WMO OSCAR | Details for Variable: Atmospheric density

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Variable: Atmospheric density

Definition

Full name	Atmospheric density
Definition	3D field of density of the atmosphere
Measuring Units	kg.m^-3	Uncertainty Units	%
Horizontal Res Units	km	Vertical Res Units	km
Stability Units	(Stability /decade)

Comment:	Used for satellite services and atmosphere-ionosphere coupled models
Last modified:	2013-09-17
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis:	Yes

Classification

Domain: Atmosphere
- Sub-domain: Basic atmospheric
  - Variable: Atmospheric density
    - Measured in Layers:
      - LoThermo
      - HiThermo

Cross-cutting themes:

Earth System Application Categories and its related Application Areas:
- 1. Space Weather Applications
Unknown:
- Space Weather

Requirements defined for Atmospheric density (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
710	Atmospheric density	LoThermo	Space Weather		5 % 7 % 10 %				100 km 200 km 500 km	5 km 10 km 25 km	5 sec 60 sec 5 min	5 min 20 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2013-10-01	ICTSW (T. Onsager)	For satellite services and atmosphere-ionosphere coupled models
711	Atmospheric density	HiThermo	Space Weather		10 % 15 % 20 %				100 km 200 km 500 km	20 km 50 km 100 km	5 sec 5 min 30 min	30 min 45 min 60 min	Global	tentative	2013-10-01	ICTSW (T. Onsager)	Used for satellite services and atmosphere-ionosphere coupled models