| Critical Data with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean |
1bamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A NCEP-proc. br.temps |
16247 |
13640 |
119.1 % |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS NCEP-proces. br. temps |
127060 |
97461 |
130.4 % |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
59387 |
61768 |
96.1 % |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
4596 |
4827 |
95.2 % |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
4033 |
3532 |
114.2 % |
amdarb |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
5199 |
6998 |
74.3 % |
ascat |
METOP 1-2 ASCAT products |
17314 |
11937 |
145.0 % |
cmanb |
Surface Marine CMAN rpts decoded from BUFR format |
5799 |
5564 |
104.2 % |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
11 |
11 |
100.0 % |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
7980 |
5901 |
135.2 % |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
gnss |
Grnd-based Gbl Navigation Sat System (GNSS) data |
1158 |
1128 |
102.7 % |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
106 |
86 |
123.3 % |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) ir l-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
185 |
233 |
79.4 % |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
158 |
214 |
73.8 % |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
12521 |
12323 |
101.6 % |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
56 |
56 |
100.0 % |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
158 |
466 |
33.9 % |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
106861 |
98563 |
108.4 % |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
52934 |
52098 |
101.6 % |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
15483 |
16291 |
95.0 % |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
467 |
444 |
105.2 % |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
749 |
881 |
85.0 % |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
561 |
579 |
96.9 % |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
808 |
824 |
98.1 % |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
3690 |
3743 |
98.6 % |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
112338 |
113915 |
98.6 % |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
603 |
528 |
114.2 % |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
85122 |
93188 |
91.3 % |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
13389 |
13337 |
100.4 % |
mtiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data (varbl. channels) |
23145 |
24134 |
95.9 % |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
163 |
151 |
107.9 % |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
123 |
201 |
61.2 % |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
17 |
7 |
242.9 % |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
46 |
62 |
74.2 % |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
13 |
10 |
130.0 % |
shipsb |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted (BUFR) |
93 |
12 |
775.0 % |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
134 |
144 |
93.1 % |
shipub |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted (BUFR) |
1578 |
1545 |
102.1 % |
synopb |
Synoptic - fixed manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
3455 |
3643 |
94.8 % |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
synpbr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40)(decoded BUFR) |
730 |
620 |
117.7 % |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
910 |
893 |
101.9 % |
| Data Types of Opportunity with Normal Counts |
|---|
| Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
atms |
NPP/NOAA-20 ATMS brightness temperatures |
78669 |
64882 |
121.2 % |
cris |
NPP CrIS apodized radiances (399 channel) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
13 |
13 |
100.0 % |
dbuoyb |
Drifting buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
710 |
668 |
106.3 % |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A proc btmps frm RARS |
21655 |
19594 |
110.5 % |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-3/4 pr btmps frm RARS |
40058 |
37777 |
106.0 % |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS proc. btemps from RARS |
161853 |
145165 |
111.5 % |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
h20ja |
MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion |
1115 |
1264 |
88.2 % |
h2eunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imgr drv cld motion NBseq |
4460 |
4957 |
90.0 % |
ifeunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT ir lg-wave drv cld motion NBseq |
3016 |
3119 |
96.7 % |
ifvrnb |
VIIRS (NPP/NOAA-20) ir lg-wv drv cloud motion(NB) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infav |
AVHRR (NOAA/METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infav1 |
AVHRR (METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
infja |
MTSAT/JMA infrared long-wave derived cloud motion |
1177 |
1357 |
86.7 % |
kamdar |
Korean AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
405 |
495 |
81.8 % |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
4042821 |
4095876 |
98.7 % |
mbuoyb |
Moored buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
1229 |
1122 |
109.5 % |
nxrdw2 |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via Level 2 decoder |
1389 |
935 |
148.6 % |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
119 |
133 |
89.5 % |
rd2rft |
NEXRAD reflectivity (Lvl 2 - GTS) |
8344647 |
7222509 |
115.5 % |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
3562020 |
1945704 |
183.1 % |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiance(proc) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
25134 |
18575 |
135.3 % |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
533 |
650 |
82.0 % |
synpmb |
Synoptic - mobile manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
tmdara |
TAMDAR aircft data-all types(from Panasonic,BUFR) |
2005 |
2052 |
97.7 % |
visja |
MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
509 |
512 |
99.4 % |
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