DECEMBER 2018 GDAS DATA DUMPS (RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number	Total Input	% Input
Land Sfc	Synoptic	23841	24450	25075	24255	97621	97621	*
*	METAR	48051	49699	50913	49675	198338	198338	*
*	sub-total	71892	74149	75988	73930	295959	295959	****
Marine Sfc	Ship	1622	1625	1557	1563	6367	6367	*
*	Drifting Buoy	1885	1843	1873	1871	7472	7472	*
*	Moored Buoy	3714	3730	3721	3691	14856	14856	*
*	CMAN	4831	4818	4807	4843	19299	19299	*
*	Tide Gauge	5695	5664	5783	5706	22848	22848	*
*	MSLP Bogus**	0	0	0	0	0	*	*
*	sub-total	17747	17680	17741	17674	70842	70842	****
Land Soundings	Fixed Land RAOB	674	35	655	34	1398	1398	*
*	Mobile Land RAOB	0	0	0	1	1	1	*
*	Ship RAOB	2	0	4	1	7	7	*
*	Dropsonde	0	0	0	0	0	0	*
*	Pibal	69	84	74	53	280	280	*
*	Profiler	4	2	4	2	12	12	*
*	NEXRAD Wind	1618	1616	1577	1643	6454	6454	*
*	sub-total	2367	1737	2314	1734	8152	8152	****
Aircraft	AIREP	3520	6947	6216	5588	22271	22271	*
*	PIREP	574	127	407	790	1898	1898	*
*	AMDAR	5436	7434	6524	2617	22011	22011	*
*	ACARS	188747	93964	98763	187995	569469	569469	*
*	RECCO	1	0	0	1	2	2	*
*	sub-total	198278	108472	111910	196991	615651	615651	****
Total	non-satellite	290284	202038	207953	290329	990604	990604	****

**    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.

DECEMBER 2018 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE RECEIVED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	2901425	2726350	2721487	3394538	11743800
Ozone	OZONE	7112	6957	7045	6981	28095
Satellite Winds	SATWND	1520522	1526251	1724139	1978468	6749380
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	101920	104133	104670	98876	409599
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	8031075	8032557	8081191	8036930	32181753
*	AMSUA 1B**	14371671	13709895	14515876	14323308	56920750
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	8605416	8598698	8669691	8628483	34502288
*	AIRS	160437748	159421253	161146955	157483069	638489025
*	ATMS	1229209	1229180	1229181	1227824	4915394
*	AVHRR	8985474	8006588	7930302	8237632	33159996
*	CRIS	34899076	34495622	35502261	36684253	141581212
*	CRIS-FSR	34899076	34495622	35502261	36684253	280289803
*	GOME	104152	104746	103983	104704	417585
*	IASI	487646107	437215777	483021298	460922179	1868805361
*	OMI	242185	327569	348674	347355	1265783
*	SAPHIR	574781	899056	794154	1011829	3279820
*	SEVIRI	1329430	1375363	1375549	1339731	5420073
*	SSMIS	30611067	29313399	29585105	30402725	119912296
Total	Satellites Received	796507702	741243178	791646195	769093726	3098490801

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

DECEMBER 2018 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE SELECTED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	34897	33424	34085	36057	138463
Ozone	OZONE	6437	6253	6411	6327	25428
Satellite Winds	SATWND	1520522	1526251	1724139	1978468	6749380
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	99586	101672	102095	96624	399977
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	524387	524303	524609	524428	2097727
*	AMSUA 1B**	716512	672951	715581	718203	2823247
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	141266	141198	141530	141591	565585
*	AIRS	2233413	2228792	2250459	2206011	8918675
*	ATMS	463287	462997	462846	462133	1851263
*	AVHRR	43012	38325	41348	42563	165248
*	CRIS	4791547	4785296	4783011	4782458	19142312
*	CRIS-FSR	4791547	4785296	4783011	4782458	39766366
*	GOME	7532	7639	7599	7532	30302
*	IASI	12471020	12267194	12419868	12425142	49583224
*	OMI	2291	3109	3243	3312	11955
*	SAPHIR	4737	6450	5479	9243	25909
*	SEVIRI	28106	28062	28383	28828	113379
*	SSMIS	485981	467797	478771	481612	1914161
Total	Satellites Selected	28763911	28390988	28897821	29127569	115180289

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

DECEMBER 2018 GDAS SATELLITE DATA DUMPS (DAILY AVERAGE ASSIMILATED)

Category	Subcategory	T00Z	T06Z	T12Z	T18Z	Total Number
Satellite Soundings	GOES	14919	13018	10707	14541	53185
Ozone	OZONE	4676	4548	4653	4581	18458
Satellite Winds	SATWND	1520522	1526251	1724139	1978468	6749380
Scatterometer Winds	QUIKSCAT	0	0	0	0	0
DMSP	SSMI RADIANCES
*	SSMI RAINFALL RATES
Cosmic/gps	COSMIC	71621	73496	73803	69696	288616
Satellite Surface	NASA TRMM DATA
Satellite Radiances	HIRS3 1B
*	HIRS4 1B	0	0	0	0	0
*	AMSUA 1B**	440182	413395	442342	448426	1744345
*	AMSUB 1B
*	MHS	71200	71933	72307	72197	287637
*	AIRS	538928	525938	549443	527557	2141866
*	ATMS	302895	292708	305114	286572	1187289
*	AVHRR	15950	15501	14578	15964	61993
*	CRIS	269577	270367	274922	271735	1086601
*	CRIS-FSR	269577	270367	274922	271735	2229197
*	GOME	0	0	0	0	0
*	IASI	2022993	2012636	1976597	2022507	8034733
*	OMI	2291	3109	3242	3312	11954
*	SAPHIR	0	0	0	0	0
*	SEVIRI	0	0	0	0	0
*	SSMIS	44313	43499	43235	44556	175603
Total	Satellites Assimilated	5604726	5548599	5784569	6046362	22984256

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