APRIL 2008 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 16179 16389 16766 16449 65783 65783 *
* METAR 35810 37265 38804 37634 149513 149513 *
* sub-total 51989 53654 55570 54083 215296 215296 1.6731215
Marine Sfc Ship 906 896 861 871 3534 3534 *
* Drifting Buoy 7933 7988 8083 8334 32338 32338 *
* Moored Buoy 1678 1699 1700 1704 6781 6781 *
* CMAN 2123 2136 2148 2161 8568 8568 *
* Tide Gauge 917 927 922 922 3688 3688 *
* MSLP Bogus** 293 0 287 0 580 * *
* sub-total 13557 13646 13714 13992 54909 54909 0.4267122
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 645 62 630 44 1381 1381 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Ship RAOB 5 1 7 1 14 14 *
* Dropsonde 0 0 0 1 1 1 *
* Pibal 72 98 76 63 309 309 *
* Profiler 220 220 218 220 878 878 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1733 1727 1676 1701 6837 6837 *
* sub-total 2675 2108 2607 2030 9420 9420 0.0732053
Aircraft AIREP 917 1280 1460 1096 4753 4753 *
* PIREP 304 40 221 458 1023 1023 *
* AMDAR 7646 13654 13148 8676 43124 43124 *
* ACARS 31633 17146 25482 30912 105173 105173 *
* RECCO 2 0 0 5 7 7 *
* sub-total 40502 32120 40311 41147 154080 154080 1.1973959
Total non-satellite 108723 101528 112202 111252 433705 433705 3.3704350


** Data is not used or included in totals.
*** Data is now dumped from BUFR database. Previous numbers reflected thinn ing, which is now all done in the analysis.


APRIL 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

APRIL 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 9033077 8760429 9329015 9489606 36612127
Ozone OZONE 24047 22845 22352 22137 91381
Satellite Winds SATWND 297923 315280 363681 365270 1342154
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 1487404 1496223 1523629 1491457 5998713
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES 74271542 70981742 77002956 76315595 298571835
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 391847 367058 389562 365730 1514197
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 162030 159800 149670 143720 615220
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 12553 12075 11439 11114 47181
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 6911463 6652115 6641728 6933963 27139269
* HIRS4 1B 6512335 6557562 6561755 6397768 26029420
* AMSUA 1B** 7833427 7818041 7649263 8325532 31626263
* AMSUB 1B 11140791 10757471 10748526 11161889 43808677
* MHS 6993958 6961061 7010188 6921366 27886573
* AIRS 163762643 157945556 168080034 169693722 659481955
* AMSRE_HIG 3006010 2859403 3381196 3231449 12478058
* AMSRE_LOW 6011816 5718637 6761872 6462347 24954672
* AMSRE_MID 9018150 8578531 10143710 9694473 37434864
Total Satellites Received 306871016 295963829 315770576 317027138 1235632559


** Counts include AMSU-A radiances from the AQUA satellite .


APRIL 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

APRIL 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 74133 74197 71858 75403 295591
Ozone OZONE 22506 21427 20925 20691 85549
Satellite Winds SATWND 297923 315280 363681 365270 1342154
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 495801 498741 507876 497152 1999570
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES 1555381 1498832 1627573 1602516 6284302
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 391847 367058 389562 365730 1514197
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 160935 158924 148907 143078 611844
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 12553 12075 11439 11114 47181
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 317260 307028 306072 318552 1248912
* HIRS4 1B 304204 304451 305510 299810 1213975
* AMSUA 1B** 666741 665308 658028 675413 2665490
* AMSUB 1B 70640 68589 68542 70774 278545
* MHS 47306 47029 47416 46882 188633
* AIRS 1701847 1646996 1747883 1771708 6868434
* AMSRE_HIG 52132 49486 58506 56081 216205
* AMSRE_LOW 52909 50233 59384 56920 219446
* AMSRE_MID 52909 50233 59384 56920 219446
Total Satellites Selected 6277027 6135887 6452546 6434014 25299474


** Counts include AMSU-A radiances from the AQUA satellite .


APRIL 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

APRIL 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 30314 28744 34713 35968 129739
Ozone OZONE 14884 13906 13777 13819 56386
Satellite Winds SATWND 297923 315280 363681 365270 1342154
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 37157 45563 35790 44063 162573
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES 0 0 0 0 0
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 61799 56862 62187 53344 234192
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 60517 59400 55591 53377 228885
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 1326 1263 1077 1065 4731
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 37419 39436 37422 39398 153675
* HIRS4 1B 37384 38559 36918 38417 151278
* AMSUA 1B** 445446 440774 439408 444488 1770116
* AMSUB 1B 49188 47551 47755 49161 193655
* MHS 35118 34416 35333 33647 138514
* AIRS 449791 404899 460195 440737 1755622
* AMSRE_HIG 0 0 0 0 0
* AMSRE_LOW 0 0 0 0 0
* AMSRE_MID 0 0 0 0 0
Total Satellites Assimilated 1558266 1526653 1623847 1612754 6321520


** Counts include AMSU-A radiances from the AQUA satellite .