BackForwardApplication: Climate-TOPC (deprecated)

Details
Name Climate-TOPC (deprecated)
Description Climate Monitoring - Terrestrial Domain
Corresponding Institution Global Climate Observing System
Contact
Person 		GCOS Secretariat
Earth System Application Category
Historic This application area is not longer current
Variables measured in this Application Area
Subdomain Variables
Aerosols and radiation
Land surface

Requirements defined for Climate-TOPC (deprecated)  (19)

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
664 Fraction of Absorbed PAR (FAPAR) Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 5 %
7 %
10 % 		0.25 km
0.5 km
2 km 		24 h
3 d
30 d 		10 d
15 d
30 d 		Global land firm 2007-07-19 TOPC
665 Glacier cover Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 5 %
7 %
10 % 		30 m
45 m
100 m 		356 d
1 y
5 y 		360 d
1 y
2 y 		Global land firm 2007-07-19 TOPC Glacier inventory
666 Glacier topography Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 10 cm
22 cm
100 cm 		30 m
45 m
100 m 		356 d
1 y
5 y 		360 d
1 y
2 y 		Global land firm 2007-07-19 TOPC Glacier inventory
667 Ground water Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 5 m
7 m
10 m 		1 km
2 km
10 km 		30 d
70 d
360 d 		30 d
45 d
90 d 		Global land firm 2007-07-19 TOPC
669 Lake area Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 250 m
550 m
2500 m 		30 d
45 d
90 d 		30 d
45 d
90 d 		Global land firm 2007-07-19 TOPC Lake area
671 Lake Surface Temperature Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 0.2 K
0.3 K
0.4 K 		1 km
2 km
10 km 		24 h
2 d
10 d 		30 d
45 d
90 d 		Global land firm 2007-07-19 TOPC
672 Land cover Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 0.02 Classes-1
0.04 Classes-1
0.2 Classes-1 		250 m
400 m
1000 m 		356 d
2 y
5 y 		24 h
7 d
360 d 		Global land firm 2007-07-19 TOPC
673 Land surface topography Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 1 m
2 m
10 m 		250 m
850 m
10000 m 		5 y
6 y
10 y 		360 d
1 y
2 y 		Global land firm 2007-07-19 TOPC Topography
675 Permafrost Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 5 
7 
10  		0.25 km
0.85 km
10 km 		24 h
36 h
5 d 		24 h
36 h
5 d 		Global land firm 2007-07-19 TOPC Permafrost extent including seasonally-frozen ground
677 Snow cover Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 5 %
7 %
10 % 		0.1 km
0.45 km
10 km 		24 h
3 d
30 d 		30 h
3 d
15 d 		Global land firm 2007-07-19 TOPC For impact and hydrological cycle studies. Snow cover area
661 Biomass Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 5 t/ha
7 t/ha
10 t/ha 		0.01 km
0.1 km
10 km 		360 d
1 y
2 y 		30 d
45 d
90 d 		Global land reasonable 2007-07-19 TOPC
662 Earth surface albedo Near Surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 5 %
7 %
10 % 		1 km
2 km
10 km 		24 h
3 d
30 d 		30 d
45 d
90 d 		Global reasonable 2007-07-19 TOPC
663 Fire fractional cover Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 5 %
7 %
10 % 		0.25 km
0.85 km
10 km 		24 h
36 h
3 d 		360 d
1 y
2 y 		Global land reasonable 2007-07-19 TOPC Fire area and location
670 Lake level Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 10 cm
15 cm
20 cm 		4 km
8 km
40 km 		30 d
45 d
90 d 		30 d
45 d
90 d 		Global land reasonable 2007-07-19 TOPC
676 River discharge Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 5 m^3 . s^-1
7 m^3 . s^-1
10 m^3 . s^-1 		10 m
20 m
100 m 		60 min
2 h
7 h 		30 d
45 d
90 d 		Global land reasonable 2007-07-19 TOPC
679 Wetland extent Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 5 %
7 %
10 % 		0.25 km
0.85 km
10 km 		7 d
11 d
30 d 		30 d
45 d
90 d 		Global land reasonable 2007-07-19 TOPC
674 Leaf Area Index (LAI) Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 5 %
7 %
10 % 		0.25 km
0.85 km
10 km 		24 h
3 d
30 d 		30 d
45 d
90 d 		Global land tentative 2007-07-19 TOPC
668 Ice sheet topography Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 10 cm
15 cm
20 cm 		0.01 km
0.015 km
0.05 km 		356 d
2 y
10 y 		360 d
1 y
2 y 		Global land speculative 2007-07-19 TOPC Ice sheet geometry
678 Soil moisture at surface Land surface Climate-TOPC (deprecated) 0.005 m3 /m3
0.007 m3 /m3
0.01 m3 /m3 		50 km
60 km
100 km 		7 d
11 d
30 d 		360 d
1 y
2 y 		Global land speculative 2007-07-19 TOPC