| 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 |
19874 |
21889 |
90.8 % |
0315.00-0320.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br.temps |
3322 |
12816 |
25.9 % |
0315.00-0320.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS NCEP-proces. br. temps |
125324 |
164021 |
76.4 % |
0315.00-0320.99 |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
85088 |
94159 |
90.4 % |
0314.75-0321.25 |
camdar |
Canadian AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
303 |
373 |
81.2 % |
0314.75-0321.25 |
cmanb |
Surface Marine CMAN rpts decoded from BUFR format |
1707 |
1689 |
101.1 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
6 |
5 |
120.0 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
gnss |
Grnd-based Gbl Navigation Sat System (GNSS) data |
1796 |
2482 |
72.4 % |
0316.95-0317.05 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0315.50-0320.50 |
infmo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) ir l-wave derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0315.50-0320.50 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
3744295 |
3708759 |
101.0 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
40 |
63 |
63.5 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
5666 |
5831 |
97.2 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.00-0319.00 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
79 |
84 |
94.0 % |
0316.50-0319.50 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
4 |
6 |
66.7 % |
0317.00-0319.00 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
21 |
19 |
110.5 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
shipsb |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted (BUFR) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
36 |
67 |
53.7 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
shipub |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted (BUFR) |
565 |
583 |
96.9 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
707 |
651 |
108.6 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
synopb |
Synoptic - fixed manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
1611 |
1568 |
102.7 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
183 |
184 |
99.5 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
| 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 |
1023 |
702 |
145.7 % |
0317.00-0317.99 |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0314.75-0321.25 |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
3617 |
4182 |
86.5 % |
0314.75-0321.25 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0315.00-0320.99 |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
329 |
190 |
173.2 % |
0314.75-0321.25 |
amdarb |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
1165 |
1106 |
105.3 % |
0314.75-0321.25 |
amsr2 |
GCOM-W AMSR2 1B brightness temperatures |
1206522 |
745070 |
161.9 % |
0315.00-0315.99 |
ascat |
METOP 1-2 ASCAT products |
15062 |
15159 |
99.4 % |
0316.00-0320.00 |
atms |
NPP/NOAA-20 ATMS brightness temperatures |
243028 |
173738 |
139.9 % |
0316.00-0319.99 |
atmsdb |
NPP/NOAA-20 ATMS bright. temps-direct b-cast SSEC |
180550 |
188246 |
95.9 % |
0316.00-0319.99 |
coopmd |
Coop/MADIS NEPP & HCN-Modernization NOAA COOP Obs |
34 |
35 |
97.1 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
crisf4 |
NPP/NOAA-20 CrIS full spctrl radn (431 ch subset) |
104229 |
116856 |
89.2 % |
0316.00-0319.99 |
crsfdb |
NPP/NOAA-20 CrIS full spctrl radn dir brdcst SSEC |
146837 |
125927 |
116.6 % |
0316.00-0319.99 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
11 |
10 |
110.0 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
dbuoyb |
Drifting buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
668 |
632 |
105.7 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
2 |
2 |
100.0 % |
0317.00-0319.00 |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
10533 |
10139 |
103.9 % |
0314.75-0321.25 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A proc btmps frm RARS |
10564 |
11928 |
88.6 % |
0317.00-0319.00 |
esatms |
NPP Adv. Tech. MW Sndr (ATMS) br. temps from RARS |
79251 |
79494 |
99.7 % |
0316.00-0319.99 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-3/4 pr btmps frm RARS |
22690 |
25494 |
89.0 % |
0317.00-0319.00 |
esiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data vbl chn from RARS |
60537 |
52982 |
114.3 % |
0316.00-0319.99 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS proc. btemps from RARS |
54528 |
101313 |
53.8 % |
0317.00-0319.00 |
gmi1cr |
GPM GMI Level 1C-R brightness temperatures |
456744 |
904782 |
50.5 % |
0315.00-0320.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
132 |
116 |
113.8 % |
0316.00-0319.99 |
gsrasr |
GOES-16/17 All Sky Radiances (proc.) |
812097 |
799788 |
101.5 % |
0316.00-0319.99 |
gsrcsr |
GOES-16/17 Clear Sky Radiances (proc.) |
389793 |
473608 |
82.3 % |
0316.00-0319.99 |
h20ja |
MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion |
2949 |
2687 |
109.8 % |
0315.50-0320.50 |
h2dusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS wv imgr/deep-lyr derivd cld mtn |
7570 |
11760 |
64.4 % |
0317.00-0317.99 |
h2eunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imgr drv cld motion NBseq |
5952 |
5472 |
108.8 % |
0316.50-0319.49 |
h2tusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS wv imgr/cld-top derived cld mtn |
24153 |
17875 |
135.1 % |
0317.00-0317.99 |
iasidb |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiances-direct broadcast SSEC |
43830 |
44974 |
97.5 % |
0316.00-0319.99 |
ifeunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT ir lg-wave drv cld motion NBseq |
3206 |
2949 |
108.7 % |
0316.50-0319.49 |
ifvrnb |
VIIRS (NPP/NOAA-20) ir lg-wv drv cloud motion(NB) |
0 |
244 |
0.0 % |
0315.50-0320.50 |
infav1 |
AVHRR (METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0316.50-0319.49 |
infja |
MTSAT/JMA infrared long-wave derived cloud motion |
2537 |
2346 |
108.1 % |
0315.50-0320.50 |
infusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS ir long-wave derived cld motion |
35144 |
33324 |
105.5 % |
0317.00-0317.99 |
kamdar |
Korean AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
12 |
40 |
30.0 % |
0314.75-0321.25 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
73 |
76 |
96.1 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
90708 |
123650 |
73.4 % |
0317.00-0318.50 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
1855 |
3569 |
52.0 % |
0317.00-0318.50 |
mbuoyb |
Moored buoys (decoded from BUFR) |
706 |
678 |
104.1 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
16 |
23 |
69.6 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
104 |
83 |
125.3 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
40086 |
40321 |
99.4 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
19808 |
18419 |
107.5 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
3 |
3 |
100.0 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
5163 |
4455 |
115.9 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
184 |
176 |
104.5 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
390 |
361 |
108.0 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
316 |
328 |
96.3 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
269 |
252 |
106.7 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
288 |
284 |
101.4 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1589 |
1626 |
97.7 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msourb |
Mesonet/MADIS UrbaNet |
4065 |
3925 |
103.6 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
219 |
210 |
104.3 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
35437 |
37609 |
94.2 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
4838 |
3703 |
130.7 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
mtiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data (varbl. channels) |
1743 |
15324 |
11.4 % |
0316.00-0319.99 |
nxrdw2 |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via Level 2 decoder |
542 |
545 |
99.4 % |
0317.00-0319.00 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0316.00-0318.99 |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.00-0319.00 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
442 |
485 |
91.1 % |
0314.75-0321.25 |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0316.50-0319.50 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.00-0319.00 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.00-0319.00 |
rd2wnd |
NEXRAD radial wind (Level 2 - GTS) |
784472 |
838593 |
93.5 % |
0317.50-0318.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
0317.00-0319.00 |
saldrn |
Surface Marine Saildrone (decoded from BUFR) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0316.00-0319.99 |
saphir |
Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR L1A2 brightness temps |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0315.00-0320.99 |
sevasr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI All Sky Radiance(proc) |
9270 |
9163 |
101.2 % |
0316.00-0319.99 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiance(proc) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0316.00-0319.99 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
0 |
7 |
0.0 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
19944 |
68897 |
28.9 % |
0316.00-0319.99 |
subpfl |
Sub-surface float and glider profile (BUFR) |
0 |
3 |
0.0 % |
0316.00-0319.99 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
synpbr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40)(decoded BUFR) |
180 |
252 |
71.4 % |
0317.50-0318.50 |
synpmb |
Synoptic - mobile manual & auto (decoded fr BUFR) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0317.50-0318.50 |
tmdara |
TAMDAR aircft data-all types(from Panasonic,BUFR) |
1044 |
1182 |
88.3 % |
0314.75-0321.25 |
visja |
MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
0315.50-0320.50 |
visusr |
GOES-16&up/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
106176 |
120445 |
88.2 % |
0317.00-0317.99 |
vseunb |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible drv cld motion NBseq |
4142 |
5257 |
78.8 % |
0316.50-0319.49 |
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