DECEMBER 2005 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 14680 15017 15416 14971 60084 60084 *
* METAR 33165 34075 35613 35218 138071 138071 *
* sub-total 47845 49092 51029 50189 198155 198155 1.6092411
Marine Sfc Ship 706 708 677 665 2756 2756 *
* Drifting Buoy 7592 7123 8303 7912 30930 30930 *
* Moored Buoy 1266 1272 1267 1266 5071 5071 *
* CMAN 609 586 601 615 2411 2411 *
* Tide Gauge 806 740 812 811 3169 3169 *
* MSLP Bogus** 311 0 319 0 630 * *
* sub-total 10979 10429 11660 11269 44337 44337 0.3600662
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 639 70 637 49 1395 1395 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Ship RAOB 5 1 7 3 16 16 *
* Dropsonde 1 0 0 1 2 2 *
* Pibal 76 99 83 61 319 319 *
* Profiler 280 280 278 275 1113 1113 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1518 1543 1491 1503 6055 6055 *
* sub-total 2519 1993 2496 1892 8900 8900 0.0722780
Aircraft AIREP 977 1241 1046 1201 4465 4465 *
* PIREP 322 62 164 471 1019 1019 *
* AMDAR 8279 13553 12772 8072 42676 42676 *
* ACARS 30874 20254 23366 29388 103882 103882 *
* RECCO 3 0 0 3 6 6 *
* sub-total 40455 35110 37348 39135 152048 152048 1.2348005
Total non-satellite 101798 96624 102533 102485 403440 403440 3.2763858


** 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.


DECEMBER 2005 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

DECEMBER 2005 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 368899 400008 388021 410487 1567415
Ozone OZONE 13655 14401 21212 15118 64386
Satellite winds SATWND 26498 24150 24199 25729 100576
Scatterometer winds QUIKSCAT 1461210 1480998 1519857 1321998 5784063
DMSP SSMI NEURAL NET 147360 157650 153350 165180 623540
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 525456 509796 535050 540702 2111004
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 2293884 2303846 2259902 2312513 9170145
Satellite Radiances HIRS2 1B 1312610 1144386 1577544 1491633 5526173
* HIRS3 1B 3011127 3483300 3604095 3367633 13466155
* MSU 1B 1312610 1144386 1577544 1491633 5526173
* AMSUA 1B ** 3364482 3143223 3559834 3412270 13479809
* AMSUB 1B 10304023 9557398 10860659 10215708 40937788
* AIRS 22240578 21243663 22349915 20256910 86091066
Total Satellite Received 46382392 44607205 48431182 45027514 184448293


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



DECEMBER 2005 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (SELECTED)

DECEMBER 2005 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 17930 16512 18241 16862 69545
Ozone OZONE 7471 7642 8238 7294 30645
Satellite winds SATWND 26498 24150 24199 25729 100576
Scatterometer winds QUIKSCAT 329196 392070 315375 349869 1386510
DMSP SSMI NEURAL NET 147360 157650 153350 165180 623540
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 525456 509796 535050 540702 2111004
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 2293884 2303846 2259902 2312513 9170145
Satellite Radiances HIRS2 1B 66977 59445 79235 74376 280033
* HIRS3 1B 20133 22335 23177 21921 87566
* MSU 1B 66977 59445 79235 74376 280033
* AMSUA 1B ** 489610 459345 512727 494854 1956536
* AMSUB 1B 65717 62319 68659 65099 261794
* AIRS 1948345 1872629 1952097 1788342 7561413
Total Satellite Selected 6005554 5947184 6029485 5937117 23919340


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



DECEMBER 2005 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (ASSIMILATED)

DECEMBER 2005 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 4426 3704 4336 4849 17315
Ozone OZONE 7471 7642 8042 7294 30449
Satellite winds SATWND 26498 24150 24199 25729 100576
Scatterometer winds QUIKSCAT 109732 130690 105125 116623 462170
DMSP SSMI NEURAL NET 147360 157650 153350 165180 623540
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 29192 28322 29725 30039 117278
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 227797 219375 207380 214415 868967
Satellite Radiances HIRS2 1B 8433 7492 9241 9304 34470
* HIRS3 1B 13149 14505 14772 14647 57073
* MSU 1B 8433 7492 9241 9304 34470
* AMSUA 1B ** 317912 289900 327234 318311 1253357
* AMSUB 1B 42630 39280 43584 42818 168312
* AIRS 567069 522984 573225 496406 2159684
Total Satellite Assimilated 1510102 1453186 1509454 1454919 5927661


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