WMO OSCAR | Details for Variable: Particle effective radius [CM]

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Variable: Particle effective radius [CM]

Definition

Full name	Particle effective radius [CM]
Definition	The effective radius or the area-weighted mean radius of log-normal particle size distribution for coarse mode
Measuring Units	μm	Uncertainty Units	μm
Horizontal Res Units		Vertical Res Units
Stability Units	(Stability /decade)

Comment:	CM = coarse mode Noted in WMO amendments to the manual on codes (WMO No. 306) as 362
Last modified:	2022-07-06
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis:	Yes

Classification

Domain: Atmosphere
- Sub-domain: Atmospheric chemistry
  - Variable: Particle effective radius [CM]
    - Measured in Layers:

Cross-cutting themes:

Earth System Application Categories and its related Application Areas:
- 2. Atmospheric Applications
Unknown:
- Forecasting Atmospheric Composition

Requirements defined for Particle effective radius [CM] (2)

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
962	Particle effective radius [CM]		Forecasting Atmospheric Composition		0.2 μm 2 μm						3 h 30 d	60 min 12 h	Global	firm	2022-07-06	GAW Expert Team on Atmospheric Composition Network Design and Evolution	Might require definition of cut-off diameter for coarse mode.
963	Particle effective radius [CM]		2.6 Atmospheric Composition Forecasting and Monitoring		0.2 μm 2 μm						3 h 30 d	60 min 12 h	Global	firm	2022-07-06	GAW Expert Team on Atmospheric Composition Network Design and Evolution	Might require definition of cut-off diameter for coarse mode.