SEPTEMBER 2008 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 16131 16338 16655 16445 65569 65569 *
* METAR 35614 37504 39407 37683 150208 150208 *
* sub-total 51745 53842 56062 54128 215777 215777 1.6817670
Marine Sfc Ship 1021 1017 991 1000 4029 4029 *
* Drifting Buoy 10090 10217 10421 10597 41325 41325 *
* Moored Buoy 1875 1904 1903 1892 7574 7574 *
* CMAN 2830 2831 2863 2914 11438 11438 *
* Tide Gauge 821 825 815 822 3283 3283 *
* MSLP Bogus** 349 0 356 0 705 * *
* sub-total 16637 16794 16993 17225 67649 67649 0.5272566
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 658 71 641 53 1423 1423 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Ship RAOB 6 2 7 3 18 18 *
* Dropsonde 25 15 10 8 58 58 *
* Pibal 80 102 82 64 328 328 *
* Profiler 185 186 181 188 740 740 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1758 1756 1733 1728 6975 6975 *
* sub-total 2712 2132 2654 2044 9542 9542 0.0743704
Aircraft AIREP 918 1169 1363 1065 4515 4515 *
* PIREP 182 22 148 312 664 664 *
* AMDAR 7931 13407 11939 7877 41154 41154 *
* ACARS 29485 15231 24309 29945 98970 98970 *
* RECCO 7 5 5 9 26 26 *
* sub-total 38523 29834 37764 39208 145329 145329 1.1326950
Total non-satellite 109617 102602 113473 112605 438297 438297 3.4160890


** 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.


SEPTEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

SEPTEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 9202745 6455398 8590215 9461275 33709633
Ozone OZONE 20468 19771 20583 21156 81978
Satellite Winds SATWND 281484 314752 360454 362931 1319621
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 1444608 1535488 1525724 1489268 5995088
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES 50814381 51795917 51009936 51063388 204683622
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 366188 361930 373361 366605 1468084
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 121260 122400 130270 122810 496740
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 10754 10570 10731 10672 42727
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 6769087 6458710 6463079 6753394 26444270
* HIRS4 1B 6472089 6558611 6433233 6486015 25949948
* AMSUA 1B** 8584220 7426102 8069332 8264400 32344054
* AMSUB 1B 10897966 10502920 10438620 10883046 42722552
* MHS 6744655 6853683 6705635 6761047 27065020
* AIRS 153874926 154988118 153379919 148391223 610634186
* AMSRE_HIG 3665545 3808648 3689835 3176538 14340566
* AMSRE_LOW 7330667 7616971 7378986 6352608 28679232
* AMSRE_MID 10996776 11426365 11069662 9529793 43022596
Total Satellites Received 277597819 276256354 275649575 269496169 1098999917


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



SEPTEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

SEPTEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 74896 72166 73193 74380 294635
Ozone OZONE 19589 18950 19681 20094 78314
Satellite Winds SATWND 281484 314752 360454 362931 1319621
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 481536 511829 508575 496423 1998363
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES 1039766 1073219 1070971 1061177 4245133
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 366188 361930 373361 366605 1468084
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 120282 121690 129328 122082 493382
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 10754 10570 10731 10672 42727
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 309933 297902 298030 309480 1215345
* HIRS4 1B 300861 304180 299444 302539 1207024
* AMSUA 1B** 557456 554361 554073 564729 2230619
* AMSUB 1B 68743 66877 66333 68750 270703
* MHS 45930 46562 45626 46120 184238
* AIRS 1606169 1621894 1609349 1566403 6403815
* AMSRE_HIG 63130 65256 63781 55097 247264
* AMSRE_LOW 64079 66244 64723 55892 250938
* AMSRE_MID 64079 66244 64723 55892 250938
Total Satellites Selected 5474875 5574626 5612376 5539266 22201143


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



SEPTEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

SEPTEMBER 2008 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 33380 26998 36273 37104 133755
Ozone OZONE 12882 12086 12819 13222 51009
Satellite Winds SATWND 281484 314752 360454 362931 1319621
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 18280 24112 18757 21641 82790
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES 0 0 0 0 0
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 56179 54751 59334 52136 222400
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 45406 45451 48681 45842 185380
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 1207 1121 1151 1134 4613
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 37901 37667 38088 38154 151810
* HIRS4 1B 39023 39670 38380 40075 157148
* AMSUA 1B** 441883 437785 434638 443868 1758174
* AMSUB 1B 48776 47623 47356 49235 192990
* MHS 35916 36128 35982 35426 143452
* AIRS 441364 399969 436872 385688 1663893
* AMSRE_HIG 0 0 0 0 0
* AMSRE_LOW 0 0 0 0 0
* AMSRE_MID 0 0 0 0 0
Total Satellites Assimilated 1493681 1478113 1568785 1526456 6067035


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