DECEMBER 2008 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 16260 16458 16898 16549 66165 66165 *
* METAR 38526 39693 41243 40353 159815 159815 *
* sub-total 54786 56151 58141 56902 225980 225980 1.7508483
Marine Sfc Ship 854 884 857 810 3405 3405 *
* Drifting Buoy 9556 9849 10077 10049 39531 39531 *
* Moored Buoy 1849 1858 1878 1884 7469 7469 *
* CMAN 3864 3955 3975 3992 15786 15786 *
* Tide Gauge 736 724 726 716 2902 2902 *
* MSLP Bogus** 364 0 377 0 741 * *
* sub-total 16859 17270 17513 17451 69093 69093 0.5353189
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 661 56 656 42 1415 1415 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Ship RAOB 4 2 6 2 14 14 *
* Dropsonde 0 0 0 1 1 1 *
* Pibal 71 111 71 63 316 316 *
* Profiler 216 217 214 217 864 864 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1634 1635 1607 1629 6505 6505 *
* sub-total 2586 2021 2554 1954 9115 9115 0.0706212
Aircraft AIREP 769 1243 1256 1073 4341 4341 *
* PIREP 369 66 186 489 1110 1110 *
* AMDAR 8383 12941 12130 8009 41463 41463 *
* ACARS 30368 19381 22663 30715 103127 103127 *
* RECCO 2 0 0 3 5 5 *
* sub-total 39891 33631 36235 40289 150046 150046 1.1625267
Total non-satellite 114122 109073 114443 116596 454234 454234 3.5193152


** 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 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

DECEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 8277107 8662457 9054805 8987885 34982254
Ozone OZONE 21253 20966 21240 22049 85508
Satellite Winds SATWND 262070 269622 301239 317859 1150790
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 1390538 1492553 1465760 1352617 5701468
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES 53813010 50301744 51244862 53409037 208768653
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 388518 349252 385061 401544 1524375
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 136761 135194 139229 131923 543107
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 11112 10875 11061 11105 44153
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 6928554 6878496 6641825 7033996 27482871
* HIRS4 1B 6761429 6742629 6734949 6725437 26964444
* AMSUA 1B** 14303840 12941612 13907015 13537207 54689674
* AMSUB 1B 11159730 11131100 10875715 11281064 44447609
* MHS 7022680 7031635 7035269 7012453 28102037
* AIRS 188406832 169723851 191662862 180589588 730383133
* AMSRE_HIG 4702211 4334475 4712555 4921638 18670879
* AMSRE_LOW 9403450 8666541 9423622 9842474 37336087
* AMSRE_MID 14106819 13003692 14137761 14765283 56013555
Total Satellites Received 327095914 301696694 327754830 320343159 1276890597


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


DECEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

DECEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 70786 71049 73654 71599 287088
Ozone OZONE 21119 20833 21125 21927 85004
Satellite Winds SATWND 262070 269622 301239 317859 1150790
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 463513 497518 488587 450872 1900490
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES 1111818 1055192 1084711 1108912 4360633
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 388518 349252 385061 401544 1524375
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 133640 132896 137024 128812 532372
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 11112 10875 11061 11105 44153
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 317423 317173 305810 322132 1262538
* HIRS4 1B 312998 312056 312487 312687 1250228
* AMSUA 1B** 665188 654391 664041 659707 2643327
* AMSUB 1B 70470 70602 68933 71206 281211
* MHS 47785 47793 47867 47730 191175
* AIRS 1931222 1766118 1976116 1869160 7542616
* AMSRE_HIG 80393 74330 80463 83754 318940
* AMSRE_LOW 81571 75422 81670 84955 323618
* AMSRE_MID 81571 75422 81670 84955 323618
Total Satellites Selected 6051197 5800544 6121519 6048916 24022176


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


DECEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

DECEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 21990 15890 23696 25073 86649
Ozone OZONE 6897 6430 7342 7398 28067
Satellite Winds SATWND 262070 269622 301239 317859 1150790
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 32418 41289 32878 37508 144093
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES 0 0 0 0 0
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 70410 59226 69814 61688 261138
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 47858 47395 48724 46031 190008
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 1349 1178 1338 1264 5129
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 37000 40493 36550 40700 154743
* HIRS4 1B 38444 41400 37813 41272 158929
* AMSUA 1B** 494331 487250 491991 490147 1963719
* AMSUB 1B 48631 48225 47616 48850 193322
* MHS 34900 34250 35277 33918 138345
* AIRS 497763 427282 515454 459805 1900304
* AMSRE_HIG 0 0 0 0 0
* AMSRE_LOW 0 0 0 0 0
* AMSRE_MID 0 0 0 0 0
Total Satellites Assimilated 1594061 1519930 1649732 1611513 6375236


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