BackForwardApplication: Hydrology

Details
Name Hydrology
Description
Corresponding Institution World Meteorological Organization
Contact
Person 		Silvano Pecora
Earth System Application Category
Historic This application area is not longer current
Variables measured in this Application Area
Subdomain Variables
Aerosols and radiation
Ocean
Land surface
Sea Ice

Requirements defined for Hydrology  (18)

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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
402 Sea-ice cover Sea surface Hydrology 10 %
13 %
20 % 		1 km
3.7 km
50 km 		24 h
2 d
12 d 		24 h
38 h
4 d 		Global ocean firm 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
403 Sea-ice elevation Sea surface Hydrology 1 cm
1.3 cm
2 cm 		1 km
3.7 km
50 km 		24 h
2 d
12 d 		24 h
38 h
4 d 		Global ocean firm 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
393 Lake area Land surface Hydrology 10 m
292.4 m
250000 m 		24 h
7 d
1 y 		24 h
46 h
7 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
394 Land cover Land surface Hydrology 0.02 Classes-1
0.04 Classes-1
0.2 Classes-1 		10 m
300 m
250000 m 		7 d
30 d
1 y 		24 h
2 d
7 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
395 Land surface temperature Land surface Hydrology 0.3 K
0.6 K
3 K 		0.01 km
0.3 km
250 km 		60 min
6 h
7 d 		24 h
2 d
7 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
396 Land surface topography Land surface Hydrology 1 m
1.7 m
5 m 		100 m
215.4 m
1000 m 		10 y
17 y
49 y 		30 d
81 d
2 y 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
397 Leaf Area Index (LAI) Land surface Hydrology 5 %
8 %
20 % 		0.01 km
0.1 km
10 km 		7 d
11 d
24 d 		24 h
41 h
5 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
398 Long-wave Earth surface emissivity Land surface Hydrology 5 %
8 %
20 % 		0.01 km
0.292 km
250 km 		24 h
2 d
12 d 		24 h
2 d
12 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
399 Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Land surface Hydrology 1 %
2.7 %
20 % 		0.01 km
0.292 km
250 km 		24 h
3 d
30 d 		24 h
2 d
7 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
400 Ocean dynamic topography Sea surface Hydrology 2 cm
3.4 cm
10 cm 		0.1 km
0.464 km
10 km 		24 h
46 h
7 d 		24 h
46 h
7 d 		Global ocean reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
401 Permafrost Land surface Hydrology 5 
8.5 
25  		0.1 km
1 km
100 km 		6 h
14 h
3 d 		6 h
17 h
6 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
404 Snow cover Land surface Hydrology 5 %
8 %
20 % 		0.1 km
1 km
100 km 		24 h
46 h
7 d 		24 h
44 h
6 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
405 Snow status (wet/dry) Land surface Hydrology 5 HR, FAR
2 HR, FAR 		0.1 km
0.464 km
10 km 		30 min
4 h
12 d 		60 min
5 h
6 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
406 Snow water equivalent Land surface Hydrology 5 mm
8 mm
20 mm 		0.1 km
0.464 km
10 km 		24 h
46 h
7 d 		24 h
44 h
6 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
407 Soil moisture at surface Land surface Hydrology 0.01 m3 /m3
0.017 m3 /m3
0.05 m3 /m3 		0.01 km
0.3 km
250 km 		24 h
34 h
3 d 		24 h
5 d
144 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
408 Upward short-wave irradiance at TOA TOA Hydrology 5 W/m2
8 W/m2
20 W/m2 		0.1 km
1.26 km
200 km 		60 min
108 min
6 h 		24 h
46 h
7 d 		Global reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
409 Upward long-wave irradiance at TOA TOA Hydrology 5 W/m2
8 W/m2
20 W/m2 		10 km
21.5 km
100 km 		60 min
2 h
12 h 		24 h
46 h
7 d 		Global reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS
410 Vegetation type Land surface Hydrology 0.02 Classes-1
0.04 Classes-1
0.2 Classes-1 		10 m
100 m
1000 m 		7 d
30 d
1 y 		24 h
3 d
30 d 		Global land reasonable 2003-10-20 ET ODRRGOS