MARCH 2012 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 17673 18058 18473 17960 72164 72164 *
* METAR 40644 42270 44238 42583 169735 169735 *
* sub-total 58317 60328 62711 60543 241899 241899 2.7200228
Marine Sfc Ship 1339 1386 1333 1293 5351 5351 *
* Drifting Buoy 7330 7098 7128 7299 28855 28855 *
* Moored Buoy 2230 2253 2279 2268 9030 9030 *
* CMAN 4049 3998 4025 4114 16186 16186 *
* Tide Gauge 1680 1658 1656 1686 6680 6680 *
* MSLP Bogus** 0 0 0 0 0 * *
* sub-total 16628 16393 16421 16660 66102 66102 0.7432811
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 659 55 637 42 1393 1393 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Ship RAOB 6 0 6 2 14 14 *
* Dropsonde 3 0 1 1 5 5 *
* Pibal 81 105 78 64 328 328 *
* Profiler 183 183 182 184 732 732 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1634 1649 1592 1615 6490 6490 *
* sub-total 2566 1992 2496 1908 8962 8962 0.1007728
Aircraft AIREP 2030 3323 2974 2386 10713 10713 *
* PIREP 264 47 183 395 889 889 *
* AMDAR 10575 15875 15608 12036 54094 54094 *
* ACARS 58669 27783 34976 58045 179473 179473 *
* RECCO 2 0 0 5 7 7 *
* sub-total 71540 47028 53741 72867 245176 245176 2.7568709
Total non-satellite 149051 125741 135369 151978 562139 562139 6.3209476


** 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.


MARCH 2012 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

MARCH 2012 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 5529973 6172467 6715813 5728557 24146810
Ozone OZONE 26253 23589 27175 27414 104431
Satellite Winds SATWND 310996 358753 395205 383689 1448643
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 0 0 0 0 0
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 132511 138199 133943 135323 539976
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 10769 10765 10663 10751 42948
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 3303178 2343630 3193000 3318588 12158396
* HIRS4 1B 6861067 6801350 6849965 6816491 27328873
* AMSUA 1B** 15641803 16681572 16628749 16625631 65577755
* AMSUB 1B 5568918 2925415 5378947 4008950 17882230
* MHS 10037574 10400181 10456256 10447148 41341159
* AIRS 193318682 193154732 192150773 188318223 766942410
* GOME 52286 51644 51316 51702 206948
* IASI 197427603 194815027 195171334 198224985 785638949
* OMI 229500 323172 322370 322972 1198014
Total Satellites Received 438451113 434200496 437485509 434420424 1744557542


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



MARCH 2012 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

MARCH 2012 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 53959 42837 53928 54237 204961
Ozone OZONE 25886 23053 26575 26841 102355
Satellite Winds SATWND 310996 358753 395205 383689 1448643
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 0 0 0 0 0
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 120572 125313 121408 123308 490601
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 10769 10765 10663 10751 42948
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 227283 172298 219014 228066 846661
* HIRS4 1B 475907 475066 475713 475741 1902427
* AMSUA 1B** 807920 819211 819476 819524 3266131
* AMSUB 1B 23792 18635 23180 23758 89365
* MHS 179693 185419 186065 186502 737679
* AIRS 2959197 2983581 2960631 2936542 11839951
* GOME 4795 4834 4908 4771 19308
* IASI 7510908 7371950 7439849 7492030 29814737
* OMI 2443 3415 3402 3443 12703
Total Satellites Selected 12714120 12595130 12740017 12769203 50818470


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



MARCH 2012 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

MARCH 2012 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 0 0 0 0 0
Ozone OZONE 18696 16997 19502 19589 74784
Satellite Winds SATWND 310996 358753 395205 383689 1448643
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 0 0 0 0 0
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 62043 64674 62673 63256 252646
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA 1484 1377 1482 1570 5913
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B 0 0 0 0 0
* HIRS4 1B 117182 117609 116406 118302 469499
* AMSUA 1B** 621352 625554 624408 626694 2498008
* AMSUB 1B 0 0 0 0 0
* MHS 140851 144258 145454 146155 576718
* AIRS 617149 577881 602328 572365 2369723
* GOME 0 0 0 0 0
* IASI 1193697 1217597 1177682 1243414 4832390
* OMI 2443 3415 3402 3443 12703
Total Satellites Assimilated 3085893 3128115 3148542 3178477 12541027


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