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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.
Corresponding Institution World Climate Research Programme
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Historic This application area is not longer current
Variables measured in this Application Area
Subdomain Variables
Clouds and precipitations
Land 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 and threshold orange

Id Variable Layer App Area Uncertainty Stability / decade Hor Res Ver Res Obs Cyc Timeliness Coverage Conf Level Val Date Source
204 Accumulated precipitation (over 24 h) 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