BackForwardApplication: Agricultural Meteorology

Details
Name Agricultural Meteorology
Description Applications of meteorology to agriculture (agrometeorology).
Corresponding Institution World Meteorological Organization
Contact
Person 		Robert Stefanski
Variables measured in this Application Area
Subdomain Variables
Basic atmospheric
Clouds and precipitations
Aerosols and radiation
Ocean
Land surface
Atmospheric chemistry

Requirements defined for 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 and threshold orange

Id Variable Layer App Area Uncertainty Stability / decade Hor Res Ver Res Obs Cyc Timeliness Coverage Conf Level Val Date Source
31 Accumulated precipitation (over 24 h) Near Surface 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
36 Fire fractional cover Land surface 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
37 Fire temperature Land surface 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
38 Fraction of Absorbed PAR (FAPAR) Land surface 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
39 Land cover Land surface 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
40 Land surface temperature Land surface 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
41 Leaf Area Index (LAI) Land surface 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
42 Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Land surface 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
47 Snow cover Land surface 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
48 Snow water equivalent Land surface 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
49 Soil moisture at surface Land surface 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
50 Soil type Land surface 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
51 Vegetation type Land surface 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
45 Precipitation intensity at surface (liquid or solid) Near Surface 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