| 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 |
33079 |
35083 |
94.3 % |
2608.00-2613.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br.temps |
21394 |
34560 |
61.9 % |
2608.00-2613.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS NCEP-proces. br. temps |
194283 |
195343 |
99.5 % |
2608.00-2613.99 |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
34952 |
39948 |
87.5 % |
2607.75-2614.25 |
camdar |
Canadian AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
2607.75-2614.25 |
cmanb |
Surface Marine CMAN rpts decoded from BUFR format |
1714 |
1646 |
104.1 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
gnss |
Grnd-based Gbl Navigation Sat System (GNSS) data |
2217 |
2384 |
93.0 % |
2609.95-2610.05 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2608.50-2613.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) ir l-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2608.50-2613.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
1832903 |
1751609 |
104.6 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
96 |
103 |
93.2 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5685 |
5660 |
100.4 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.00-2612.00 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
52 |
84 |
61.9 % |
2609.50-2612.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
1 |
2 |
50.0 % |
2610.00-2612.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
13 |
18 |
72.2 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
shipsb |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted (BUFR) |
2 |
2 |
100.0 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
84 |
61 |
137.7 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
shipub |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted (BUFR) |
692 |
662 |
104.5 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
332 |
295 |
112.5 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
synopb |
Synoptic - fixed manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
1548 |
1523 |
101.6 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
183 |
187 |
97.9 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
| 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 |
14242 |
15093 |
94.4 % |
2610.00-2610.99 |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2607.75-2614.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
1328 |
1566 |
84.8 % |
2607.75-2614.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2608.00-2613.99 |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
2335 |
1565 |
149.2 % |
2607.75-2614.25 |
amdarb |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
10102 |
10389 |
97.2 % |
2607.75-2614.25 |
amsr2 |
GCOM-W AMSR2 1B brightness temperatures |
0 |
598550 |
0.0 % |
2608.00-2608.99 |
ascat |
METOP 1-2 ASCAT products |
14784 |
19206 |
77.0 % |
2609.00-2613.00 |
atms |
NPP/NOAA-20 ATMS brightness temperatures |
126294 |
160568 |
78.7 % |
2609.00-2612.99 |
atmsdb |
NPP/NOAA-20 ATMS bright. temps-direct b-cast SSEC |
115392 |
124261 |
92.9 % |
2609.00-2612.99 |
coopmd |
Coop/MADIS NEPP & HCN-Modernization NOAA COOP Obs |
13 |
15 |
86.7 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
crisf4 |
NPP/NOAA-20 CrIS full spctrl radn (431 ch subset) |
94832 |
99751 |
95.1 % |
2609.00-2612.99 |
crsfdb |
NPP/NOAA-20 CrIS full spctrl radn dir brdcst SSEC |
70566 |
68939 |
102.4 % |
2609.00-2612.99 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
6 |
6 |
100.0 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
dbuoyb |
Drifting buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
581 |
559 |
103.9 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.00-2612.00 |
dropwb |
Dropwinsonde (decoded from BUFR) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.00-2612.00 |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
9804 |
9694 |
101.1 % |
2607.75-2614.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A proc btmps frm RARS |
7245 |
8342 |
86.8 % |
2610.00-2612.00 |
esatms |
NPP Adv. Tech. MW Sndr (ATMS) br. temps from RARS |
70351 |
88750 |
79.3 % |
2609.00-2612.99 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-3/4 pr btmps frm RARS |
11563 |
18369 |
62.9 % |
2610.00-2612.00 |
esiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data vbl chn from RARS |
72802 |
61720 |
118.0 % |
2609.00-2612.99 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS proc. btemps from RARS |
55424 |
64402 |
86.1 % |
2610.00-2612.00 |
gmi1cr |
GPM GMI Level 1C-R brightness temperatures |
322500 |
418832 |
77.0 % |
2608.00-2613.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
126 |
141 |
89.4 % |
2609.00-2612.99 |
gsrasr |
GOES-16/17 All Sky Radiances (proc.) |
806309 |
809690 |
99.6 % |
2609.00-2612.99 |
gsrcsr |
GOES-16/17 Clear Sky Radiances (proc.) |
405232 |
415284 |
97.6 % |
2609.00-2612.99 |
h20ja |
MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion |
2488 |
2335 |
106.6 % |
2608.50-2613.50 |
h2dusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS wv imgr/deep-lyr derivd cld mtn |
5512 |
6058 |
91.0 % |
2610.00-2610.99 |
h2eunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imgr drv cld motion NBseq |
4290 |
4960 |
86.5 % |
2609.50-2612.49 |
h2tusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS wv imgr/cld-top derived cld mtn |
7747 |
7442 |
104.1 % |
2610.00-2610.99 |
iasidb |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiances-direct broadcast SSEC |
16170 |
8832 |
183.1 % |
2609.00-2612.99 |
ifeunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT ir lg-wave drv cld motion NBseq |
3313 |
3265 |
101.5 % |
2609.50-2612.49 |
ifvrnb |
VIIRS (NPP/NOAA-20) ir lg-wv drv cloud motion(NB) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2608.50-2613.50 |
infav |
AVHRR (NOAA/METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2608.50-2613.50 |
infav1 |
AVHRR (METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2609.50-2612.49 |
infja |
MTSAT/JMA infrared long-wave derived cloud motion |
2218 |
2503 |
88.6 % |
2608.50-2613.50 |
infusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS ir long-wave derived cld motion |
29744 |
30353 |
98.0 % |
2610.00-2610.99 |
kamdar |
Korean AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
234 |
287 |
81.5 % |
2607.75-2614.25 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
37 |
53 |
69.8 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
22204 |
29224 |
76.0 % |
2610.00-2611.50 |
mbuoyb |
Moored buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
448 |
428 |
104.7 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
8 |
14 |
57.1 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
119 |
82 |
145.1 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
62091 |
61668 |
100.7 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
24594 |
21305 |
115.4 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
5543 |
5472 |
101.3 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
169 |
175 |
96.6 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
313 |
320 |
97.8 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
630 |
609 |
103.4 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
314 |
306 |
102.6 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
280 |
279 |
100.4 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1629 |
1612 |
101.1 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
44240 |
43421 |
101.9 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msourb |
Mesonet/MADIS UrbaNet |
3537 |
3447 |
102.6 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
13 |
0.0 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
39406 |
38129 |
103.3 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
5618 |
5166 |
108.7 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
mtiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data (varbl. channels) |
34801 |
27841 |
125.0 % |
2609.00-2612.99 |
nxrdw2 |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via Level 2 decoder |
327 |
455 |
71.9 % |
2610.00-2612.00 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2609.00-2611.99 |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.00-2612.00 |
pibalb |
PIBAL (decoded from BUFR) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.00-2612.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
114 |
139 |
82.0 % |
2607.75-2614.25 |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2609.50-2612.50 |
raobfb |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (decoded from BUFR) |
12 |
12 |
100.0 % |
2610.00-2612.00 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.00-2612.00 |
raobmb |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (decoded from BUFR) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.00-2612.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.00-2612.00 |
raobsb |
Rawinsonde - ship (decoded from BUFR) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.00-2612.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
349169 |
427078 |
81.8 % |
2610.50-2611.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.00-2612.00 |
saldrn |
Surface Marine Saildrone (decoded from BUFR) |
2 |
2 |
100.0 % |
2609.00-2612.99 |
saphir |
Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR L1A2 brightness temps |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2608.00-2613.99 |
sevasr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI All Sky Radiance(proc) |
9512 |
9413 |
101.1 % |
2609.00-2612.99 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiance(proc) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2609.00-2612.99 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
11 |
4 |
275.0 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
snocvr |
NOW COVER, DEPTH/DENSITY AND WATER EQUIVALENT |
3387 |
6599 |
51.3 % |
2609.00-2613.00 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
14802 |
27819 |
53.2 % |
2609.00-2612.99 |
subpfl |
Sub-surface float and glider profile (BUFR) |
3 |
5 |
60.0 % |
2609.00-2612.99 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
synpbr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40)(decoded BUFR) |
348 |
349 |
99.7 % |
2610.50-2611.50 |
synpmb |
Synoptic - mobile manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2611.50 |
tmdara |
TAMDAR aircft data-all types(from Panasonic,BUFR) |
131 |
97 |
135.1 % |
2607.75-2614.25 |
visja |
MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2608.50-2613.50 |
visusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
14672 |
9132 |
160.7 % |
2610.00-2610.99 |
vseunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible drv cld motion NBseq |
6311 |
5171 |
122.0 % |
2609.50-2612.49 |
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