Variable:
Cloud cover
Requirements defined for Cloud cover (9)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Cloud cover | TC | Climate-AOPC (deprecated) | 10 % 15 % 20 % |
99 km 100 km 500 km |
3 h 4 h 6 h |
3 h 6 h 12 h |
Global | firm | 2007-07-19 | AOPC | ||
| 430 | Cloud cover | PBL | Nowcasting / VSRF | 5 % 10 % 20 % |
1 km 5 km 20 km |
30 sec 3 min 60 min |
60 sec 3 min 30 min |
Global | firm | 2003-10-20 | ET ODRRGOS | ||
| 493 | Cloud cover | PBL | Ocean Applications | 0.5 km 1 km 5 km |
3 min 7 min 30 min |
15 min 24 min 60 min |
Global | firm | 2011-03-07 | JCOMM (Ali Mafimbo) | |||
| 727 | Cloud cover | PBL | Aeronautical Meteorology | 5 % 7 % 25 % |
10 min 30 min 60 min |
5 min 10 min 30 min |
Point | firm | 2014-03-31 | J van der Meulen | |||
| 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 | ||
| 259 | Cloud cover | TC | Global NWP | 5 % 10 % 20 % |
5 km 15 km 50 km |
60 min 3 h 12 h |
6 min 30 min 6 h |
Global | reasonable | 2009-02-10 | John Eyre | ||
| 703 | Cloud cover | TrC | Nowcasting / VSRF | 5 % 10 % 20 % |
1 km 5 km 20 km |
5 min 15 min 60 min |
5 min 15 min 60 min |
Global | reasonable | 2013-04-15 | P. Ambrosetti | ||
| 791 | Cloud cover | UTLS | Climate Monitoring (GCOS) | 50 km | 3 h | Global | reasonable | 2019-09-25 | GCOS-200: The Global Observing System for Climate: Implementation Needs (Published 2016) | ||||
| 343 | Cloud cover | TrC | High Res NWP | 5 % 8 % 20 % |
0.5 km 2 km 10 km |
15 min 30 min 3 h |
15 min 30 min 2 h |
Global | tentative | 2010-02-01 | T Montmerle |