APRIL 2015 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 19210 19637 20089 19573 78509 78509 *
* METAR 42934 44766 46486 44808 178994 178994 *
* sub-total 62144 64403 66575 64381 257503 257503 ****
Marine Sfc Ship 1596 1598 1546 1558 6298 6298 *
* Drifting Buoy 8384 8517 8407 8490 33798 33798 *
* Moored Buoy 2475 2487 2482 2494 9938 9938 *
* CMAN 4153 4073 4145 4181 16552 16552 *
* Tide Gauge 6015 5703 6033 6038 23789 23789 *
* MSLP Bogus** 0 0 0 0 0 * *
* sub-total 22623 22378 22613 22761 90375 90375 ****
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 638 45 627 34 1344 1344 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Ship RAOB 3 0 3 1 7 7 *
* Dropsonde 0 0 0 1 1 1 *
* Pibal 82 119 77 67 345 345 *
* Profiler 27 26 26 26 105 105 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1744 1753 1677 1729 6903 6903 *
* sub-total 2494 1943 2410 1858 8705 8705 ****
Aircraft AIREP 3417 4739 4905 3287 16348 16348 *
* PIREP 264 38 237 401 940 940 *
* AMDAR 9813 12482 9107 3648 35050 35050 *
* ACARS 173608 70473 116807 181400 542288 542288 *
* RECCO 1 0 1 4 6 6 *
* sub-total 187103 87732 131057 188740 594632 594632 ****
Total non-satellite 274364 176456 222655 277740 951215 951215 ****


**    Data is not used or included in totals.
***   Data is now dumped from BUFR database. Previous numbers reflected thinning, which is now all done in the analysis.
****  % Input is no longer available due innacuracy and ambiguity.



APRIL 2015 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

APRIL 2015 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 8286493 6309556 8515674 10174937 33286660
Ozone OZONE 7196 7242 7203 7240 28881
Satellite Winds SATWND 631749 907464 814674 670422 3024309
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 0 0 0 0 0
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 182499 191527 187159 178036 739221
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B
* HIRS4 1B 8045711 8030184 8058607 8010742 32145244
* AMSUA 1B** 14580608 14426870 14941839 14242987 58192304
* AMSUB 1B
* MHS 11572627 11513909 11457958 11358186 45902680
* AIRS 160392580 158850883 162790044 155575791 637609298
* ATMS 605767 605803 605067 604909 2421546
* CRIS 32280696 32280696 32212706 32228334 129002432
* GOME 104945 104907 103918 104937 418707
* IASI 319905453 311916959 316653240 321954372 1270430024
* MLS30 47749 47344 48864 49792 193749
* OMI 249384 315072 341781 343710 1249947
* SEVIRI 1580289 1580210 1571419 1580242 6312160
* SSMIS 36284237 31536388 34147388 34824503 136792516
Total Satellites Received 594757983 578625014 592457541 591909140 2357749678


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



APRIL 2015 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

APRIL 2015 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 115037 107623 114078 119464 456202
Ozone OZONE 7077 7142 7084 7094 28397
Satellite Winds SATWND 631749 907464 814674 670422 3024309
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 0 0 0 0 0
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 175025 183900 179536 170592 709053
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B
* HIRS4 1B 523265 524883 524684 523082 2095914
* AMSUA 1B** 751985 754235 746873 748734 3001827
* AMSUB 1B
* MHS 188842 188911 187708 186579 752040
* AIRS 2250956 2235780 2278938 2187419 8953093
* ATMS 231827 231615 230866 231195 925503
* CRIS 4797321 4794767 4783923 4790334 19166345
* GOME 7888 7901 7819 7795 31403
* IASI 11621582 11306807 11540718 11634085 46103192
* MLS30 41804 41402 41281 41815 166302
* OMI 2359 3024 3221 3259 11863
* SEVIRI 27869 27018 26984 27656 109527
* SSMIS 590594 519632 558648 572651 2241525
Total Satellites Selected 21965180 21842104 22047035 21922176 87776495


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



APRIL 2015 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

APRIL 2015 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 21212 13863 17840 23689 76604
Ozone OZONE 5147 5189 5152 5159 20647
Satellite Winds SATWND 631749 907464 814674 670422 3024309
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 0 0 0 0 0
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 133311 141037 137382 130115 541845
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B
* HIRS4 1B 45652 47636 46461 49215 188964
* AMSUA 1B** 500201 503500 496646 502841 2003188
* AMSUB 1B
* MHS 95538 97415 95453 94067 382473
* AIRS 541477 513766 536518 508823 2100584
* ATMS 150130 142909 150503 140994 584536
* CRIS 269194 259574 270856 259049 1058673
* GOME 0 0 0 0 0
* IASI 1853460 1840074 1833287 1916515 7443336
* MLS30 0 0 0 0 0
* OMI 2359 3024 3221 3259 11863
* SEVIRI 6959 6878 6983 6875 27695
* SSMIS 106102 99542 101681 104345 411670
Total Satellites Assimilated 4362491 4581871 4516657 4415368 17876387


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