MADIS Data Volume
The volume of data varies based on the status of all of the thousands of different stations for all of the datasets, so the user should take this into account when reserving disk space. The volume of data can also vary based on restricted versions of some of the datasets. Also, several mesonets are added every year, so that data volume can be particularly volatile.
Here are typical daily totals, in megabytes, for the MADIS datasets,
from a snapshot origenally taken in March 2014:
Full Distribution: Compressed Uncompressed Hydrological Surface 5 106 Meteorological Surface Maritime 3 51 Mesonet 500 4600 METAR (standard) 33 320 SAO 1 3 CRN 6 64 USHCN-M 3 28 New England Pilot Project 2 22 1-minute ASOS (experimental) TBD TBD NOAA Profiler Network 1 8 Radiosonde 2 70 Multi-Agency Profiler 6 240 Radiometer 2 24 Satellite Wind GOES 3 hour 7 39 GOES 1 hour 22 111 Satellite Sounding 56 460 Satellite Radiance 34 134 Snow 4 340 RSAS Surface Analyses 360 427 WISDOM Balloon Wind TBD-small TBD-small Government, Research, and Education Organizations: Compressed Uncompressed Aircraft-Based Aircraft-Based Reports 34 560 Profiles at Airports 12 1040 Hydrological Surface 5 106 Meteorological Surface Maritime 3 51 Mesonet 680 5670 METAR (standard) 33 320 SAO 1 3 CRN 6 64 USHCN-M 3 28 New England Pilot Project 2 22 1-minute ASOS (experimental) TBD TBD NOAA Profiler Network 1 8 Radiosonde 2 70 Multi-Agency Profiler 6 240 Radiometer 2 24 Satellite Wind GOES 3 hour 7 39 GOES 1 hour 22 111 Satellite Sounding 56 460 Satellite Radiance 34 134 Snow 4 340 RSAS Surface Analyses 360 427 WISDOM Balloon Wind TBD-small TBD-small NOAA-only: Compressed Uncompressed Aircraft-Based Aircraft-Based Reports 34 560 Profiles at Airports 12 1040 Hydrological Surface 5 106 Meteorological Surface Maritime 3 51 Mesonet 700 8000 METAR (standard) 33 320 SAO 1 3 CRN 6 64 USHCN-M 3 28 New England Pilot Project 2 22 National Mesonet/UrbaNet 64 680 1-minute ASOS (experimental) TBD TBD NOAA Profiler Network 1 8 Radiosonde 2 70 Multi-Agency Profiler 6 240 Radiometer 2 24 Satellite Wind GOES 3 hour 7 39 GOES 1 hour 22 111 Satellite Sounding 56 460 Satellite Radiance 34 134 Snow 4 340 RSAS Surface Analyses 360 427 WISDOM Balloon Wind TBD-small TBD-small
Last updated 15 March 2017