AUGUST 2018 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number	Total Input	% Input
Land Sfc	Synoptic	23043	23669	24291	23423	94426	94426	*
*	METAR	46580	48020	49868	48111	192579	192579	*
*	sub-total	69623	71689	74159	71534	287005	287005	****
Marine Sfc	Ship	1587	1566	1539	1537	6229	6229	*
*	Drifting Buoy	2513	2386	2455	2457	9811	9811	*
*	Moored Buoy	4744	4717	4713	4766	18940	18940	*
*	CMAN	4309	4315	4372	4360	17356	17356	*
*	Tide Gauge	5554	5376	5434	5563	21927	21927	*
*	MSLP Bogus**	0	0	0	0	0	*	*
*	sub-total	18707	18360	18513	18683	74263	74263	****
Land Soundings	Fixed Land RAOB	690	52	666	54	1462	1462	*
*	Mobile Land RAOB	0	0	0	0	0	0	*
*	Ship RAOB	3	2	4	2	11	11	*
*	Dropsonde	5	3	1	4	13	13	*
*	Pibal	74	90	77	55	296	296	*
*	Profiler	4	2	4	2	12	12	*
*	NEXRAD Wind	1844	1863	1839	1814	7360	7360	*
*	sub-total	2620	2012	2591	1931	9154	9154	****
Aircraft	AIREP	5547	9167	7768	5162	27644	27644	*
*	PIREP	264	45	290	439	1038	1038	*
*	AMDAR	8634	10966	8808	3989	32397	32397	*
*	ACARS	180967	82043	122860	182473	568343	568343	*
*	RECCO	2	2	1	6	11	11	*
*	sub-total	195414	102223	139727	192069	629433	629433	****
Total	non-satellite	286364	194284	234990	284217	999855	999855	****

**    Data is not used or included in totals.
***   Data is now dumped from BUFR database. Previous numbers reflected thinning, which is now all done in the analysis.
****  % Input is no longer available due innacuracy and ambiguity.

AUGUST 2018 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	4478210	3614881	3394166	4467113	15954370
Ozone	OZONE	7131	7093	7308	7036	28568
Satellite Winds	SATWND	1431563	1473501	1682273	2040289	6627626
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	101639	103932	108583	105535	419689
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	7970379	7988187	8067833	7927778	31954177
*	AMSUA 1B**	14473019	13540143	14680310	13922903	56616375
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	11369271	10615423	11470434	11322605	44777733
*	AIRS	162436202	157564912	162887587	154809952	637698653
*	ATMS	1218759	1228650	1227279	1227439	4902127
*	AVHRR	8529515	7476256	8288770	8322250	32616791
*	CRIS	34090714	34097793	34715600	35696664	138600771
*	CRIS-FSR	34090714	34097793	34715600	35696664	277502742
*	GOME	102827	104382	104281	103491	414981
*	IASI	417481323	368772116	401776601	363921613	1551951653
*	OMI	221594	316988	326794	326789	1192165
*	SAPHIR	3868182	4985472	5448518	5163569	19465741
*	SEVIRI	1364752	1404601	1407996	1369978	5547327
*	SSMIS	30085331	26488710	27958111	30384417	114916569
Total	Satellites Received	733634625	674677356	718286595	675988711	2802587287

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

AUGUST 2018 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	62137	54104	54264	61611	232116
Ozone	OZONE	6970	6924	7115	6875	27884
Satellite Winds	SATWND	1431563	1473501	1682273	2040289	6627626
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	99615	101546	105926	103313	410400
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	520457	521929	523511	517671	2083568
*	AMSUA 1B**	714247	667729	718646	709987	2810609
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	187319	176013	187318	186471	737121
*	AIRS	2254312	2207945	2268920	2165460	8896637
*	ATMS	457902	461669	461140	461541	1842252
*	AVHRR	43849	38446	41953	43798	168046
*	CRIS	4786064	4785821	4777942	4786014	19135841
*	CRIS-FSR	4786064	4785821	4777942	4786014	39792004
*	GOME	7395	7626	7564	7483	30068
*	IASI	12161265	12050005	12257171	11843809	48312250
*	OMI	2022	2959	3014	3042	11037
*	SAPHIR	29025	32701	35855	35630	133211
*	SEVIRI	26524	26916	26999	26768	107207
*	SSMIS	479891	430673	450728	484033	1845325
Total	Satellites Selected	28391305	28231650	28775755	28668651	114067361

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

AUGUST 2018 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	28794	18162	19277	28864	95097
Ozone	OZONE	5069	5036	5169	4999	20273
Satellite Winds	SATWND	1431563	1473501	1682273	2040289	6627626
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	71217	73040	76344	74372	294973
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	0	0	0	0	0
*	AMSUA 1B**	442433	416002	448402	447961	1754798
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	100100	93932	99398	99834	393264
*	AIRS	567375	524279	568583	511987	2172224
*	ATMS	310333	297480	310813	292114	1210740
*	AVHRR	16504	15283	15832	16515	64134
*	CRIS	287650	273443	293530	271268	1125891
*	CRIS-FSR	287650	273443	293530	271268	2364135
*	GOME	0	0	0	0	0
*	IASI	1993603	1976277	2010867	1955286	7936033
*	OMI	2022	2959	3014	3042	11037
*	SAPHIR	0	0	0	0	0
*	SEVIRI	0	0	0	0	0
*	SSMIS	44150	41087	40656	45319	171212
Total	Satellites Assimilated	5614789	5513491	5897351	6089915	23115546

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