| Critical Data with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean | UTC Time Window |
1bamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A NCEP-proc. br.temps |
29789 |
44600 |
66.8 % |
0109.00-0109.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br.temps |
34577 |
54225 |
63.8 % |
0109.00-0109.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS NCEP-proces. br. temps |
246813 |
328337 |
75.2 % |
0109.00-0109.99 |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
9417 |
10815 |
87.1 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
876 |
678 |
129.2 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.50-0109.49 |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
285 |
419 |
68.0 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
amdarb |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
955 |
1135 |
84.1 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
ascat |
METOP 1-2 ASCAT products |
54138 |
41388 |
130.8 % |
0109.50-0110.49 |
atms |
NPP/NOAA-20 ATMS brightness temperatures |
185280 |
223471 |
82.9 % |
0109.50-0110.49 |
camdar |
Canadian AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
72 |
82 |
87.8 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
cmanb |
Surface Marine CMAN rpts decoded from BUFR format |
1798 |
1501 |
119.8 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
54 |
50 |
108.0 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
2456 |
2311 |
106.3 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A proc btmps frm RARS |
24024 |
26083 |
92.1 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-3/4 pr btmps frm RARS |
47771 |
56551 |
84.5 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
gnss |
Grnd-based Gbl Navigation Sat System (GNSS) data |
8894 |
8836 |
100.7 % |
0110.00-0110.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
537 |
511 |
105.1 % |
0108.50-0109.49 |
gsrasr |
GOES-16/17 All Sky Radiances (proc.) |
360476 |
354468 |
101.7 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
gsrcsr |
GOES-16/17 Clear Sky Radiances (proc.) |
173465 |
174481 |
99.4 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
h20ja |
MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion |
19034 |
18412 |
103.4 % |
0108.50-0109.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0107.00-0107.99 |
h2tusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS wv imgr/cld-top derived cld mtn |
39322 |
36219 |
108.6 % |
0110.00-0110.99 |
ifeunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT ir lg-wave drv cld motion NBseq |
20931 |
21667 |
96.6 % |
0109.50-0110.49 |
infja |
MTSAT/JMA infrared long-wave derived cloud motion |
15684 |
16174 |
97.0 % |
0108.50-0109.49 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) ir l-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
375 |
0.0 % |
0107.00-0107.99 |
infusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS ir long-wave derived cld motion |
87843 |
85219 |
103.1 % |
0110.00-0110.99 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
4135778 |
4123026 |
100.3 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
122 |
162 |
75.3 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
8164 |
8071 |
101.2 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
24 |
24 |
100.0 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
105 |
195 |
53.8 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
45532 |
44174 |
103.1 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
21573 |
21266 |
101.4 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
5076 |
5537 |
91.7 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
209 |
206 |
101.5 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
321 |
382 |
84.0 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
280 |
282 |
99.3 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
387 |
395 |
98.0 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1806 |
1653 |
109.3 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
50241 |
50585 |
99.3 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
251 |
220 |
114.1 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
37392 |
42424 |
88.1 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
6153 |
6117 |
100.6 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data (varbl. channels) |
53472 |
94082 |
56.8 % |
0109.00-0109.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
92 |
91 |
101.1 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
39780 |
36594 |
108.7 % |
0108.50-0109.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0109.00-0109.99 |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
28 |
45 |
62.2 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
18 |
27 |
66.7 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
444568 |
3338723 |
13.3 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
176586 |
886599 |
19.9 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiance(proc) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
116 |
107 |
108.4 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
shipub |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted (BUFR) |
926 |
830 |
111.6 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
862 |
831 |
103.7 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
synopb |
Synoptic - fixed manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
3994 |
4201 |
95.1 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
7 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
synpbr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40)(decoded BUFR) |
393 |
405 |
97.0 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
648 |
632 |
102.5 % |
0110.00-0110.99 |
| Data Types of Opportunity with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean | UTC Time Window |
3p9usr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS ir short-wv derived cld motion |
32774 |
32409 |
101.1 % |
0110.00-0110.99 |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
ahicsr |
Himawari Clear Sky Radiance |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.00-0110.99 |
amsr2 |
GCOM-W AMSR2 1B brightness temperatures |
2309472 |
2148963 |
107.5 % |
0109.00-0109.99 |
atmsdb |
NPP/NOAA-20 ATMS bright. temps-direct b-cast SSEC |
60385 |
66563 |
90.7 % |
0109.50-0110.49 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0109.00-0109.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2,M3) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr&sea btmps |
849339 |
1320312 |
64.3 % |
0108.50-0109.49 |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btemps |
1517860 |
1304986 |
116.3 % |
0108.50-0109.49 |
bathy |
eXpendable BathyThermograph, mooring (BATHY fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0104.00-0104.99 |
coopmd |
Coop/MADIS NEPP & HCN-Modernization NOAA COOP Obs |
41 |
107 |
38.3 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
crisf4 |
NPP/NOAA-20 CrIS full spctrl radn (431 ch subset) |
155421 |
165986 |
93.6 % |
0109.50-0110.49 |
crsfdb |
NPP/NOAA-20 CrIS full spctrl radn dir brdcst SSEC |
79223 |
90968 |
87.1 % |
0109.50-0110.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
7 |
6 |
116.7 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
dbuoyb |
Drifting buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
1252 |
1067 |
117.3 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
efclam |
GOES imager effective cloud amount data (U.Wisc.) |
9338130 |
8613549 |
108.4 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
esatms |
NPP Adv. Tech. MW Sndr (ATMS) br. temps from RARS |
81696 |
78932 |
103.5 % |
0109.50-0110.49 |
esiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data vbl chn from RARS |
58016 |
49811 |
116.5 % |
0110.00-0110.99 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS proc. btemps from RARS |
149195 |
194408 |
76.7 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.00-0110.99 |
gome |
METOP 1-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
7400 |
9436 |
78.4 % |
0109.50-0110.49 |
h20in2 |
INDIA SATWIND, INSAT WV channel |
13866 |
7264 |
190.9 % |
0110.00-0110.99 |
h2dusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS wv imgr/deep-lyr derivd cld mtn |
22282 |
23157 |
96.2 % |
0110.00-0110.99 |
h2eunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imgr drv cld motion NBseq |
41904 |
42308 |
99.0 % |
0109.50-0110.49 |
hdob |
High Density OBs from reconnaissance acft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
iasidb |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiances-direct broadcast SSEC |
36096 |
21429 |
168.4 % |
0109.50-0110.49 |
ifvrnb |
VIIRS (NPP/NOAA-20) ir lg-wv drv cloud motion(NB) |
6380 |
10384 |
61.4 % |
0107.00-0107.99 |
infav |
AVHRR (NOAA/METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
451 |
394 |
114.5 % |
0107.00-0107.99 |
infav1 |
AVHRR (METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.50 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.50-0109.49 |
infin2 |
INDIA SATWIND, INSAT IR channel |
13580 |
7654 |
177.4 % |
0110.00-0110.99 |
kamdar |
Korean AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
101 |
71 |
142.3 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
65 |
121 |
53.7 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
leogeo |
LEO-GEO satellite AMVs from UWisc. |
9480 |
8711 |
108.8 % |
0107.00-0107.99 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
92946 |
125779 |
73.9 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
1568 |
1013 |
154.8 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
mbuoyb |
Moored buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
661 |
566 |
116.8 % |
0110.50-0111.50 |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0109.00-0109.99 |
msourb |
Mesonet/MADIS UrbaNet |
4066 |
4883 |
83.3 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
nxrdw2 |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via Level 2 decoder |
64 |
396 |
16.2 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
ompslp |
OMPS Limb Profiler ozone data (NPP) |
402 |
261 |
154.0 % |
0104.00-0104.99 |
ompsn8 |
OMPS nadir profile ozone (Version 8 BUFR) |
159 |
308 |
51.6 % |
0109.00-0109.99 |
ompst8 |
OMPS total column ozone (Version 8 BUFR) |
22225 |
36631 |
60.7 % |
0109.00-0109.99 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
124 |
64 |
193.8 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0110.50-0111.49 |
saphir |
Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR L1A2 brightness temps |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.50-0109.49 |
sevasr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI All Sky Radiance(proc) |
75512 |
75453 |
100.1 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
87360 |
135774 |
64.3 % |
0109.50-0110.49 |
sstvcw |
NPP/NOAA-20 VIIRS SST - CLEAR & OVER WATER |
2668368 |
2211299 |
120.7 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
sstvpw |
NPP/NOAA-20 VIIRS SST - PROBABLY CLR & OVER WATER |
261017 |
488372 |
53.4 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
780 |
804 |
97.0 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
synpmb |
Synoptic - mobile manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
1 |
1 |
100.0 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
tesac |
CTD probe, Argo prflng float, mooring (TESAC fmt) |
143 |
142 |
100.7 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
tmdara |
TAMDAR aircft data-all types(from Panasonic,BUFR) |
363 |
383 |
94.8 % |
0110.50-0111.49 |
trkob |
ThermoSalinoGraph (TSG) TRACKOB format) |
58 |
8 |
725.0 % |
0109.50-0110.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0108.50-0109.49 |
visin2 |
INDIA SATWIND, INSAT VIS channel |
2176 |
1233 |
176.5 % |
0110.00-0110.99 |
visja |
MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
2520 |
2604 |
96.8 % |
0108.50-0109.49 |
visusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
45873 |
34422 |
133.3 % |
0110.00-0110.99 |
vseunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible drv cld motion NBseq |
39434 |
36676 |
107.5 % |
0109.50-0110.49 |
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