BackForwardApplication: Climate-AOPC (deprecated)

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Name Climate-AOPC (deprecated)
Description Climate Monitoring - Atmospheric Domain
Organization Global Climate Observing System
Focal
Point
GCOS Secretariat
Earth System Application Category
Historic This application area is not longer current

Requirements defined for Climate-AOPC (deprecated)  (60)

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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
54 Accumulated precipitation (over 24 h) Near Surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 1 mm
1.3 mm
2 mm
100 km
200 km
500 km
12 h
16 h
24 h
24 h
3 d
12 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
70 Air temperature (near surface) Near Surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.1 K
0.15 K
0.3 K
25 km
50 km
100 km
3 h
6 h
12 h
24 h
36 h
2 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Temperature - air
71 Atmospheric temperature MUS
M
Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.5 K
1 K
3 K
100 km
200 km
500 km
2 km
2.5 km
3 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Signal size in B.D. Santer et al., 1999 JGR, 104, 6305-6333, supports this need.
72 Atmospheric temperature FT Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.5 K
1 K
2 K
100 km
200 km
500 km
0.1 km
0.2 km
0.5 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Signal size in B.D. Santer et al., 1999 JGR, 104, 6305-6333, supports this need.
73 Atmospheric temperature UTLS Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.5 K
1 K
2 K
100 km
200 km
500 km
2 km
2.5 km
3 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Signal size in B.D. Santer et al., 1999 JGR, 104, 6305-6333, supports this need.
74 Atmospheric temperature PBL Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.5 K
1 K
2 K
100 km
200 km
500 km
0.1 km
0.2 km
0.5 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Signal size in B.D. Santer et al., 1999 JGR, 104, 6305-6333, supports this need.
75 CH4 MUS
M
Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 2 ppb
4 ppb
10 ppb
50 km
100 km
250 km
2 m
2.5 m
4 m
3 h
4 h
6 h
30 d
60 d
180 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC 20 ppb Acc goal and 120 ppb Acc Min
76 CH4 FT Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 2 ppb
4 ppb
10 ppb
50 km
100 km
250 km
2 m
2.5 m
4 m
3 h
4 h
6 h
30 d
60 d
180 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC 20 ppb Acc goal and 120 ppb Acc Min
77 CH4 UTLS Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 2 ppb
4 ppb
10 ppb
50 km
100 km
250 km
2 m
2.5 m
4 m
3 h
4 h
6 h
30 d
60 d
180 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC 20 ppb Acc goal and 120 ppb Acc Min
78 CH4 PBL Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 2 ppb
4 ppb
10 ppb
10 km
20 km
50 km
2 m
2.5 m
3 m
3 h
4 h
6 h
30 d
60 d
180 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC 20 ppb Acc goal and 120 ppb Acc Min
81 Cloud cover TC Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 10 %
15 %
20 %
99 km
100 km
500 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Accuracies should apply to low and high clouds separately. See Hansen et L. (1995) in T.R. Karl (Ed.) 1995 Long term climate monitoring by the Global Climate Observing System. Kluwer. Also, Climatic Change 31, Nos. 2-4.
82 Cloud ice Total Column TC Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 10 g.m-2
15 g.m-2
20 g.m-2
100 km
200 km
500 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
84 Cloud liquid water (CLW) total column TC Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 5 g.m-2
10 g.m-2
20 g.m-2
100 km
200 km
500 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
85 Cloud top height n/a (2D) Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.5 km
1 km
2 km
100 km
200 km
500 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Accuracy should be 5hPa (10hPa - Min). Hansen et al. (1995) in T.R. Karl (Ed.) 1995 Long term climate monitoring by the Global Climate Observing System. Kluwer. Also, Climatic Change 31, Nos. 2-4.
86 Cloud top temperature Cloud-top Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.3 K
0.4 K
0.6 K
100 km
200 km
500 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Hansen et al. (1995) in T.R. Karl (Ed.) 1995 Long term climate monitoring by the Global Climate Observing System. Kluwer. Also, Climatic Change 31, Nos. 2-4.
90 CO2 PBL Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 1 ppm
1.3 ppm
2 ppm
10 km
50 km
500 km
0.5 m
1 m
2 m
3 h
6 h
12 h
7 d
14 d
60 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC 3 ppm Acc goal and 6 ppm Acc Min
93 Downward short-wave irradiance at Earth surface Near Surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 5 W.m-2
6.5 W.m-2
10 W.m-2
25 km
50 km
100 km
24 h
2 d
5 d
24 h
3 d
30 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
95 Downward long-wave irradiance at Earth surface Near Surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 5 W.m-2
6.5 W.m-2
10 W.m-2
25 km
50 km
100 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
24 h
2 d
5 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
97 Land surface temperature Land surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 1 K
1.3 K
2 K
1 km
10 km
500 km
24 h
2 d
3 d
3 h
4 h
6 h
Global land firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Signal size supports this need. See P.D. Jones et al. 1999. Surface air temperature and its changes over the past 150 years. Rev. Geophys., in press.
98 O3 MUS
M
Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 5 Dimentionless (mol/mol)
8 Dimentionless (mol/mol)
20 Dimentionless (mol/mol)
50 km
100 km
500 km
0.5 km
1 km
3 km
3 h
9 h
2 d
30 d
60 d
180 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
99 O3 FT Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 10 Dimentionless (mol/mol)
15 Dimentionless (mol/mol)
30 Dimentionless (mol/mol)
5 km
20 km
100 km
0.5 km
1 km
2 km
3 h
9 h
3 d
30 d
60 d
180 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
100 O3 UTLS Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 5 Dimentionless (mol/mol)
8 Dimentionless (mol/mol)
20 Dimentionless (mol/mol)
50 km
75 km
100 km
0.5 km
1 km
3 km
3 h
9 h
3 d
30 d
60 d
180 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
101 O3 PBL Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 10 Dimentionless (mol/mol)
13 Dimentionless (mol/mol)
20 Dimentionless (mol/mol)
5 km
10 km
50 km
0.5 km
1 km
2 km
3 h
9 h
3 d
30 d
60 d
180 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
102 O3 Total Column TC Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 5 %
8 %
15 %
5 km
10 km
50 km
3 h
9 h
3 d
30 d
60 d
180 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
103 O3 Total Column TrC Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 5 %
8 %
15 %
5 km
10 km
50 km
3 h
9 h
3 d
30 d
60 d
180 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
104 Precipitation intensity at surface (liquid or solid) Near Surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.1 mm/h
0.3 mm/h
2 mm/h
100 km
200 km
500 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
105 Precipitation intensity at surface (solid) Near Surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.1 mm/h
0.3 mm/h
2 mm/h
100 km
200 km
500 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
106 Sea surface temperature Sea surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.25 K
0.4 K
1 K
10 km
50 km
500 km
3 h
6 h
24 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global ocean firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Bulk. Signal size supports this need. See P.D. Jones et al. 1999. Surface air temperature and its changes over the past 150 years. Rev. Geophys., in press.
107 Significant wave height Sea surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.1 m
0.3 m
2 m
25 km
50 km
250 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global ocean firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
108 Snow cover Land surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 10 %
13 %
20 %
100 km
200 km
500 km
24 h
2 d
7 d
6 h
12 h
24 h
Global land firm 2007-07-19 AOPC For model assimilation. Decadal changes may be of order 5% (N. Nicholls et al. 1996 Observed Climate Variability and Change. Chapter 2 of Climate Change 1995 (IPCC Second Assessment).)
109 Snow water equivalent Land surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 5 mm
6.5 mm
10 mm
100 km
200 km
500 km
24 h
2 d
7 d
6 h
12 h
24 h
Global land firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
110 Specific humidity MUS
M
Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 2 %
5 %
20 %
50 km
100 km
200 km
2 km
3 km
5 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
7 d
14 d
60 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Signal sizes in section 3.3.7 of N. Nicholls et al. 1996 Observed Climate Variability and Change. Chapter 2 of Climate Change 1995 (IPCC Second Assessment). support this need.
111 Specific humidity FT Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 2 %
5 %
20 %
20 km
50 km
100 km
0.1 km
0.5 km
2 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
7 d
14 d
60 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Signal sizes in section 3.3.7 of N. Nicholls et al. 1996 Observed Climate Variability and Change. Chapter 2 of Climate Change 1995 (IPCC Second Assessment). support this need.
112 Specific humidity UTLS Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 2 %
5 %
20 %
50 km
100 km
200 km
2 km
2.5 km
3 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
7 d
14 d
60 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Signal sizes in section 3.3.7 of N. Nicholls et al. 1996 Observed Climate Variability and Change. Chapter 2 of Climate Change 1995 (IPCC Second Assessment). support this need.
113 Specific humidity PBL Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 2 %
4 %
15 %
10 km
15 km
25 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
7 d
14 d
60 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Signal sizes in section 3.3.7 of N. Nicholls et al. 1996 Observed Climate Variability and Change. Chapter 2 of Climate Change 1995 (IPCC Second Assessment). support this need.
114 Integrated Water Vapour (IWV) TC Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 1 kg.m-2
1.4 kg.m-2
3 kg.m-2
50 km
100 km
200 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
7 d
14 d
60 d
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC
116 Upward short-wave irradiance at TOA TOA Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 5 W/m2
6.5 W/m2
10 W/m2
100 km
200 km
500 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
24 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Accuracy is consistent with Hansen et al. (1995) in T.R. Karl (Ed.) 1995 Long term climate monitoring by the Global Climate Observing System. Kluwer. Also, Climatic Change 31, Nos. 2-4.
117 Upward long-wave irradiance at TOA TOA Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 5 W/m2
6.5 W/m2
10 W/m2
100 km
200 km
500 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
24 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Accuracy is consistent with Hansen et al. (1995) in T.R. Karl (Ed.) 1995 Long term climate monitoring by the Global Climate Observing System. Kluwer. Also, Climatic Change 31, Nos. 2-4.
119 Wind (horizontal) MUS
M
Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 2 m.s-1
3 m.s-1
7 m.s-1
100 km
200 km
500 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC 1m/s is typically several % of climatological wind strength aloft.
120 Wind (horizontal) FT Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 2 m.s-1
3 m.s-1
5 m.s-1
100 km
200 km
500 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC 1m/s is typically several % of climatological wind strength aloft.
121 Wind (horizontal) UTLS Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 2 m.s-1
3 m.s-1
5 m.s-1
100 km
200 km
500 km
0.5 km
0.65 km
1 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC 1m/s is typically several % of climatological wind strength aloft.
122 Wind (horizontal) PBL Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 2 m.s-1
3 m.s-1
5 m.s-1
100 km
200 km
500 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC 1m/s is typically several % of climatological wind strength aloft.
123 Wind vector (near surface) Near Surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.5 m/s
1 m/s
5 m/s
10 km
50 km
500 km
60 min
3 h
6 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global ocean firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Trend signal shown in Fig. 3.19 of N. Nicholls et al. 1996 Observed Climate Variability and Change. Chapter 2 of Climate Change 1995 (IPCC Second Assessment) supports this need.
55 Aerosol Extinction Coefficient MUS
UTLS
FT
PBL
M
Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 1.0E-5 m-1
1.5E-5 m-1
2.0E-5 m-1
10 km
20 km
100 km
0.5 km
0.65 km
1 km
24 h
2 d
7 d
7 d
14 d
60 d
Global reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC
63 Aerosol Optical Depth MUS
UTLS
FT
PBL
M
Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.01 Dimensionless
0.015 Dimensionless
0.02 Dimensionless
1 km
2 km
10 km
24 h
2 d
7 d
7 d
14 d
60 d
Global reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC
66 Aerosol Optical Depth PBL Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.01 Dimensionless
0.015 Dimensionless
0.02 Dimensionless
1 km
2 km
10 km
24 h
2 d
7 d
7 d
14 d
60 d
Global reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC
67 Air pressure (near surface) Near Surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.5 hPa
0.65 hPa
1 hPa
200 km
300 km
500 km
3 h
6 h
24 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global land reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC
68 Air pressure (near surface) Near Surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.5 hPa
0.65 hPa
1 hPa
200 km
300 km
500 km
3 h
6 h
24 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global ocean reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC
79 CH4 TC Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 2 ppb
4 ppb
10 ppb
10 km
50 km
250 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
30 d
60 d
180 d
Global reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC 20 ppb Acc goal and 120 ppb Acc Min
80 CH4 TrC Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 2 ppb
4 ppb
10 ppb
10 km
20 km
50 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
30 d
60 d
180 d
Global reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC 20 ppb Acc goal and 120 ppb Acc Min
87 CO2 FT Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 1 ppm
1.5 ppm
2 ppm
50 km
100 km
250 km
1 m
1.5 m
2 m
3 h
4 h
6 h
7 d
14 d
60 d
Global reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC 3 ppm Acc goal and 6 ppm Acc Min
88 CO2 MUS
M
Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 1 ppm
1.3 ppm
2 ppm
250 km
350 km
500 km
2 m
3 m
4 m
3 h
4 h
6 h
30 d
60 d
180 d
Global reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC 3 ppm Acc goal and 6 ppm Acc Min
89 CO2 UTLS Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 1 ppm
1.3 ppm
2 ppm
250 km
350 km
500 km
1 m
2 m
4 m
3 h
4 h
6 h
30 d
60 d
180 d
Global reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC 3 ppm Acc goal and 6 ppm Acc Min
91 CO2 TC Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 1 ppm
1.3 ppm
2 ppm
50 km
100 km
500 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
30 d
60 d
180 d
Global reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC
94 Downward short-wave irradiance at TOA TOA Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 1 W.m-2
1.3 W.m-2
2 W.m-2
100 km
200 km
500 km
3 d
4 d
6 d
3 d
7 d
24 d
Global reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC See Hansen et L. (1995) in T.R. Karl (Ed.) 1995 Long term climate monitoring by GCOS. Kluwer. Also, Climatic Change 31, Nos. 2-4. Climate forcing by strat O3, need low bias & spectrally-resolved (~1nm) solar irradiance. UV monitoring may need higher freq.
115 Integrated Water Vapour (IWV) TrC Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 1 kg.m-2
1.4 kg.m-2
3 kg.m-2
10 km
25 km
200 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
7 d
14 d
60 d
Global reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC
684 Aerosol Absorption Optical Depth MUS
FT
PBL
M
Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.004 Dimensionless
0.01 Dimensionless
0.02 Dimensionless
1 km
2 km
10 km
24 h
2 d
7 d
7 d
14 d
60 d
Global reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC
69 Air specific humidity (near surface) Near Surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 1 %
1.3 %
2 %
25 km
50 km
100 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
24 h
2 d
3 d
Global speculative 2007-07-19 AOPC
96 Earth surface short-wave bidirectional reflectance Near Surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 5 %
6.5 %
10 %
25 km
50 km
100 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
24 h
2 d
5 d
Global speculative 2007-07-19 AOPC
118 Upward long-wave irradiance at Earth surface Sea surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 5 W/m2
6.5 W/m2
10 W/m2
25 km
50 km
100 km
3 h
4 h
6 h
24 h
2 d
5 d
Global ocean speculative 2007-07-19 AOPC