AUGUST 2008 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 16247 16578 16781 16548 66154 66154 *
* METAR 35658 37206 39233 37582 149679 149679 *
* sub-total 51905 53784 56014 54130 215833 215833 1.6682440
Marine Sfc Ship 1010 1002 969 973 3954 3954 *
* Drifting Buoy 9435 9846 9963 9939 39183 39183 *
* Moored Buoy 1908 1939 1941 1937 7725 7725 *
* CMAN 2887 2942 2968 2976 11773 11773 *
* Tide Gauge 814 811 814 807 3246 3246 *
* MSLP Bogus** 431 0 430 0 861 * *
* sub-total 16054 16540 16655 16632 65881 65881 0.5092158
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 655 67 639 50 1411 1411 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Ship RAOB 5 1 7 2 15 15 *
* Dropsonde 9 5 5 7 26 26 *
* Pibal 73 104 69 58 304 304 *
* Profiler 197 194 188 197 776 776 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1740 1741 1722 1712 6915 6915 *
* sub-total 2679 2112 2630 2026 9447 9447 0.0730190
Aircraft AIREP 1013 1393 1554 1185 5145 5145 *
* PIREP 205 29 153 315 702 702 *
* AMDAR 7776 13295 12735 7967 41773 41773 *
* ACARS 29853 15211 22977 30324 98365 98365 *
* RECCO 6 5 3 10 24 24 *
* sub-total 38853 29933 37422 39801 146009 146009 1.1285514
Total non-satellite 109491 102369 112721 112589 437170 437170 3.3790302


** 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.


AUGUST 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

AUGUST 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 9439488 9794883 10303939 10530926 40069236
Ozone OZONE 21973 21404 21965 21684 87026
Satellite Winds SATWND 280428 305343 367089 375906 1328766
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 1431712 1476163 1492104 1451891 5851870
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES 72106392 71435942 70132710 72460049 286135093
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 380371 354215 376768 391426 1502780
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 132203 134642 137023 128594 532462
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 11097 10772 11096 11110 44075
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 7011692 6818673 6900241 6820952 27551558
* HIRS4 1B 6733429 6725697 6756907 6726923 26942956
* AMSUA 1B** 6273953 5701717 5890554 5222977 23089201
* AMSUB 1B 11232386 10996547 10985323 10986875 44201131
* MHS 7013877 6995166 7076201 7005620 28090864
* AIRS 176290647 167600946 171142703 160271858 675306154
* AMSRE_HIG 4214287 4096133 4649684 4114007 17074111
* AMSRE_LOW 8428070 8191980 9298341 8227304 34145695
* AMSRE_MID 12643023 12288877 13949223 12342282 51223405
Total Satellites Received 323645028 312949100 319491871 307090384 1263176383


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


AUGUST 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

AUGUST 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 77823 76951 78859 79989 313622
Ozone OZONE 20620 20104 20551 20199 81474
Satellite Winds SATWND 280428 305343 367089 375906 1328766
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 477237 492054 497368 483964 1950623
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES 1491656 1505992 1492150 1526717 6016515
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 380371 354215 376768 391426 1502780
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 130593 133136 135505 127050 526284
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 11097 10772 11096 11110 44075
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 320733 314508 316581 313956 1265778
* HIRS4 1B 312750 312114 314225 313371 1252460
* AMSUA 1B** 525475 523751 523825 524757 2097808
* AMSUB 1B 70907 69850 69519 69707 279983
* MHS 47636 47485 47998 47597 190716
* AIRS 1814615 1747950 1770717 1683490 7016772
* AMSRE_HIG 72182 70166 79316 70510 292174
* AMSRE_LOW 73249 71198 80460 71519 296426
* AMSRE_MID 73249 71198 80460 71519 296426
Total Satellites Selected 6180621 6126787 6262487 6182787 24752682


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


AUGUST 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

AUGUST 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 37064 33168 43959 43739 157930
Ozone OZONE 13937 13200 13753 13248 54138
Satellite Winds SATWND 280428 305343 367089 375906 1328766
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 34909 43461 33834 41168 153372
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES 0 0 0 0 0
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 55982 51376 54888 55179 217425
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 46797 48113 49018 45423 189351
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 1196 1132 1186 1284 4798
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 40042 38126 40141 39398 157707
* HIRS4 1B 41601 41270 41330 42347 166548
* AMSUA 1B** 430044 425612 425543 426763 1707962
* AMSUB 1B 47439 46764 46762 47035 188000
* MHS 37772 37087 38225 37037 150121
* AIRS 507618 438104 491595 425290 1862607
* AMSRE_HIG 0 0 0 0 0
* AMSRE_LOW 0 0 0 0 0
* AMSRE_MID 0 0 0 0 0
Total Satellites Assimilated 1574829 1522756 1647323 1593817 6338725


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