FEBRUARY 2026 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number	Total Input	% Input
Land Sfc	Synoptic	6266	6654	6860	6569	26349	26349	*
*	METAR	46668	48064	49643	47913	192288	192288	*
*	sub-total	52934	54718	56503	54482	218637	218637	****
Marine Sfc	Ship	173	139	128	159	599	599	*
*	Drifting Buoy	24	28	24	27	103	103	*
*	Moored Buoy	659	660	659	660	2638	2638	*
*	CMAN	476	476	477	475	1904	1904	*
*	Tide Gauge	5395	5396	5398	5375	21564	21564	*
*	MSLP Bogus**	0	0	0	0	0	*	*
*	sub-total	6727	6699	6686	6696	26808	26808	****
Land Soundings	Fixed Land RAOB	549	43	527	47	1166	1166	*
*	Mobile Land RAOB	2	1	0	1	4	4	*
*	Ship RAOB	1	0	2	0	3	3	*
*	Dropsonde	27	0	1	3	31	31	*
*	Pibal	29	21	22	22	94	94	*
*	Profiler	0	1	0	1	2	2	*
*	NEXRAD Wind	0	0	0	0	0	0	*
*	sub-total	608	66	552	74	1300	1300	****
Aircraft	AIREP	1843	3755	3640	3051	12289	12289	*
*	PIREP	983	226	702	1352	3263	3263	*
*	AMDAR	3996	4598	2536	768	11898	11898	*
*	ACARS	192969	90778	90551	190738	565036	565036	*
*	RECCO	1	0	0	1	2	2	*
*	sub-total	199792	99357	97429	195910	592488	592488	****
Total	non-satellite	260061	160840	161170	257162	839233	839233	****

**    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.

FEBRUARY 2026 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES
Ozone	OZONE
Satellite Winds	SATWND	3099883	2025577	2360592	3509327	10995379
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	1008835	1003241	1059663	987954	4059693
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B
*	AMSUA 1B**	3599794	2779909	3317673	2816753	12514129
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	5733924	5715061	5760021	5736057	22945063
*	AIRS
*	ABI	35661095	33054049	33159031	36037916	137912091
*	AHI	2968096	2849695	2784711	2796337	11398839
*	ATMS	1869832	1869663	1869711	1870134	7479340
*	AVHRR	3030436	3553690	2801420	3114006	12499552
*	CRIS-FSR	780115680	862098007	827726695	834594449	3304534831
*	IASI	709529150	535162056	694063656	605820380	2544575242
*	OMPSLP	126612	129996	131593	134046	522247
*	OMPSNP	73686	76505	76012	75145	301348
*	OMPSTC8	2005121	2089789	2066138	2056710	8217758
*	SSMIS	16699763	12565213	12389339	16065433	57719748
*	VIIRS-M	215450897	183885093	217745630	189570846	806652466
*	VIIRS-M	215450897	183885093	217745630	189570846	806652466
Total	Satellites Received	1780972804	1648857544	1807311885	1705185493	6942327726

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

FEBRUARY 2026 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES
Ozone	OZONE
Satellite Winds	SATWND	3099883	2025577	2360592	3509327	10995379
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	986975	980257	1036851	964990	3969073
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B
*	AMSUA 1B**	247304	245502	247801	245155	985762
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	93606	93394	93514	93585	374099
*	AIRS
*	ABI	82350	77354	78769	83382	321855
*	AHI	41684	40932	40405	40519	163540
*	ATMS	696724	695376	696427	696454	2784981
*	AVHRR	155130	176171	146731	160065	638097
*	CRIS-FSR	10815278	10819082	10821909	10825723	43281992
*	IASI	12456528	12297627	12445361	12450688	49650204
*	OMPSLP	126612	129996	131593	134046	522247
*	OMPSNP	57148	60748	52578	57826	228300
*	OMPSTC8	18734	19041	19134	19208	76117
*	SSMIS	203961	160369	148144	192956	705430
*	VIIRS-M	468467	428928	477466	432342	1807203
*	VIIRS-M	468467	428928	477466	432342	1807203
Total	Satellites Selected	29550384	28250354	28797275	29906266	116504279

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

FEBRUARY 2026 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES
Ozone	OZONE
Satellite Winds	SATWND	3099883	2025577	2360592	3509327	10995379
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	724312	715905	762941	711302	2914460
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B
*	AMSUA 1B**	153086	152297	153183	152099	610665
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	53596	54326	54225	54927	217074
*	AIRS
*	ABI	20939	19290	19505	21030	80764
*	AHI	10440	10242	10035	9950	40667
*	ATMS	506926	488684	505567	483112	1984289
*	AVHRR	118209	145765	107942	130801	502717
*	CRIS-FSR	1006009	983195	1019678	980034	3988916
*	IASI	1956226	2028222	1938166	2069939	7992553
*	OMPSLP	0	0	0	0	0
*	OMPSNP	54547	57945	49999	55078	217569
*	OMPSTC8	17920	18216	18311	18391	72838
*	SSMIS	23757	19928	15211	22056	80952
*	VIIRS-M	183211	134872	198865	149845	666793
*	VIIRS-M	183211	134872	198865	149845	666793
Total	Satellites Assimilated	7929061	6854464	7214220	8367891	30365636

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