WMO OSCAR | Details for Variable: pCO2

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Variable: pCO2

Definition

Full name	pCO2
Definition	Partial pressure of carbon dioxide at the surface of the sea
Measuring Units	microatm	Uncertainty Units	microatm
Horizontal Res Units	km	Vertical Res Units
Stability Units	microatm (Stability /decade)

Comment:
Last modified:	2011-10-27
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis:	No

Classification

Domain: Ocean
- Sub-domain: Ocean
  - Variable: pCO2
    - Measured in Layers:
      - Near Surface
      - Sea surface

Cross-cutting themes:

Earth System Application Categories and its related Application Areas:
- 2. Atmospheric Applications
- 2. Atmospheric Applications
- 3. Oceanic Applications
Unknown:
- Climate-OOPC (deprecated)

Requirements defined for pCO2 (3)

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	Hor Res	Obs Cyc	Timeliness	Coverage	Conf Level	Val Date	Source	General Comment
558	pCO2	Sea surface	Climate-OOPC (deprecated)		1 microatm 1.5 microatm 3 microatm	5 km 10 km 50 km	60 min 3 h 30 h	30 d 70 d 360 d	Global ocean	reasonable	2007-07-19	OOPC
850	pCO2	Sea surface	2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring		2 microatm	500 km 1000 km	7 d 10 y		Global	reasonable	2019-10-15	GCOS-200: The Global Observing System for Climate: Implementation Needs (Published 2016)	Requirements in the GCOS IP are goal values.
1051	pCO2	Sea surface	3.3 Oceanic Climate Monitoring and Services	0.5	2 microatm 2 microatm	100 km 1000 km	90 d 10 y	183 d 1 y	Global	reasonable	2023-10-11	GCOS-245: The 2022 ECVs Requirements (GCOS-245)