MARCH 2017 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number Total Input % Input
Land Sfc Synoptic 19711 20199 20770 20035 80715 80715 *
* METAR 46951 48484 50136 48645 194216 194216 *
* sub-total 66662 68683 70906 68680 274931 274931 ****
Marine Sfc Ship 1558 1573 1528 1524 6183 6183 *
* Drifting Buoy 6080 6025 6072 6137 24314 24314 *
* Moored Buoy 3281 3300 3317 3270 13168 13168 *
* CMAN 4042 4047 4047 4061 16197 16197 *
* Tide Gauge 5647 5633 5677 5666 22623 22623 *
* MSLP Bogus** 0 0 0 0 0 * *
* sub-total 20608 20578 20641 20658 82485 82485 ****
Land Soundings Fixed Land RAOB 696 40 648 35 1419 1419 *
* Mobile Land RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Ship RAOB 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
* Dropsonde 2 0 0 1 3 3 *
* Pibal 85 111 89 87 372 372 *
* Profiler 11 10 11 10 42 42 *
* NEXRAD Wind 1654 1655 1603 1656 6568 6568 *
* sub-total 2448 1816 2351 1789 8404 8404 ****
Aircraft AIREP 3735 6727 6828 4992 22282 22282 *
* PIREP 393 75 337 578 1383 1383 *
* AMDAR 12838 16390 11951 4985 46164 46164 *
* ACARS 166771 75677 105760 172064 520272 520272 *
* RECCO 3 0 0 4 7 7 *
* sub-total 183740 98869 124876 182623 590108 590108 ****
Total non-satellite 273458 189946 218774 273750 955928 955928 ****


**    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.



MARCH 2017 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

MARCH 2017 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 4523478 3442299 3948513 4255327 16169617
Ozone OZONE 7099 7254 7206 7246 28805
Satellite Winds SATWND 876903 1311456 1191915 955287 4335561
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 0 0 0 0 0
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 137335 141264 140762 139641 559002
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B
* HIRS4 1B 8048947 8030161 8062761 8010618 32152487
* AMSUA 1B** 14639306 14142686 14760714 14319392 57862098
* AMSUB 1B
* MHS 11547243 10992265 11583341 11464067 45586916
* AIRS 162137100 159190108 158653570 154912563 634893341
* AMSR2 44252338 44252338 36244689 37930325 162679690
* ATMS 574710 577567 568497 569875 2290649
* AVHRR 9071131 8814372 8542601 9265977 35694081
* CRIS 29851584 29695227 29573738 29452944 118573493
* GOME 104371 104228 103896 104310 416805
* IASI 343519574 337429440 342228895 344605263 1367783172
* OMI 146655 207652 200847 193877 749031
* SEVIRI 2692276 2759275 2804823 2713267 10969641
* SSMIS 30334680 28979617 29736478 29885596 118936371
Total Satellites Received 662464730 650077209 648353246 648785575 2609680760


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



MARCH 2017 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

MARCH 2017 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 60455 58034 59263 61500 239252
Ozone OZONE 6938 7101 7102 7103 28244
Satellite Winds SATWND 876903 1311456 1191915 955287 4335561
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 0 0 0 0 0
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 134516 138382 137713 136713 547324
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B
* HIRS4 1B 524575 524534 523956 522890 2095955
* AMSUA 1B** 715274 699496 720465 714124 2849359
* AMSUB 1B
* MHS 188863 181204 189129 188145 747341
* AIRS 2263149 2232716 2218869 2164878 8879612
* AMSR2 16187 14707 12931 12040 55865
* ATMS 225990 226527 221527 223091 897135
* AVHRR 43530 41425 43958 45560 174473
* CRIS 4650265 4605166 4608651 4572983 18437065
* GOME 8003 8026 8013 7927 31969
* IASI 12478070 12219493 12446341 12445039 49588943
* OMI 1338 1938 1837 1801 6914
* SEVIRI 56695 54345 56161 57222 224423
* SSMIS 481686 465596 476421 475889 1899592
Total Satellites Selected 22732437 22790146 22924252 22592192 91039027


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



MARCH 2017 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

MARCH 2017 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category Subcategory T00Z T06Z T12Z T18Z Total Number
Satellite Soundings GOES 26232 17585 22777 27596 94190
Ozone OZONE 5046 5161 5161 5163 20531
Satellite Winds SATWND 876903 1311456 1191915 955287 4335561
Scatterometer Winds QUIKSCAT 0 0 0 0 0
DMSP SSMI RADIANCES
* SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps COSMIC 94013 96152 95763 95464 381392
Satellite Surface NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances HIRS3 1B
* HIRS4 1B 0 0 0 0 0
* AMSUA 1B** 448976 441594 450251 454775 1795596
* AMSUB 1B
* MHS 101955 100304 103424 101606 407289
* AIRS 546135 509622 529021 498115 2082893
* AMSR2 0 0 0 0 0
* ATMS 112820 106335 111094 102559 432808
* AVHRR 0 0 0 0 0
* CRIS 267102 253187 262679 254895 1037863
* GOME 0 0 0 0 0
* IASI 1976847 2039559 1955431 2078395 8050232
* OMI 1338 1938 1837 1801 6914
* SEVIRI 6778 6689 6913 6800 27180
* SSMIS 53004 53872 53366 53866 214108
Total Satellites Assimilated 4517149 4943454 4789632 4636322 18886557


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