BackForward Variable: Air Thickness

Definition
Full name Air Thickness
Definition Bemporad Luftmasse; expressed in mulptiples of air thickness "I", defined as the vertical thickness of the atmosphere at a pressure of 1000 hPa
Measuring Units m Uncertainty Units m
Horizontal Res Units km Vertical Res Units km
Stability Units m (Stability /decade)

 

Comment: Relevant for direct and diffuse solar radiation observations (Actinometric Observations); Recommended by CCl Toronto 1947, Rec. 5; adopted by IMO-71 (CD 1947)
Last modified: 2024-08-21
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis: No
Classification
  • Domain: Atmosphere
    • Sub-domain: Basic atmospheric
      • Variable: Air Thickness
        • Measured in Layers:
          • TC
  • Cross-cutting themes:

Requirements defined for Air Thickness  (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
1079 Air Thickness TC 2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring 0.5 Global reasonable 2024-08-22 J van der Meulen required for Actinometric data