Critical Data with Normal Counts |
Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean | UTC Time Window |
1bamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A NCEP-proc. br.temps |
48470 |
55224 |
87.8 % |
1511.00-1511.99 |
1bhrs4 |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-4 NCEP-proc. br.temps |
88956 |
93416 |
95.2 % |
1511.00-1511.99 |
1bmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS NCEP-proces. br. temps |
356122 |
334943 |
106.3 % |
1511.00-1511.99 |
acars |
MDCRS ACARS acft data from ARINC(dcded from BUFR) |
18823 |
16661 |
113.0 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
airep |
Manual AIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
1422 |
1345 |
105.7 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
airsev |
AQUA AIRS/AMSU-A/HSB brightness temps- every FOV |
120316 |
76470 |
157.3 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
amdar |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from AMDAR format) |
696 |
628 |
110.8 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
ascat |
METOP 1-2 ASCAT products |
72198 |
52240 |
138.2 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
atms |
NPP Adv. Tech. Microwave Sounder (ATMS) br. temps |
252096 |
208774 |
120.8 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
camdar |
Canadian AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
281 |
304 |
92.4 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
cris |
NPP Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) radiances |
113850 |
61319 |
185.7 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
dbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-18 fmt (moored or drifting) |
100 |
106 |
94.3 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
eadas |
E-AMDAR (European AMDAR acft decoded from BUFR) |
1967 |
2013 |
97.7 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
esamua |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 AMSU-A proc btmps frm RARS |
29917 |
20985 |
142.6 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
eshrs3 |
NOAA 15-19 & METOP 1-2 HIRS-3/4 pr btmps frm RARS |
73580 |
51564 |
142.7 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
geost1 |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) sndgs/radiances |
21643 |
22508 |
96.2 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
gnss |
Grnd-based Gbl Navigation Sat System (GNSS) data |
3811 |
3885 |
98.1 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
gpsro |
GPS radio occultation data |
102 |
101 |
101.0 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
h20ja |
MTSAT/JMA water vapor imager derived cloud motion |
17146 |
17610 |
97.4 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
h20mo |
MODIS (AQUA/TERRA) wvpr imager derived cld motion |
0 |
768 |
0.0 % |
1509.00-1509.99 |
h2ius |
GOES/NESDIS water vapor imager derived cld motion |
4343 |
4127 |
105.2 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
infeu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT ir lg-wave derived cloud motion |
21147 |
21527 |
98.2 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
infja |
MTSAT/JMA infrared long-wave derived cloud motion |
14038 |
14729 |
95.3 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
infus |
GOES/NESDIS infrared lg-wave derived cloud motion |
4271 |
4151 |
102.9 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
lcman |
Land-based CMAN stations decoded from CMAN format |
468 |
470 |
99.6 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
lgycld |
GOES/NASA(Langley) hi-res. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
4030392 |
3860108 |
104.4 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
mbuoy |
Buoys decoded from FM-13 format (moored) |
724 |
719 |
100.7 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
metar |
Aviation - METAR |
8127 |
8251 |
98.5 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
mso470 |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado E-470 (Interstate 470) |
45 |
7 |
642.9 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msoalk |
Mesonet/MADIS Alaska Department of Transportation |
213 |
82 |
259.8 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msoapg |
Mesonet/MADIS U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msoapr |
Mesonet/MADIS Citizen Weather Observers Program |
52979 |
52793 |
100.4 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msoaws |
Mesonet/MADIS AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. |
16609 |
16185 |
102.6 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msoawx |
Mesonet/MADIS "Anything Weather" |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msocol |
Mesonet/MADIS Colorado Dept. of Transportation |
596 |
499 |
119.4 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msodcn |
Mesonet/MADIS DC Net |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msoden |
Mesonet/MADIS Denver Urban Drainage & Flood Cntrl |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msofla |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida (FAWN & USF) |
142 |
134 |
106.0 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msoflt |
Mesonet/MADIS Florida Dept. of Transportation |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msogeo |
Mesonet/MADIS Georgia Dept. of Transportation |
245 |
42 |
583.3 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msohad |
Mesonet/MADIS NWS Hydromet Auto Data System(HADS) |
5296 |
5262 |
100.6 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msoien |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Environmental |
22 |
4 |
550.0 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msoind |
Mesonet/MADIS Indiana Dept. of Transportation |
138 |
27 |
511.1 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msoiow |
Mesonet/MADIS Iowa Department of Transportation |
301 |
307 |
98.0 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msokan |
Mesonet/MADIS Kansas Department of Transportation |
369 |
374 |
98.7 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msokla |
Mesonet/MADIS Oklahoma Mesonet |
321 |
371 |
86.5 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msolju |
Mesonet/MADIS Louisiana State/Jackson State Univ. |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msomca |
Mesonet/MADIS Missouri Commercial Agricult Wx Net |
276 |
280 |
98.6 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msomin |
Mesonet/MADIS Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
831 |
821 |
101.2 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msonos |
Mesonet/MADIS NOS-Phys Oceanographic Realtime Sys |
340 |
367 |
92.6 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msoraw |
Mesonet/MADIS NFIC Remote Automated Wx Stns(RAWS) |
1713 |
1816 |
94.3 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msothr |
Mesonet/MADIS many providers, not separated out |
19053 |
16697 |
114.1 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msovir |
Mesonet/MADIS Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
255 |
40 |
637.5 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msowfy |
Mesonet/MADIS "Weather for You" |
68 |
75 |
90.7 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msowis |
Mesonet/MADIS Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation |
10 |
1 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msowst |
Mesonet/MADIS MesoWest (many subproviders) |
23951 |
22854 |
104.8 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
msowtx |
Mesonet/MADIS West Texas |
3627 |
1327 |
273.3 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
mtiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data (varbl. channels) |
106892 |
94939 |
112.6 % |
1511.00-1511.99 |
nxrdw |
NEXRAD Vel Azm Dsp(VAD) winds via radar coded msg |
304 |
306 |
99.3 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
omi |
Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) data |
28620 |
46550 |
61.5 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
osbuv8 |
NOAA 16-19 Solar Backscatter UV-2 rad frm V8 BUFR |
58 |
52 |
111.5 % |
1511.00-1511.99 |
pibal |
PIBAL (from PILOT, PILOT SHIP, PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
prflrb |
Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) and SODAR winds |
62 |
66 |
93.9 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
radw25 |
NEXRAD radial wind superobs (Level 2.5 - ORPG) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.50-1512.49 |
raobf |
Rawinsonde - fixed land (from TEMP or PILOT) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
rass |
RASS temperatures (NOAA and Multi-Agency) |
28 |
41 |
68.3 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
sevcsr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI Clr Sky Radiance(proc) |
75512 |
75512 |
100.0 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
ships |
Ship - manual and automatic, restricted |
119 |
118 |
100.8 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
shipsu |
Ship - manual and automatic, unrestricted |
78 |
72 |
108.3 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
synop |
Synoptic - fixed manual and automatic |
2578 |
2525 |
102.1 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
synopr |
Synoptic - restricted (WMO Res 40) manual & auto. |
23 |
23 |
100.0 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
tideg |
Tide gauge reports decoded from CREX format |
682 |
770 |
88.6 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
Data Types of Opportunity with Normal Counts |
Type | Description | Hourly Count | Monthly Average | Percent (%) of Monthly Mean | UTC Time Window |
3p9us |
GOES/NESDIS infrared shrt-wave derived cld motion |
14474 |
17147 |
84.4 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
acarsa |
MDCRS ACARS acft data (ARINC via AFWA)(AIREP fmt) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
amdarb |
AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
2229 |
2530 |
88.1 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
amsr2 |
GCOM-W AMSR2 1B brightness temperatures |
2021760 |
2189139 |
92.4 % |
1511.00-1511.99 |
atmsdb |
NPP Adv Tech MW Sndr(ATMS) b. temps-dir bcst SSEC |
8064 |
40128 |
20.1 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
atovs |
POES/NESDIS - processed ATOVS soundings/radiances |
14390 |
13453 |
107.0 % |
1511.00-1511.99 |
avcsam |
A.M.(N17,M2) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btemps |
1723573 |
1738271 |
99.2 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
avcspm |
P.M.(N18-19) AVHRR GAC NCEP-proc clr & sea btemps |
599438 |
933170 |
64.2 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
bathy |
Bathythermal |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1506.00-1506.99 |
coopmd |
Coop/MADIS NEPP & HCN-Modernization NOAA COOP Obs |
146 |
149 |
98.0 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
crisdb |
NPP Crss-trk IR Sndr(CrIS) radiance-dir bcst SSEC |
5400 |
20967 |
25.8 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
cstgd |
Coast Guard |
4 |
4 |
100.0 % |
1512.50-1513.50 |
dropw |
Dropwinsonde (from TEMP DROP) |
0 |
1 |
0.0 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
efclam |
GOES imager effective cloud amount data (U.Wisc.) |
9999999 |
9999999 |
100.0 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
esatms |
NPP Adv. Tech. MW Sndr (ATMS) br. temps from RARS |
61514 |
58010 |
106.0 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
escris |
NPP Crss-track IR Sndr (CrIS) radiances from RARS |
5859 |
25735 |
22.8 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
esiasi |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiance data vbl chn from RARS |
62547 |
43380 |
144.2 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
esmhs |
NOAA 18-19 & METOP 1-2 MHS proc. btemps from RARS |
179873 |
139628 |
128.8 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
geoimr |
GOES/NESDIS (11x17 f-o-v) imager clear radiances |
28858 |
28263 |
102.1 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
geosth |
GOES/NESDIS hi-resol. (1x1 f-o-v) cloud data |
103048 |
102884 |
100.2 % |
1512.00-1512.99 |
gome |
METOP 1-2 Global Ozone Monitoring Exp.-2 (GOME-2) |
10776 |
12406 |
86.9 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
h20eu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT wvpr imager derived cld motion |
39103 |
38070 |
102.7 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
iasidb |
METOP 1-2 IASI 1C radiances-direct broadcast SSEC |
21480 |
13860 |
155.0 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
infav |
AVHRR (NOAA/METOP) ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
8354 |
5993 |
139.4 % |
1509.00-1509.99 |
infin |
INSAT/KALPANA India ir lg-wave derived cld motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1511.49 |
infvr |
VIIRS (NPP) infrared lg-wave derived cloud motion |
12061 |
6608 |
182.5 % |
1509.00-1509.99 |
kamdar |
Korean AMDAR aircraft data (decoded from BUFR) |
97 |
69 |
140.6 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
ltnglr |
LLDN Long-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
250960 |
191988 |
130.7 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
ltngsr |
NLDN Shrt-rng lightning from Vaisala via NOAAPORT |
3510 |
3154 |
111.3 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
mls |
Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1511.00-1511.99 |
pirep |
Manual PIREP aircraft data (dcded from AIREP fmt) |
57 |
55 |
103.6 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
prflrj |
Japanese Meteorological Agency profiler winds |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
prflrp |
Profilr winds from PIBAL (PILOT,PILOT SHIP/MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
raobm |
Rawinsonde - mobile land (from TEMP/PILOT MOBIL) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
raobs |
Rawinsonde - ship (from TEMP SHIP, PILOT SHIP) |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
recco |
Flight level reconnaissance aircraft data |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.50-1513.49 |
sevasr |
METEOSAT-10 2nd Gen SEVIRI All Sky Radiance(proc) |
75512 |
75337 |
100.2 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
ssmisu |
DMSP SSM/IS 1C radiance data (Unified Pre-Proc.) |
180660 |
121198 |
149.1 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
synopm |
Synoptic - mobile manual and automatic |
59 |
53 |
111.3 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
tesac |
TESAC |
187 |
176 |
106.2 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
tmdara |
TAMDAR aircft data-all types(from Panasonic,BUFR) |
1324 |
1557 |
85.0 % |
1512.50-1513.49 |
trkob |
TRACKOB |
60 |
46 |
130.4 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
viseu |
METEOSAT/EUMETSAT visible derived cloud motion |
43896 |
44668 |
98.3 % |
1511.50-1512.49 |
visin |
INSAT/KALPANA India visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1510.50-1511.49 |
visja |
MTSAT/JMA visible derived cloud motion |
821 |
964 |
85.2 % |
1510.50-1511.49 |
visus |
GOES/NESDIS visible derived cloud motion |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
1512.00-1512.99 |