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Name 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology
Description Applications of meteorology to agriculture (agrometeorology).
Organization World Meteorological Organization
Focal
Point 		Robert Stefanski
Earth System Application Category 2. Atmospheric Applications
Variables measured in this Application Area
Subdomain Variables
Basic atmospheric
Clouds and precipitations
Aerosols and radiation
Ocean
Land surface
Atmospheric chemistry

Requirements defined for 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology  (14)

This tables shows all related requirements. For more operations/filtering, please consult the full list of Requirements
Note: In reading the values, goal is marked blue, breakthrough green, threshold orange
Application-dependent Technical Priority (ATP) Magenta and Relative priority of the attributes Red

Id Variable Layer App Area ATP Uncertainty Layer/s Quality Coverage Quality Stability / decade Hor Res Ver Res Obs Cyc Timeliness Coverage Conf Level Val Date Source General Comment Application Area Comment Horizontal Coverage Comment Observation Comment Performance Comment
31 Accumulated precipitation Near Surface 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology 2 mm
5 mm
10 mm 		0.25 km
20 km
50 km 		24 h
36 h
3 d 		24 h
30 h
2 d 		Global reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS Evaluation of soil moisture and avail to plants
36 Fire fractional cover Land surface 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology 5 %
8 %
20 % 		0.01 km
0.1 km
10 km 		6 h
10 h
24 h 		60 min
109 min
6 h 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS Saturation lvl not reached before fire detected
37 Fire temperature Land surface 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology 50 K
80 K
200 K 		0.01 km
0.1 km
10 km 		6 h
10 h
24 h 		60 min
109 min
6 h 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS Saturation lvl not reached before fire detected
38 Fraction of Absorbed PAR (FAPAR) Land surface 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology 5 %
8 %
20 % 		5 km
13.6 km
100 km 		60 min
6 h
7 d 		24 h
2 d
5 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS Photosynthesis estimation; crop procductivity eval
39 Land cover Land surface 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology 0.1 Classes-1
0.13 Classes-1
0.25 Classes-1 		100 m
215 m
1000 m 		1 y
1 y
2 y 		10 d
15 d
30 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS Land utilization map composition
40 Land surface temperature Land surface 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology 0.3 K
0.6 K
2 K 		0.1 km
0.5 km
10 km 		60 min
3 h
3 d 		3 h
6 h
24 h 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS Detection of areas affected by frost; drought eval
41 Leaf Area Index (LAI) Land surface 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology 5 %
7 %
10 % 		0.01 km
0.1 km
10 km 		5 d
6 d
7 d 		24 h
41 h
5 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS Evapotranspiration estimation; crop productivity
42 Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Land surface 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology 5 %
7 %
10 % 		0.03 km
2.2 km
10 km 		24 h
46 h
7 d 		24 h
41 h
5 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS Event detection; crop state estimation
47 Snow cover Land surface 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology 2 %
4 %
10 % 		1 km
2.2 km
10 km 		5 d
6 d
7 d 		24 h
44 h
6 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS Evaluation of crop wintering
48 Snow water equivalent Land surface 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology 5 mm
23.2 mm
500 mm 		30 km
2.2 km
10 km 		7 d
11 d
30 d 		24 h
46 h
7 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS Evaluation of soil water storage in spring
49 Soil moisture at surface Land surface 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology 0.01 m3 /m3
0.017 m3 /m3
0.05 m3 /m3 		0.1 km
0.215 km
1 km 		24 h
46 h
7 d 		24 h
41 h
5 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS Crop state and productivity estimation
50 Soil type Land surface 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology 0.0666 Classes -1
0.1 Classes -1
0.2 Classes -1 		0.1 km
1 km
10 km 		356 d
1 y
2 y 		10 d
15 d
30 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS Crop state estimation, soil moisture evaluation
51 Vegetation type Land surface 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology 0.033 Classes-1
0.06 Classes-1
0.2 Classes-1 		50 m
100 m
500 m 		30 d
40 d
60 d 		24 h
2 d
7 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS Land utilization map composition; crop eval
45 Precipitation intensity at surface (liquid or solid) Near Surface 2.9 Agricultural Meteorology 0.25 km
1 km
10 km 		8 min
30 min
2 h 		Global tentative 2003-01-01 WMO TD No. 1052, SAT-26 Unknown