DECEMBER 2015 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number	Total Input	% Input
Land Sfc	Synoptic	19817	20317	20948	20280	81362	81362	*
*	METAR	48345	50452	52035	50313	201145	201145	*
*	sub-total	68162	70769	72983	70593	282507	282507	****
Marine Sfc	Ship	1482	1526	1454	1448	5910	5910	*
*	Drifting Buoy	8253	8318	8133	8444	33148	33148	*
*	Moored Buoy	2915	2986	2951	2939	11791	11791	*
*	CMAN	4098	4067	4048	4105	16318	16318	*
*	Tide Gauge	5850	5877	5767	5896	23390	23390	*
*	MSLP Bogus**	0	0	0	0	0	*	*
*	sub-total	22598	22774	22353	22832	90557	90557	****
Land Soundings	Fixed Land RAOB	651	40	642	30	1363	1363	*
*	Mobile Land RAOB	0	0	0	0	0	0	*
*	Ship RAOB	3	1	3	1	8	8	*
*	Dropsonde	0	0	0	0	0	0	*
*	Pibal	86	110	89	77	362	362	*
*	Profiler	25	23	24	22	94	94	*
*	NEXRAD Wind	1654	1635	1572	1652	6513	6513	*
*	sub-total	2419	1809	2330	1782	8340	8340	****
Aircraft	AIREP	3167	6698	5854	4651	20370	20370	*
*	PIREP	412	85	261	528	1286	1286	*
*	AMDAR	9395	12032	8271	3965	33663	33663	*
*	ACARS	177181	92742	99577	183988	553488	553488	*
*	RECCO	2	0	0	1	3	3	*
*	sub-total	190157	111557	113963	193133	608810	608810	****
Total	non-satellite	283336	206909	211629	288340	990214	990214	****

**    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.

DECEMBER 2015 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	4112375	3537508	3547303	3992951	15190137
Ozone	OZONE	7286	7124	7282	7073	28765
Satellite Winds	SATWND	657501	945865	808650	679613	3091629
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	137348	144851	145366	139160	566725
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	8066738	8024191	7995636	7900882	31987447
*	AMSUA 1B**	14519372	14209294	14392362	14257282	57378310
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	11574341	11460829	11463385	11392878	45891433
*	AIRS	160771829	160841708	157436151	155234833	634284521
*	ATMS	599016	603846	597871	605499	2406232
*	CRIS	32218606	31982295	31766346	32164548	128131795
*	GOME	104613	104700	103405	104701	417419
*	IASI	339211409	329935979	335629210	344386464	1349163062
*	MLS30	48412	48817	47790	48247	193266
*	OMI	230549	305892	306213	319099	1161753
*	SEVIRI	1274398	1257161	1231860	1274067	5037486
*	SSMIS	36294630	35945874	34048046	33085783	139374333
Total	Satellites Received	609828423	599355934	599526876	605593080	2414304313

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

DECEMBER 2015 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	61663	57364	58477	60650	238154
Ozone	OZONE	7229	7050	7210	7004	28493
Satellite Winds	SATWND	657501	945865	808650	679613	3091629
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	129635	137205	137954	131566	536360
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	524437	523930	520786	516266	2085419
*	AMSUA 1B**	741576	742164	736765	736882	2957387
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	188537	188033	187834	186636	751040
*	AIRS	2240680	2248762	2198718	2170539	8858699
*	ATMS	230165	231046	229117	231776	922104
*	CRIS	4797892	4770028	4737572	4790073	19095565
*	GOME	7636	7616	7570	7526	30348
*	IASI	12310720	11928097	12210089	12444796	48893702
*	MLS30	41571	41688	39274	41525	164058
*	OMI	2340	3082	3083	3221	11726
*	SEVIRI	22145	21394	21425	21692	86656
*	SSMIS	591408	580957	551152	541784	2265301
Total	Satellites Selected	22555135	22434281	22455676	22571549	90016641

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

DECEMBER 2015 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	26669	16815	18451	24501	86436
Ozone	OZONE	5255	5123	5230	5071	20679
Satellite Winds	SATWND	657501	945865	808650	679613	3091629
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	94428	100955	101646	96499	393528
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	48674	48924	47753	48660	194011
*	AMSUA 1B**	472682	476710	470314	474431	1894137
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	97334	99300	98438	96946	392018
*	AIRS	531305	527040	522294	509211	2089850
*	ATMS	145921	140264	146795	138864	571844
*	CRIS	260967	261562	264985	262176	1049690
*	GOME	0	0	0	0	0
*	IASI	1988477	1923423	1943458	2002595	7857953
*	MLS30	0	0	0	0	0
*	OMI	2340	3082	3082	3221	11725
*	SEVIRI	5619	5543	5612	5567	22341
*	SSMIS	41851	44097	37232	35901	159081
Total	Satellites Assimilated	4379023	4598703	4473940	4383256	17834922

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