| 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 |
36997 |
33129 |
111.7 % |
2609.00-2614.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br.temps |
27068 |
27238 |
99.4 % |
2609.00-2614.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS NCEP-proces. br. temps |
231436 |
201453 |
114.9 % |
2609.00-2614.99 |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
55337 |
48296 |
114.6 % |
2608.75-2615.25 |
cmanb |
Surface Marine CMAN rpts decoded from BUFR format |
3417 |
3480 |
98.2 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
4 |
4 |
100.0 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
gnss |
Grnd-based Gbl Navigation Sat System (GNSS) data |
3803 |
3399 |
111.9 % |
2610.95-2611.05 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2613.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) ir l-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2613.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
3722753 |
3334371 |
111.6 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
148 |
128 |
115.6 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
6541 |
6429 |
101.7 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.00-2613.00 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
75 |
106 |
70.8 % |
2610.50-2613.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
148 |
153 |
96.7 % |
2611.00-2613.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
25 |
33 |
75.8 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
shipsb |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted (BUFR) |
147 |
76 |
193.4 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
83 |
88 |
94.3 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
shipub |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted (BUFR) |
958 |
976 |
98.2 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
581 |
545 |
106.6 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
synopb |
Synoptic - fixed manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
1986 |
2023 |
98.2 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
630 |
621 |
101.4 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
| 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 |
10734 |
11773 |
91.2 % |
2611.00-2611.99 |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2608.75-2615.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
4445 |
4195 |
106.0 % |
2608.75-2615.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2609.00-2614.99 |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
2320 |
3575 |
64.9 % |
2608.75-2615.25 |
amdarb |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
6359 |
6159 |
103.2 % |
2608.75-2615.25 |
amsr2 |
GCOM-W AMSR2 1B brightness temperatures |
705528 |
605297 |
116.6 % |
2609.00-2609.99 |
ascat |
METOP 1-2 ASCAT products |
29857 |
23525 |
126.9 % |
2610.00-2614.00 |
atms |
NPP/NOAA-20 ATMS brightness temperatures |
228986 |
260809 |
87.8 % |
2610.00-2613.99 |
atmsdb |
NPP/NOAA-20 ATMS bright. temps-direct b-cast SSEC |
173011 |
160882 |
107.5 % |
2610.00-2613.99 |
coopmd |
Coop/MADIS NEPP & HCN-Modernization NOAA COOP Obs |
76 |
64 |
118.8 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
crisf4 |
NPP/NOAA-20 CrIS full spctrl radn (431 ch subset) |
190575 |
158386 |
120.3 % |
2610.00-2613.99 |
crsfdb |
NPP/NOAA-20 CrIS full spctrl radn dir brdcst SSEC |
157172 |
152844 |
102.8 % |
2610.00-2613.99 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
3 |
4 |
75.0 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
dbuoyb |
Drifting buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
586 |
630 |
93.0 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.00-2613.00 |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
10866 |
10470 |
103.8 % |
2608.75-2615.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A proc btmps frm RARS |
14021 |
13483 |
104.0 % |
2611.00-2613.00 |
esatms |
NPP Adv. Tech. MW Sndr (ATMS) br. temps from RARS |
124550 |
112053 |
111.2 % |
2610.00-2613.99 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-3/4 pr btmps frm RARS |
34876 |
32084 |
108.7 % |
2611.00-2613.00 |
esiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data vbl chn from RARS |
101606 |
112277 |
90.5 % |
2610.00-2613.99 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS proc. btemps from RARS |
106879 |
100613 |
106.2 % |
2611.00-2613.00 |
gmi1cr |
GPM GMI Level 1C-R brightness temperatures |
277870 |
948087 |
29.3 % |
2609.00-2614.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
162 |
170 |
95.3 % |
2610.00-2613.99 |
gsrasr |
GOES-16/17 All Sky Radiances (proc.) |
775162 |
1161132 |
66.8 % |
2610.00-2613.99 |
gsrcsr |
GOES-16/17 Clear Sky Radiances (proc.) |
279330 |
538264 |
51.9 % |
2610.00-2613.99 |
h20ja |
MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion |
2810 |
2751 |
102.1 % |
2610.50-2613.50 |
h2dusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS wv imgr/deep-lyr derivd cld mtn |
5682 |
5852 |
97.1 % |
2611.00-2611.99 |
h2eunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imgr drv cld motion NBseq |
4966 |
4991 |
99.5 % |
2610.50-2613.49 |
h2tusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS wv imgr/cld-top derived cld mtn |
11648 |
9097 |
128.0 % |
2611.00-2611.99 |
ifeunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT ir lg-wave drv cld motion NBseq |
3434 |
3233 |
106.2 % |
2610.50-2613.49 |
ifvrnb |
VIIRS (NPP/NOAA-20) ir lg-wv drv cloud motion(NB) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2613.50 |
infav |
AVHRR (NOAA/METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2613.50 |
infav1 |
AVHRR (METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2613.49 |
infja |
MTSAT/JMA infrared long-wave derived cloud motion |
2300 |
2391 |
96.2 % |
2610.50-2613.50 |
infusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS ir long-wave derived cld motion |
15119 |
29503 |
51.2 % |
2611.00-2611.99 |
kamdar |
Korean AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
295 |
312 |
94.6 % |
2608.75-2615.25 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
152 |
120 |
126.7 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
125367 |
41891 |
299.3 % |
2611.00-2612.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
7412 |
2354 |
314.9 % |
2611.00-2612.50 |
mbuoyb |
Moored buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
941 |
839 |
112.2 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
28 |
26 |
107.7 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
306 |
301 |
101.7 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
68186 |
66866 |
102.0 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
38999 |
38585 |
101.1 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
325 |
313 |
103.8 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
5 |
5 |
100.0 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
11826 |
11618 |
101.8 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
252 |
244 |
103.3 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
528 |
446 |
118.4 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
424 |
431 |
98.4 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
363 |
339 |
107.1 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
529 |
496 |
106.7 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
2465 |
2410 |
102.3 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msourb |
Mesonet/MADIS UrbaNet |
5250 |
5263 |
99.8 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
346 |
337 |
102.7 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
66784 |
68297 |
97.8 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
7503 |
7487 |
100.2 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
mtiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data (varbl. channels) |
19586 |
23572 |
83.1 % |
2610.00-2613.99 |
nxrdw2 |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via Level 2 decoder |
1177 |
868 |
135.6 % |
2611.00-2613.00 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.00-2612.99 |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.00-2613.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
382 |
331 |
115.4 % |
2608.75-2615.25 |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2613.50 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.00-2613.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
1 |
2 |
50.0 % |
2611.00-2613.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
1573049 |
1044583 |
150.6 % |
2611.50-2612.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.00-2613.00 |
saldrn |
Surface Marine Saildrone (decoded from BUFR) |
2 |
2 |
100.0 % |
2610.00-2613.99 |
saphir |
Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR L1A2 brightness temps |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2609.00-2614.99 |
sevasr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI All Sky Radiance(proc) |
9512 |
9512 |
100.0 % |
2610.00-2613.99 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiance(proc) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.00-2613.99 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
17 |
22 |
77.3 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
snocvr |
NOW COVER, DEPTH/DENSITY AND WATER EQUIVALENT |
4807 |
8503 |
56.5 % |
2610.00-2614.00 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
97665 |
57584 |
169.6 % |
2610.00-2613.99 |
subpfl |
Sub-surface float and glider profile (BUFR) |
14 |
16 |
87.5 % |
2610.00-2613.99 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.50-2612.50 |
synpbr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40)(decoded BUFR) |
299 |
303 |
98.7 % |
2611.50-2612.50 |
synpmb |
Synoptic - mobile manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2611.50-2612.50 |
tmdara |
TAMDAR aircft data-all types(from Panasonic,BUFR) |
1650 |
1717 |
96.1 % |
2608.75-2615.25 |
visja |
MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
2610.50-2613.50 |
visusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
33765 |
25206 |
134.0 % |
2611.00-2611.99 |
vseunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible drv cld motion NBseq |
9528 |
6612 |
144.1 % |
2610.50-2613.49 |
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