BackForward Variable: Aerosol Light Extinction Vertical Profile

Definition
Full name Aerosol Light Extinction Vertical Profile
Definition Spectrally dependent sum of aerosol particle light scattering and absorption coefficients per unit of geometrical path length
Measuring Units km-1 Uncertainty Units %
Horizontal Res Units km Vertical Res Units km
Stability Units % (Stability /decade)

 

Comment:
Last modified: 2025-04-15
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis: Yes
Classification
  • Domain: Atmosphere
    • Sub-domain: Aerosols and radiation
      • Variable: Aerosol Light Extinction Vertical Profile
        • Measured in Layers:
          • MUS
          • FT
  • Cross-cutting themes:

Requirements defined for Aerosol Light Extinction Vertical Profile  (1)

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
1139 Aerosol Light Extinction Vertical Profile 2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring 0.5 20 %
40 %
60 %
0.5 		10 %
20 %
30 %
0.5 		50 km
100 km
500 km
0.5 		0.2 km
1 km
2 km
0.5 		24 h
30 d
90 d
0.5 		26 h
29 d
1 y
0.5 		Global firm 2025-04-15 GCOS-245: The 2022 ECVs Requirements (GCOS-245) Values specified here are for troposphere Values in stratosphere specified in GCOS-245 Uncertainty at 2-sigma