NOAA Unified Forecast System (UFS) Scout Run

UFS GFSv17 GSI

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Ocean CTD,MBT,XBT
Weakly Coupled fit2obs

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GSI Radiance Observations minus Background (O-B)

Acronym Full name Purpose Utilization Period External info
ABI Advanced Baseline Imager Multi-purpose VIS/IR imagery and wind derivation by tracking clouds and water vapour features 2017 to 2040 info
AHI Advanced Himawari Imager Multi-purpose imagery for weather watch, NWP utilization and environment monitoring; and wind derivation by tracking clouds and water vapour features 2015 to 2030 info
AIRS Atmospheric Infra-Red Sounder Temperature/humidity sounding, ozone profile and total-column green-house gases 2002 to 2026 info
AMSR2 Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - 2 Multi-purpose MW imager 2012 to 2025 info
AMSR-E Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS Multi-purpose MW imager 2002 to 2016 info
AMSU-A Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit - A Temperature sounding in nearly-all-weather conditions 1998 to 2027 info
AMSU-B Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit - B Humidity sounding in nearly-all-weather conditions.  Also precipitation 1998 to 2011 info
ATMS Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder Temperature and humidity sounding in nearly-all-weather conditions.  Also precipitation 2012 to 2041 info
AVHRR/2 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer / 2 Multi-purpose imagery 1981 to 2007 info
AVHRR/3 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer / 3 Multi-purpose imagery 1998 to 2027 info
CRIS Cross-track Infrared Sounder Temperature/humidity sounding, coarse ozone profile and total-column green-house gases 2012 to 2041 info
CRIS FSR Cross-track Infrared Sounder Temperature/humidity sounding, coarse ozone profile and total-column green-house gases
GMI GPM Microwave Imager Microwave conical scanning radiometer 2014 to 2030 info
HIRS/2 High-resolution Infra Red Sounder / 2 Temperature/humidity sounding 1979 to 2007 info
HIRS/3 High-resolution Infra Red Sounder / 3 Temperature/humidity sounding 1998 to 2022 info
HIRS/4 High-resolution Infra Red Sounder / 4 Temperature/humidity sounding 2005 to 2023 info
IASI Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer Temperature/humidity sounding, ozone profile, and total-column reactive trace gases and greenhouse gases 2007 to 2027 info
MHS Microwave Humidity Sounding Humidity sounding in almost all-weather conditions.  Also precipitation rate 2005 to 2027 info
MSU Microwave Sounding Unit Nearly-all-weather atmospheric temperature profile 1979 to 2027 info
SAPHIR Sondeur Atmospherique du Profil d’Humidite Intertropicale par Radiometrie Humidity sounding in nearly-all-weather conditions.  Also precipitation 2012 to 2022 info
SEVIRI Spinning Enhanced Visible Infra-Red Imager Multi-purpose imagery and wind derivation by tracking clouds and water vapour features 2004 to 2033 info
SNDR D1 GOES Sounder D1 Atmospheric temperature/humidity sounding 1994 to 2027 info
SNDR D2 GOES Sounder D2 Atmospheric temperature/humidity sounding 1994 to 2027 info
SNDR D3 GOES Sounder D3 Atmospheric temperature/humidity sounding 1994 to 2027 info
SNDR D4 GOES Sounder D4 Atmospheric temperature/humidity sounding 1994 to 2027 info
SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave - Imager Multi-purpose imager 1987 to 2020 info
SSMIS Special Sensor Microwave - Imager/Sounder Multi-purpose imagery with temperature/humidity sounding channels for improved precipitation 2004 to 2025 info
SSU Stratospheric Sounding Unit Stratospheric temperature sounding 1979 to 2007 info
TMI TRMM Microwave Imager Multi-purpose imagery, with emphasis on precipitation 1998 to 2015 info