 |
165 |
100.0 % |
3011.00-3013.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
30 |
30 |
100.0 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
217 |
252 |
86.1 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
2178 |
2177 |
100.0 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.50-3012.50 |
| 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 |
2178 |
5564 |
39.1 % |
3011.00-3013.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
18040 |
12572 |
143.5 % |
3011.00-3013.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
4647 |
3139 |
148.0 % |
3011.00-3013.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
4833 |
10588 |
45.6 % |
3011.00-3013.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
17847 |
40547 |
44.0 % |
3011.00-3013.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.00-3013.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2062 |
1842 |
111.9 % |
3008.75-3015.25 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
5955 |
7234 |
82.3 % |
3008.75-3015.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1056 |
1113 |
94.9 % |
3008.75-3015.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
9 |
7 |
128.6 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.00-3013.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3673 |
3818 |
96.2 % |
3008.75-3015.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4333 |
4434 |
97.7 % |
3010.50-3013.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
1401 |
1510 |
92.8 % |
3010.50-3013.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3010.50-3013.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2678 |
2643 |
101.3 % |
3010.50-3013.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
1288 |
1803 |
71.4 % |
3010.50-3013.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3010.50-3013.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
19 |
19 |
100.0 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
77 |
79 |
97.5 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
180 |
179 |
100.6 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
46 |
43 |
107.0 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
2012 |
1975 |
101.9 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.00-3013.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
64 |
54 |
118.5 % |
3008.75-3015.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
195 |
193 |
101.0 % |
3010.50-3013.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3010.50-3013.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
593060 |
495775 |
119.6 % |
3011.25-3012.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
172348 |
138725 |
124.2 % |
3011.25-3012.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.00-3013.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
3 |
4 |
75.0 % |
3011.00-3013.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.00-3013.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.50-3012.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
89 |
87 |
102.3 % |
3011.50-3012.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3008.75-3015.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3008.75-3015.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3008.75-3015.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
3948 |
3493 |
113.0 % |
3010.50-3013.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3010.50-3013.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
3932 |
3717 |
105.8 % |
3010.50-3013.50 |
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