PACS GTS Observations from 1 November 2001 to 30 April 2003

Land-Based Observations, Buoy Observations, Ship Observations, Upper Air Observations

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PACS GTS Land-Based Surface Observations
from 1 November 2001 to 30 April 2003
Temporal Resolution Number of Expected Observations Number of Observations Used in Plotting Number of Unique Identifiers in PACS Area Map of Reported Observation Locations
All N/A N/A 1225
Hourly 13104 Over 10000 203
3-Hourly 4368 3000-9999 350
6/12-Hourly 2184/1092 1000-2999 428
Daily 546 300-999 72
Infrequent N/A 1-299 172

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PACS GTS Buoy Observations
from 1 November 2001 to 30 April 2003
Temporal Resolution Number of Expected Observations Number of Observations Used in Plotting Number of Unique Identifiers in PACS Area Map of Reported Observation Locations
All N/A N/A 779
Hourly 13104 Over 10000 32 fixed; 10 mobile Fixed Mobile
3-Hourly 4368 3000-9999 12 fixed; 139 mobile Fixed Mobile
6/12-Hourly 2184/1092 1000-2999 40 fixed; 184 mobile Fixed Mobile
Daily 546 300-999 144
Infrequent N/A 1-299 218

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PACS GTS Ship Observations
from 1 November 2001 to 30 April 2003
Temporal Resolution Number of Expected Observations Number of Observations Used in Plotting Number of Unique Identifiers in PACS Area Map of Reported Observation Locations
All N/A N/A 2132
Hourly 13104 Over 10000 17
3-Hourly 4368 3000-9999 5
6/12-Hourly 2184/1092 1000-2999 14
Daily 546 300-999 101
Infrequent N/A 1-299 1995

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PACS GTS Upper Air Observations
from 1 November 2001 to 30 April 2003
Temporal Resolution Number of Expected Observations Number of Observations Used in Plotting Number of Unique Identifiers in PACS Area Map of Reported Observation Locations
All N/A N/A 598
12-Hourly 1092 Over 900 19 fixed
Daily 546 400-899 49 fixed; 1 mobile Fixed Mobile
Every Other Day to Weekly 78 50-399 36 fixed; 14 mobile Fixed Mobile
Infrequent N/A 1-49 479