WMO OSCAR | Application Area: GEWEX (deprecated)

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Application: GEWEX (deprecated)

Details

Name	GEWEX (deprecated)
Description	The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) is a core project in the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) concerned with the dynamics and thermodynamics of the atmosphere and interactions with the Earth's surface. *** WARNING: the GEWEX requirements communicated by the WCRP date back to 1998.
Organization	World Climate Research Programme
Focal Point
Earth System Application Category
Historic	This application area is not longer current

Variables measured in this Application Area

Subdomain	Variables
Clouds and precipitations	Accumulated precipitation Cloud base height Cloud cover Cloud ice Cloud ice Total Column Cloud liquid water (CLW) Cloud liquid water (CLW) total column Cloud top temperature
Land surface	Land surface temperature Snow cover Snow water equivalent Soil moisture at surface

Requirements defined for GEWEX (deprecated) (16)

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	Uncertainty	Hor Res	Obs Cyc	Timeliness	Coverage	Conf Level	Val Date	Source
204	Accumulated precipitation	Near Surface	GEWEX (deprecated)	0.5 mm 1 mm 5 mm	50 km 100 km 250 km	60 min 3 h 12 h	30 d 45 d 60 d	Global	reasonable	1998-10-29	WCRP
206	Cloud cover	TC	GEWEX (deprecated)	5 % 10 % 20 %	50 km 100 km 250 km	3 h 6 h 12 h	30 d 45 d 60 d	Global	reasonable	1998-10-29	WCRP
218	Cloud top temperature	Cloud-top	GEWEX (deprecated)	0.5 K 1 K 2 K	50 km 100 km 250 km	3 h 6 h 12 h	30 d 45 d 60 d	Global	reasonable	1998-10-29	WCRP
219	Land surface temperature	Land surface	GEWEX (deprecated)	1 K 2 K 4 K	50 km 100 km 250 km	3 h 6 h 12 h	30 d 45 d 60 d	Global land	reasonable	1998-10-29	WCRP
220	Snow cover	Land surface	GEWEX (deprecated)	10 % 20 % 50 %	15 km 50 km 250 km	24 h 2 d 7 d	30 d 45 d 90 d	Global land	reasonable	1998-10-29	WCRP
205	Cloud base height	n/a (2D)	GEWEX (deprecated)	0.5 km 1 km 2 km	50 km 100 km 250 km	3 h 6 h 12 h	30 d 45 d 60 d	Global	tentative	1998-10-29	WCRP
207	Cloud ice	MUS M	GEWEX (deprecated)	5 % 10 % 20 %	50 km 100 km 250 km	3 h 6 h 12 h	30 d 45 d 60 d	Global	tentative	1998-10-29	WCRP
208	Cloud ice	FT	GEWEX (deprecated)	5 % 10 % 20 %	50 km 100 km 250 km	3 h 6 h 12 h	30 d 45 d 60 d	Global	tentative	1998-10-29	WCRP
209	Cloud ice	UTLS	GEWEX (deprecated)	5 % 10 % 20 %	50 km 100 km 250 km	3 h 6 h 12 h	30 d 45 d 60 d	Global	tentative	1998-10-29	WCRP
210	Cloud ice	PBL	GEWEX (deprecated)	5 % 10 % 20 %	50 km 100 km 250 km	3 h 5 h 12 h	30 d 45 d 60 d	Global	tentative	1998-10-29	WCRP
211	Cloud ice Total Column	TC	GEWEX (deprecated)	10 g.m^-2 15 g.m^-2 20 g.m^-2	50 km 100 km 250 km	3 h 6 h 12 h	30 d 45 d 60 d	Global	tentative	1998-10-29	WCRP
212	Cloud liquid water (CLW)	FT	GEWEX (deprecated)	5 % 10 % 20 %	50 km 100 km 250 km	3 h 6 h 12 h	30 d 45 d 60 d	Global	tentative	1998-10-29	WCRP
213	Cloud liquid water (CLW)	PBL	GEWEX (deprecated)	5 % 10 % 20 %	50 km 100 km 250 km	3 h 6 h 12 h	30 d 45 d 60 d	Global	tentative	1998-10-29	WCRP
214	Cloud liquid water (CLW) total column	TC	GEWEX (deprecated)	10 g.m^-2 20 g.m^-2 50 g.m^-2	50 km 100 km 250 km	3 h 6 h 12 h	30 d 45 d 60 d	Global	tentative	1998-10-29	WCRP
221	Snow water equivalent	Land surface	GEWEX (deprecated)	5 mm 10 mm 20 mm	15 km 50 km 250 km	12 h 24 h 7 d	30 d 45 d 90 d	Global land	tentative	1998-10-29	WCRP
222	Soil moisture at surface	Land surface	GEWEX (deprecated)	0.01 m³ /m³ 0.02 m³ /m³ 0.05 m³ /m³	15 km 50 km 250 km	24 h 3 d 10 d	10 d 15 d 30 d	Global land	tentative	1998-10-29	WCRP