Variable:
Cloud top temperature
Requirements defined for Cloud top temperature (4)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | Cloud top temperature | Cloud-top | Climate-AOPC (deprecated) | 0.3 K 0.4 K 0.6 K |
100 km 200 km 500 km |
3 h 4 h 6 h |
3 h 6 h 12 h |
Global | firm | 2007-07-19 | AOPC | Hansen et al. (1995) in T.R. Karl (Ed.) 1995 Long term climate monitoring by the Global Climate Observing System. Kluwer. Also, Climatic Change 31, Nos. 2-4. | |||||||||
| 218 | Cloud top temperature | Cloud-top | GEWEX (deprecated) | 0.5 K 1 K 2 K |
50 km 100 km 250 km |
3 h 6 h 12 h |
30 d 45 d 60 d |
Global | reasonable | 1998-10-29 | WCRP | ||||||||||
| 432 | Cloud top temperature | Cloud-top | 2.3 Nowcasting / Very Short-Range Forecasting | 0.5 K 0.8 K 2 K |
1 km 5 km 10 km |
5 min 15 min 60 min |
5 min 10 min 30 min |
Global | firm | 2013-04-09 | P. Ambrosetti | ||||||||||
| 792 | Cloud top temperature | Cloud-top | 2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring | 0.5 | 2 K 4 K 8 K 0.5 |
0.2 K 0.4 K 0.8 K 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 | 2023-04-27 | GCOS-245: The 2022 ECVs Requirements (GCOS-245) | Requirements for uncertainty are specified at 2-sigma. |