AUGUST 2006 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 15283 15511 15853 15268 61915 61915 *
* METAR 32936 34269 36019 34989 138213 138213 *
* sub-total 48219 49780 51872 50257 200128 200128 1.6360688
Marine Sfc Ship 768 758 724 752 3002 3002 *
* Drifting Buoy 7144 7511 8123 8349 31127 31127 *
* Moored Buoy 1575 1597 1594 1586 6352 6352 *
* CMAN 907 886 911 917 3621 3621 *
* Tide Gauge 915 826 665 848 3254 3254 *
* MSLP Bogus** 288 0 276 0 564 * *
* sub-total 11309 11578 12017 12452 47356 47356 0.3871406
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 662 69 648 54 1433 1433 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 1 0 1 1 *
* Ship RAOB 3 1 4 1 9 9 *
* Dropsonde 5 1 3 5 14 14 *
* Pibal 81 103 86 75 345 345 *
* Profiler 226 226 221 226 899 899 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1664 1673 1633 1620 6590 6590 *
* sub-total 2641 2073 2596 1981 9291 9291 0.0759550
Aircraft AIREP 1845 1545 1633 1968 6991 6991 *
* PIREP 198 24 159 346 727 727 *
* AMDAR 7947 12046 10635 7277 37905 37905 *
* ACARS 30715 19052 24599 29337 103703 103703 *
* RECCO 3 2 2 11 18 18 *
* sub-total 40708 32669 37028 38939 149344 149344 1.2209040
Total non-satellite 102877 96100 103513 103629 406119 406119 3.3200684


** Data is not used or included in totals.
*** Data is now dumped from BUFR database. Previous numbers reflected thinn ing, which is now all done in the analysis.


AUGUST 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

AUGUST 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 224182 209169 240977 226585 900913
Ozone OZONE 10772 19422 12940 12515 55649
Satellite winds SATWND 22464 18040 20957 23255 84716
Scatterometer winds QUIKSCAT 1475697 1491735 1417632 1465191 5850255
DMSP SSMI NEURAL NET 116740 134640 124770 136770 512920
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 444708 423774 453870 431694 1754046
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 2295252 2301461 2302207 2304086 9203006
Satellite Radiances HIRS2 1B 1571873 1372555 1660365 1755857 6360650
* HIRS3 1B 3346356 3406085 3298115 3409508 13460064
* MSU 1B 1571873 1372555 1660365 1755857 6360650
* AMSUA 1B ** 3414722 3413625 3368863 3413511 13610721
* AMSUB 1B 10448428 10290896 10245422 10314842 41299588
* AIRS 21009817 21982992 21931941 20638841 85563591
Total Satellite Received 45952884 46436949 46738424 45888512 185016769


** Counts include AMSU-A radiances from the AQUA satellite .



AUGUST 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (SELECTED)

AUGUST 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 9844 8723 8622 8320 35509
Ozone OZONE 7396 7248 7779 7566 29989
Satellite winds SATWND 22464 18040 20957 23255 84716
Scatterometer winds QUIKSCAT 328461 387204 286503 374376 1376544
DMSP SSMI NEURAL NET 116740 134640 124770 136770 512920
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 444708 423774 453870 431694 1754046
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 2295252 2301461 2302207 2304086 9203006
Satellite Radiances HIRS2 1B 77805 69782 82987 84048 314622
* HIRS3 1B 21917 21983 21356 22132 87388
* MSU 1B 77805 69782 82987 84048 314622
* AMSUA 1B ** 496564 494545 487823 495499 1974431
* AMSUB 1B 66383 65462 65100 65731 262676
* AIRS 1866247 1937694 1927514 1834368 7565823
Total Satellite Selected 5831586 5940338 5872475 5871893 23516292


** Counts include AMSU-A radiances from the AQUA satellite .



AUGUST 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (ASSIMILATED)

AUGUST 2006 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 1529 1291 1696 1403 5919
Ozone OZONE 7396 7000 7779 7566 29741
Satellite winds SATWND 22464 18040 20957 23255 84716
Scatterometer winds QUIKSCAT 109487 129068 95501 124792 458848
DMSP SSMI NEURAL NET 116740 134640 124770 136770 512920
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES 24706 23543 25215 23983 97447
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 244545 224750 235520 249782 954597
Satellite Radiances HIRS2 1B 9960 9002 10958 11079 40999
* HIRS3 1B 14430 14509 13655 15034 57628
* MSU 1B 9960 9002 10958 11079 40999
* AMSUA 1B ** 322667 324360 314025 325079 1286131
* AMSUB 1B 29972 28976 29127 28714 116789
* AIRS 538576 539339 560140 504271 2142326
Total Satellite Assimilated 1452432 1463520 1450301 1462807 5829060


** Counts include AMSU-A radiances from the AQUA satellite .