OCTOBER 2018 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number	Total Input	% Input
Land Sfc	Synoptic	23730	24336	24974	24235	97275	97275	*
*	METAR	46965	48723	50368	48852	194908	194908	*
*	sub-total	70695	73059	75342	73087	292183	292183	****
Marine Sfc	Ship	1714	1698	1668	1680	6760	6760	*
*	Drifting Buoy	2189	2121	2151	2158	8619	8619	*
*	Moored Buoy	4566	4566	4546	4564	18242	18242	*
*	CMAN	4353	4350	4368	4386	17457	17457	*
*	Tide Gauge	5684	5664	5664	5667	22679	22679	*
*	MSLP Bogus**	0	0	0	0	0	*	*
*	sub-total	18506	18399	18397	18455	73757	73757	****
Land Soundings	Fixed Land RAOB	685	34	666	36	1421	1421	*
*	Mobile Land RAOB	0	0	0	0	0	0	*
*	Ship RAOB	3	0	4	1	8	8	*
*	Dropsonde	3	1	4	2	10	10	*
*	Pibal	87	100	89	68	344	344	*
*	Profiler	4	2	4	2	12	12	*
*	NEXRAD Wind	1821	1842	1785	1779	7227	7227	*
*	sub-total	2603	1979	2552	1888	9022	9022	****
Aircraft	AIREP	5653	8321	7434	5087	26495	26495	*
*	PIREP	364	59	434	618	1475	1475	*
*	AMDAR	6062	8197	6974	2873	24106	24106	*
*	ACARS	189026	73017	122064	189359	573466	573466	*
*	RECCO	2	1	2	2	7	7	*
*	sub-total	201107	89595	136908	197939	625549	625549	****
Total	non-satellite	292911	183032	233199	291369	1000511	1000511	****

**    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.

OCTOBER 2018 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	4617113	3608972	3965864	4599145	16791094
Ozone	OZONE	6973	6814	7032	6812	27631
Satellite Winds	SATWND	1478873	1580908	1847077	1922779	6829637
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	108079	112405	111871	109666	442021
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	8031876	7988843	7925396	7944154	31890269
*	AMSUA 1B**	13550338	13206231	13769521	13605480	54131570
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	10511006	10023776	10364961	10361161	41260904
*	AIRS	146358533	150304480	149364780	147036740	593064533
*	ATMS	1229056	1221258	1222306	1228348	4900968
*	AVHRR	8801612	7835725	8548213	8189964	33375514
*	CRIS	34702896	34088423	34994115	36308086	140093520
*	CRIS-FSR	34702896	34088423	34994115	36308086	279221974
*	GOME	101557	100970	103390	100961	406878
*	IASI	427569017	375420683	403636186	386724005	1593349891
*	OMI	222912	301401	308208	310297	1142818
*	SAPHIR	6901754	7768350	8292697	6252571	29215372
*	SEVIRI	1363825	1393619	1397374	1355193	5510011
*	SSMIS	30107194	29780979	29663821	29543501	119095495
Total	Satellites Received	730573614	679212714	710433798	690436454	2810656580

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

OCTOBER 2018 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	62998	54449	58106	63137	238690
Ozone	OZONE	6780	6557	6806	6604	26747
Satellite Winds	SATWND	1478873	1580908	1847077	1922779	6829637
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	105805	109835	109342	107312	432294
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	524334	521671	514437	515923	2076365
*	AMSUA 1B**	706692	670378	705073	706972	2789115
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	173224	165549	169292	170473	678538
*	AIRS	2036611	2094578	2079312	2065843	8276344
*	ATMS	462843	459752	459508	461439	1843542
*	AVHRR	43953	39641	43653	43374	170621
*	CRIS	4787586	4767314	4751432	4769010	19075342
*	CRIS-FSR	4787586	4767314	4751432	4769010	39764681
*	GOME	7798	7756	7980	7654	31188
*	IASI	12453044	12189442	12264645	12479218	49386349
*	OMI	1956	2644	2687	2764	10051
*	SAPHIR	46049	48711	51646	44718	191124
*	SEVIRI	28224	27920	28121	27335	111600
*	SSMIS	478036	475230	477886	472548	1903700
Total	Satellites Selected	28593086	28357563	28762590	29047347	114760586

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

OCTOBER 2018 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	28753	22119	22615	28044	101531
Ozone	OZONE	4929	4769	4940	4792	19430
Satellite Winds	SATWND	1478873	1580908	1847077	1922779	6829637
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	76463	80300	79901	78076	314740
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	0	0	0	0	0
*	AMSUA 1B**	435899	415021	439061	443538	1733519
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	93315	90432	91450	91712	366909
*	AIRS	502485	489535	506919	489708	1988647
*	ATMS	310490	291797	307937	287905	1198129
*	AVHRR	16333	15973	16544	16405	65255
*	CRIS	277248	263815	278047	263395	1082505
*	CRIS-FSR	277248	263815	278047	263395	2234027
*	GOME	0	0	0	0	0
*	IASI	2014258	2001466	1978605	2063305	8057634
*	OMI	1956	2644	2687	2764	10051
*	SAPHIR	0	0	0	0	0
*	SEVIRI	0	0	0	0	0
*	SSMIS	44932	46657	44592	45843	182024
Total	Satellites Assimilated	5578128	5587321	5917034	6019050	23101533

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