OCTOBER 2006 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 15869 16270 16367 16060 64566 64566 *
* METAR 33346 34703 36380 35476 139905 139905 *
* sub-total 49215 50973 52747 51536 204471 204471 1.7555788
Marine Sfc Ship 778 768 756 760 3062 3062 *
* Drifting Buoy 6819 6589 8069 8149 29626 29626 *
* Moored Buoy 1677 1684 1680 1691 6732 6732 *
* CMAN 921 917 928 936 3702 3702 *
* Tide Gauge 841 611 632 824 2908 2908 *
* MSLP Bogus** 290 0 282 0 572 * *
* sub-total 11036 10569 12065 12360 46030 46030 0.3952115
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 640 58 635 39 1372 1372 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Ship RAOB 4 2 5 2 13 13 *
* Dropsonde 1 0 0 1 2 2 *
* Pibal 93 111 97 90 391 391 *
* Profiler 217 212 194 216 839 839 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1663 1697 1593 1606 6559 6559 *
* sub-total 2618 2080 2524 1954 9176 9176 0.0787847
Aircraft AIREP 1082 1212 1283 1186 4763 4763 *
* PIREP 312 43 272 546 1173 1173 *
* AMDAR 6419 10271 10044 7341 34075 34075 *
* ACARS 30438 17702 23437 28752 100329 100329 *
* RECCO 2 0 0 5 7 7 *
* sub-total 38253 29228 35036 37830 140347 140347 1.2050130
Total non-satellite 101122 92850 102372 103680 400024 400024 3.4345880


** 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.


OCTOBER 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

OCTOBER 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 224182 209169 240977 226585 900913
Ozone OZONE 10772 19422 12940 12515 55649
Satellite winds SATWND 22464 18040 20957 23255 84716
Scatterometer winds QUIKSCAT 1475697 1491735 1417632 1465191 5850255
DMSP SSMI NEURAL NET 116740 134640 124770 136770 512920
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 444708 423774 453870 431694 1754046
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 2295252 2301461 2302207 2304086 9203006
Satellite Radiances HIRS2 1B 1571873 1372555 1660365 1755857 6360650
* HIRS3 1B 3346356 3406085 3298115 3409508 13460064
* MSU 1B 1571873 1372555 1660365 1755857 6360650
* AMSUA 1B ** 3414722 3413625 3368863 3413511 13610721
* AMSUB 1B 10448428 10290896 10245422 10314842 41299588
* AIRS 21009817 21982992 21931941 20638841 85563591
Total Satellite Received 45952884 46436949 46738424 45888512 185016769


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



OCTOBER 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (SELECTED)

OCTOBER 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 9844 8723 8622 8320 35509
Ozone OZONE 7396 7248 7779 7566 29989
Satellite winds SATWND 22464 18040 20957 23255 84716
Scatterometer winds QUIKSCAT 328461 387204 286503 374376 1376544
DMSP SSMI NEURAL NET 116740 134640 124770 136770 512920
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 444708 423774 453870 431694 1754046
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 2295252 2301461 2302207 2304086 9203006
Satellite Radiances HIRS2 1B 77805 69782 82987 84048 314622
* HIRS3 1B 21917 21983 21356 22132 87388
* MSU 1B 77805 69782 82987 84048 314622
* AMSUA 1B ** 496564 494545 487823 495499 1974431
* AMSUB 1B 66383 65462 65100 65731 262676
* AIRS 1866247 1937694 1927514 1834368 7565823
Total Satellite Selected 5831586 5940338 5872475 5871893 23516292


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



OCTOBER 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (ASSIMILATED)

OCTOBER 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 1529 1291 1696 1403 5919
Ozone OZONE 7396 7000 7779 7566 29741
Satellite winds SATWND 22464 18040 20957 23255 84716
Scatterometer winds QUIKSCAT 109487 129068 95501 124792 458848
DMSP SSMI NEURAL NET 116740 134640 124770 136770 512920
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 24706 23543 25215 23983 97447
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 244545 224750 235520 249782 954597
Satellite Radiances HIRS2 1B 9960 9002 10958 11079 40999
* HIRS3 1B 14430 14509 13655 15034 57628
* MSU 1B 9960 9002 10958 11079 40999
* AMSUA 1B ** 322667 324360 314025 325079 1286131
* AMSUB 1B 29972 28976 29127 28714 116789
* AIRS 538576 539339 560140 504271 2142326
Total Satellite Assimilated 1452432 1463520 1450301 1462807 5829060


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