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LEGEND OF FIGURESFigure 1: Diagram illustrating CFSR data dump volumes, 1978-2009, in Gb/month.Figure 2: Performance of 500mb RADIOSONDE temperature observations. The toppanel shows monthly RMS and mean fits of quality controlled observations tothe first guess (blue) and the analysis (green). The fits of all observations,including those rejected by the QC, are shown in red. The bottom panel showsthe 00z data counts of all observations (in red) and those which passed QC andwere assimilated in green.Figure 3: Same as Figure 2, but for 500mb RADIOSONDE wind data.Figure 4: Same as Figure 2, but for AIRCRAFT wind data.Figure 5: Same as Figure 2, but for ACARS wind data.Figure 6: Same as Figure 2, but for SYNOP surface pressure data.Figure 7: Same as Figure 2, but for METAR surface pressure data.Figure 8: Same as Figure 2, but for MARINE temperature data.Figure 9: Same as Figure 2, but for MARINE wind data.Figure 10: Same as Figure 2, but for PAOB surface pressure data.Figure 11: Same as Figure 2, but for METEOSAT satellite wind data.Figure 12: Same as Figure 2, but for GMS satellite wind data.Figure 13: Same as Figure 2, but for GOES satellite wind data.Figure 14: Same as Figure 2, but for ERS ocean surface wind data.Figure 15: Radiance instruments included in CFSR and the time period each wereassimilated.Figure 16: Performance of HIRS/2 channel 12, which peaks at ~ 500 hPa. The top panelhas the uncorrected rms (o-g) in red, bias corrected (o-g) rms and mean inblue, and bias corrected (o-a) rms and mean in green, where o is obs, a isanalysis and g is guess. Bottom panel as total 0Z counts in red and acceptedcounts in green.Figure 17: Same as Figure 2, but for MSU channel 3, which peaks at ~ 300 hPa.Figure 18: Same as Figure 2, but for SSU channel 1, which peaks at ~ 15 hPa.Figure 19: Global average Tb first guess for MSU channels 1-4, with satellites denoted.Figure 20: Same as Figure 2, but for HIRS/3 channel 5, which peaks at ~ 500 hPa.- 84 -