APRIL 2012 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 18036 18350 18763 18326 73475 73475 *
* METAR 42119 44146 45940 44206 176411 176411 *
* sub-total 60155 62496 64703 62532 249886 249886 2.7389188
Marine Sfc Ship 1444 1461 1420 1397 5722 5722 *
* Drifting Buoy 7321 7211 7260 7420 29212 29212 *
* Moored Buoy 2505 2505 2532 2520 10062 10062 *
* CMAN 4129 4073 4083 4163 16448 16448 *
* Tide Gauge 2377 2349 2352 2385 9463 9463 *
* MSLP Bogus** 0 0 0 0 0 * *
* sub-total 17776 17599 17647 17885 70907 70907 0.7771885
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 657 49 634 38 1378 1378 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Ship RAOB 6 0 7 0 13 13 *
* Dropsonde 1 0 0 1 2 2 *
* Pibal 83 95 77 58 313 313 *
* Profiler 155 155 153 156 619 619 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1658 1672 1607 1642 6579 6579 *
* sub-total 2560 1971 2478 1895 8904 8904 0.0975938
Aircraft AIREP 2563 3314 3315 2242 11434 11434 *
* PIREP 219 30 170 346 765 765 *
* AMDAR 11836 18140 16638 11533 58147 58147 *
* ACARS 59189 25105 36596 59650 180540 180540 *
* RECCO 3 0 0 5 8 8 *
* sub-total 73810 46589 56719 73776 250894 250894 2.7499672
Total non-satellite 154301 128655 141547 156088 580591 580591 6.3636683


** 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 2012 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

APRIL 2012 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 5116334 4927606 6125352 5497554 21666846
Ozone OZONE 26736 24043 27105 28202 106086
Satellite Winds SATWND 336569 369466 408720 391503 1506258
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 0 0 0 0 0
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 137916 145744 139887 134913 558460
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 10760 10579 10664 10627 42630
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 3276352 2794774 3122894 3384350 12578370
* HIRS4 1B 6829291 6815865 6846136 6814905 27306197
* AMSUA 1B** 15089571 16239367 15993470 15831222 63153630
* AMSUB 1B 5530481 3393676 5410999 4164207 18499363
* MHS 10173063 10210513 10315580 10414764 41113920
* AIRS 184913343 192056288 192888750 184518097 754376478
* GOME 52174 52374 52038 52061 208647
* IASI 197533439 193820026 196887460 198705913 786946838
* OMI 247092 347998 330364 325106 1250560
Total Satellites Received 429273121 431208319 438559419 430273424 1729314283


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



APRIL 2012 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

APRIL 2012 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 53294 49812 53754 54535 211395
Ozone OZONE 26458 23737 26736 27976 104907
Satellite Winds SATWND 336569 369466 408720 391503 1506258
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 0 0 0 0 0
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 125778 132763 126868 122982 508391
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 10760 10579 10664 10627 42630
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 225239 197855 215531 232593 871218
* HIRS4 1B 474014 475857 475682 475284 1900837
* AMSUA 1B** 809037 818117 809147 814145 3250446
* AMSUB 1B 23668 20947 23004 24040 91659
* MHS 181874 182757 184306 185940 734877
* AIRS 2869860 2956422 2958232 2837792 11622306
* GOME 4797 4874 4881 4806 19358
* IASI 7512674 7347052 7501340 7508486 29869552
* OMI 2369 3343 3138 3157 12007
Total Satellites Selected 12656391 12593581 12802003 12693866 50745841


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



APRIL 2012 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

APRIL 2012 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 0 0 0 0 0
Ozone OZONE 18848 17985 19168 20062 76063
Satellite Winds SATWND 336569 369466 408720 391503 1506258
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 0 0 0 0 0
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 64728 68619 65808 63274 262429
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 1354 1528 1364 1250 5496
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 0 0 0 0 0
* HIRS4 1B 115339 115861 114958 116469 462627
* AMSUA 1B** 626311 628231 617615 626951 2499108
* AMSUB 1B 0 0 0 0 0
* MHS 143251 143527 144013 145462 576253
* AIRS 584334 567149 584087 552935 2288505
* GOME 0 0 0 0 0
* IASI 1195343 1194482 1192033 1222798 4804656
* OMI 2369 3343 3138 3157 12007
Total Satellites Assimilated 3088446 3110191 3150904 3143861 12493402


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