| 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 |
34739 |
38621 |
89.9 % |
0316.00-0316.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS NCEP-proces. br. temps |
232889 |
294918 |
79.0 % |
0316.00-0316.99 |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
21553 |
22905 |
94.1 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
750 |
838 |
89.5 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0315.50-0316.49 |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
19 |
17 |
111.8 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
amdarb |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
236 |
174 |
135.6 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
ascat |
METOP 1-2 ASCAT products |
33978 |
37862 |
89.7 % |
0316.50-0317.49 |
atms |
NPP/NOAA-20 ATMS brightness temperatures |
353472 |
269955 |
130.9 % |
0316.50-0317.49 |
camdar |
Canadian AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
36 |
101 |
35.6 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
cmanb |
Surface Marine CMAN rpts decoded from BUFR format |
1831 |
1813 |
101.0 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
42 |
46 |
91.3 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
2211 |
1700 |
130.1 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A proc btmps frm RARS |
20460 |
20333 |
100.6 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-3/4 pr btmps frm RARS |
49567 |
47417 |
104.5 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
gnss |
Grnd-based Gbl Navigation Sat System (GNSS) data |
6739 |
9311 |
72.4 % |
0317.00-0317.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
441 |
438 |
100.7 % |
0315.50-0316.49 |
gsrasr |
GOES-16/17 All Sky Radiances (proc.) |
360476 |
345456 |
104.3 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
gsrcsr |
GOES-16/17 Clear Sky Radiances (proc.) |
182384 |
184863 |
98.7 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
h20ja |
MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion |
17373 |
18034 |
96.3 % |
0315.50-0316.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0314.00-0314.99 |
h2tusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS wv imgr/cld-top derived cld mtn |
41680 |
33284 |
125.2 % |
0317.00-0317.99 |
ifeunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT ir lg-wave drv cld motion NBseq |
22739 |
21815 |
104.2 % |
0316.50-0317.49 |
infja |
MTSAT/JMA infrared long-wave derived cloud motion |
15880 |
15300 |
103.8 % |
0315.50-0316.49 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) ir l-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0314.00-0314.99 |
infusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS ir long-wave derived cld motion |
95813 |
91853 |
104.3 % |
0317.00-0317.99 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
4218899 |
4181146 |
100.9 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
135 |
99 |
136.4 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
7558 |
7713 |
98.0 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
24 |
24 |
100.0 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
104 |
83 |
125.3 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
43684 |
43681 |
100.0 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
19808 |
18419 |
107.5 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
4 |
4 |
100.0 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
5841 |
5120 |
114.1 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
203 |
198 |
102.5 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
432 |
418 |
103.3 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
318 |
331 |
96.1 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
297 |
291 |
102.1 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
383 |
372 |
103.0 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
2003 |
1874 |
106.9 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
219 |
214 |
102.3 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
43593 |
43199 |
100.9 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
5658 |
4393 |
128.8 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data (varbl. channels) |
66900 |
87092 |
76.8 % |
0316.00-0316.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
19020 |
51074 |
37.2 % |
0315.50-0316.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0316.00-0316.99 |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
11 |
10 |
110.0 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
40 |
41 |
97.6 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
14 |
16 |
87.5 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
24 |
21 |
114.3 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
3905948 |
3950793 |
98.9 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1107031 |
1233816 |
89.7 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiance(proc) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
shipsb |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted (BUFR) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
133 |
134 |
99.3 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
shipub |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted (BUFR) |
787 |
802 |
98.1 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
2410 |
2499 |
96.4 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
synopb |
Synoptic - fixed manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
5280 |
4976 |
106.1 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
29 |
9 |
322.2 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
synpbr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40)(decoded BUFR) |
329 |
305 |
107.9 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
652 |
655 |
99.5 % |
0317.00-0317.99 |
| 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 |
3632 |
3772 |
96.3 % |
0317.00-0317.99 |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
ahicsr |
Himawari Clear Sky Radiance |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.00-0317.99 |
amsr2 |
GCOM-W AMSR2 1B brightness temperatures |
2100492 |
2051276 |
102.4 % |
0316.00-0316.99 |
atmsdb |
NPP/NOAA-20 ATMS bright. temps-direct b-cast SSEC |
180260 |
163614 |
110.2 % |
0316.50-0317.49 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0316.00-0316.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2,M3) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr&sea btmps |
907431 |
1046114 |
86.7 % |
0315.50-0316.49 |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btemps |
0 |
497805 |
0.0 % |
0315.50-0316.49 |
bathy |
eXpendable BathyThermograph, mooring (BATHY fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0311.00-0311.99 |
coopmd |
Coop/MADIS NEPP & HCN-Modernization NOAA COOP Obs |
34 |
37 |
91.9 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
crisf4 |
NPP/NOAA-20 CrIS full spctrl radn (431 ch subset) |
208845 |
192401 |
108.5 % |
0316.50-0317.49 |
crsfdb |
NPP/NOAA-20 CrIS full spctrl radn dir brdcst SSEC |
127111 |
129338 |
98.3 % |
0316.50-0317.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
11 |
10 |
110.0 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
dbuoyb |
Drifting buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
1331 |
1312 |
101.4 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
efclam |
GOES imager effective cloud amount data (U.Wisc.) |
8779329 |
8656951 |
101.4 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
esatms |
NPP Adv. Tech. MW Sndr (ATMS) br. temps from RARS |
66122 |
91893 |
72.0 % |
0316.50-0317.49 |
esiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data vbl chn from RARS |
62641 |
53394 |
117.3 % |
0317.00-0317.99 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS proc. btemps from RARS |
143298 |
154270 |
92.9 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.00-0317.99 |
gome |
METOP 1-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
8112 |
9014 |
90.0 % |
0316.50-0317.49 |
h20in2 |
INDIA SATWIND, INSAT WV channel |
0 |
1889 |
0.0 % |
0317.00-0317.99 |
h2dusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS wv imgr/deep-lyr derivd cld mtn |
19485 |
24787 |
78.6 % |
0317.00-0317.99 |
h2eunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imgr drv cld motion NBseq |
40850 |
40177 |
101.7 % |
0316.50-0317.49 |
hdob |
High Density OBs from reconnaissance acft data |
0 |
84 |
0.0 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
iasidb |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiances-direct broadcast SSEC |
27307 |
19794 |
138.0 % |
0316.50-0317.49 |
ifvrnb |
VIIRS (NPP/NOAA-20) ir lg-wv drv cloud motion(NB) |
11093 |
9662 |
114.8 % |
0314.00-0314.99 |
infav |
AVHRR (NOAA/METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
67 |
293 |
22.9 % |
0314.00-0314.99 |
infav1 |
AVHRR (METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0315.50-0316.49 |
infin2 |
INDIA SATWIND, INSAT IR channel |
0 |
2684 |
0.0 % |
0317.00-0317.99 |
kamdar |
Korean AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
0 |
8 |
0.0 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
77 |
83 |
92.8 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
leogeo |
LEO-GEO satellite AMVs from UWisc. |
7903 |
9516 |
83.0 % |
0314.00-0314.99 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
310306 |
289706 |
107.1 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
1377 |
2698 |
51.0 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
mbuoyb |
Moored buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
904 |
881 |
102.6 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0316.00-0316.99 |
msourb |
Mesonet/MADIS UrbaNet |
4491 |
4461 |
100.7 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
nxrdw2 |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via Level 2 decoder |
391 |
418 |
93.5 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
ompslp |
OMPS Limb Profiler ozone data (NPP) |
255 |
256 |
99.6 % |
0311.00-0311.99 |
ompst8 |
OMPS total column ozone (Version 8 BUFR) |
514190 |
145305 |
353.9 % |
0316.00-0316.99 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
95 |
113 |
84.1 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.49 |
saphir |
Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR L1A2 brightness temps |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0315.50-0316.49 |
sevasr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI All Sky Radiance(proc) |
71758 |
69168 |
103.7 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
1 |
10 |
10.0 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
77340 |
145634 |
53.1 % |
0316.50-0317.49 |
sstvcw |
NPP/NOAA-20 VIIRS SST - CLEAR & OVER WATER |
937249 |
2076145 |
45.1 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
sstvpw |
NPP/NOAA-20 VIIRS SST - PROBABLY CLR & OVER WATER |
338245 |
467183 |
72.4 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
702 |
696 |
100.9 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
synpmb |
Synoptic - mobile manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
tesac |
CTD probe, Argo prflng float, mooring (TESAC fmt) |
249 |
234 |
106.4 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
tmdara |
TAMDAR aircft data-all types(from Panasonic,BUFR) |
199 |
234 |
85.0 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0315.50-0316.49 |
visin2 |
INDIA SATWIND, INSAT VIS channel |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.00-0317.99 |
visja |
MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0315.50-0316.49 |
visusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
492070 |
488108 |
100.8 % |
0317.00-0317.99 |
vseunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible drv cld motion NBseq |
30637 |
32786 |
93.4 % |
0316.50-0317.49 |
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