| 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) |
10267 |
7028 |
146.1 % |
3013.00-3015.00 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
250 |
303 |
82.5 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
98330 |
76710 |
128.2 % |
3013.00-3015.00 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
270703 |
213885 |
126.6 % |
3012.75-3013.99 |
gpspw |
GPS integrated precipitable water |
209 |
248 |
84.3 % |
3013.00-3013.50 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.50-3016.50 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.50-3016.50 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
306 |
309 |
99.0 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
178 |
177 |
100.6 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5553 |
5411 |
102.6 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
18 |
17 |
105.9 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
33380 |
29058 |
114.9 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
35895 |
30027 |
119.5 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
34 |
50 |
68.0 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
113 |
115 |
98.3 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
9 |
9 |
100.0 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
0 |
113 |
0.0 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
1933 |
2106 |
91.8 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
1236 |
1148 |
107.7 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
29 |
41 |
70.7 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
202 |
213 |
94.8 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
79 |
71 |
111.3 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
448 |
553 |
81.0 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
154 |
152 |
101.3 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
564 |
514 |
109.7 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
302 |
305 |
99.0 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
7102 |
6993 |
101.6 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
39 |
45 |
86.7 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
98 |
86 |
114.0 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
26 |
25 |
104.0 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
4122 |
3410 |
120.9 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
0 |
454 |
0.0 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vrt Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
264 |
266 |
99.2 % |
3013.00-3015.00 |
prflr |
NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) winds |
30 |
38 |
78.9 % |
3012.50-3015.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
3013.00-3015.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
25 |
24 |
104.2 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic |
98 |
96 |
102.1 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
860 |
869 |
99.0 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.50-3014.50 |
| 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 |
726 |
4717 |
15.4 % |
3013.00-3015.00 |
1bamub |
NOAA 15-17 AMSU-B NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
18364 |
0.0 % |
3013.00-3015.00 |
1bhrs3 |
NOAA 15-17 HIRS-3 NCEP-processed brightness temps |
0 |
4359 |
0.0 % |
3013.00-3015.00 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br. temps |
1621 |
6626 |
24.5 % |
3013.00-3015.00 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP-2 MHS NCEP-processed br. temps |
6221 |
25458 |
24.4 % |
3013.00-3015.00 |
acarsa |
Auto. MDCRS ACARS aircraft data (ARINC) via AFWA |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.00-3015.00 |
airep |
Manual AIREP format aircraft data |
2378 |
2116 |
112.4 % |
3010.75-3017.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
10833 |
5835 |
185.7 % |
3012.00-3015.99 |
amdar |
Automated AMDAR format ASDAR/ACARS aircraft data |
4719 |
5166 |
91.3 % |
3010.75-3017.25 |
camdar |
Auto. Canadian ASDAR/ACARS acft (dcoded frm BUFR) |
1337 |
1502 |
89.0 % |
3010.75-3017.25 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
12 |
9 |
133.3 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.00-3015.00 |
eadas |
E-ADAS (European ASDAR/ACARS acf dcoded frm BUFR) |
3487 |
3358 |
103.8 % |
3010.75-3017.25 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
4541 |
4585 |
99.0 % |
3012.50-3015.49 |
h20ja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA water vapor imgr derived cld motion |
1992 |
1864 |
106.9 % |
3011.50-3016.50 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.50-3016.50 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT infrared derived cloud motion |
2712 |
2672 |
101.5 % |
3012.50-3015.49 |
infja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA infrared derived cloud motion |
1673 |
2314 |
72.3 % |
3011.50-3016.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) infrared derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.50-3016.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
9 |
88.9 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
40 |
42 |
95.2 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
108 |
106 |
101.9 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
44 |
40 |
110.0 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1105 |
1053 |
104.9 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
pibal |
Pibal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.00-3015.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP format aircraft data |
133 |
105 |
126.7 % |
3010.75-3017.25 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
168 |
165 |
101.8 % |
3012.50-3015.50 |
prflrp |
Profiler winds decoded from PILOT (Pibal) fromat |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3012.50-3015.50 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
544620 |
464148 |
117.3 % |
3013.25-3014.75 |
radw30 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 3 - NIDS) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.25-3014.75 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.00-3015.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.00-3015.00 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.00-3015.00 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3013.50-3014.50 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
22 |
104.5 % |
3013.50-3014.50 |
tamdar |
TAMDAR-Mesaba aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3010.75-3017.25 |
tmdarc |
TAMDAR-Chautauqua aircraft data(from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3010.75-3017.25 |
tmdarp |
TAMDAR-PenAir aircraft data (from GSD, netCDF) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3010.75-3017.25 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
3911 |
3484 |
112.3 % |
3012.50-3015.49 |
visja |
GMS/MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.50-3016.50 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
3011.50-3016.50 |
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