Variable:
Cloud drop effective radius
Requirements defined for Cloud drop effective radius (6)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Cloud drop effective radius | Cloud-top | 2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology | 15 μm 20 μm 30 μm |
50 km 70 km 100 km |
60 min 90 min 3 h |
60 min 90 min 2 h |
Global | firm | 2000-06-23 | ET ODRRGOS | gnd - Fl 260 | |||||||||
| 260 | Cloud drop effective radius | Cloud-top | 2.1 Global Numerical Weather Prediction and Real-time Monitoring | 1 μm 2 μm 5 μm |
5 km 15 km 50 km |
60 min 3 h 12 h |
6 min 30 min 6 h |
Global | tentative | 2009-02-10 | John Eyre | ||||||||||
| 344 | Cloud drop effective radius | Cloud-top | 2.2 High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction | 1 μm 2 μm 5 μm |
0.5 km 2 km 10 km |
15 min 60 min 3 h |
15 min 30 min 2 h |
Global | reasonable | 2011-08-04 | T Montmerle | ||||||||||
| 795 | Cloud drop effective radius | 2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring | 0.5 | 1 μm 2 μm 4 μm 0.5 |
0.1 μm 0.2 μm 0.4 μm 0.5 |
25 km 100 km 500 km 0.5 |
60 min 24 h 30 d 0.5 |
60 min 3 h 12 h 0.5 |
Global | firm | 2023-04-28 | GCOS-245: The 2022 ECVs Requirements (GCOS-245) | Definition in GCOS-244: Ratio of integral of water droplets size distribution in volume divided by integral in area (µm). | Requirements for uncertainty and stability are for cloud drop effective radius as water. For ice apply factor 2 | |||||||
| 977 | Cloud drop effective radius | Forecasting Atmospheric Composition | 0.5 μm 2 μm |
3 h 30 d |
3 h 12 h |
Global | firm | 2022-07-27 | GAW Expert Team on Atmospheric Composition Network Design and Evolution | ||||||||||||
| 978 | Cloud drop effective radius | 2.6 Atmospheric Composition Forecasting and Monitoring | 0.5 μm 2 μm |
3 h 30 d |
3 h 12 h |
Global | firm | 2022-07-27 | GAW Expert Team on Atmospheric Composition Network Design and Evolution |