Variable:
Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC)
Requirements defined for Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) (3)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 551 | Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) | Climate-OOPC (deprecated) | 0.5 μmol kg⁻1 0.6 μmol kg⁻1 1 μmol kg⁻1 |
50 km 60 km 100 km |
10 km 13 km 20 km |
5 y 6 y 10 y |
356 d 1 y 2 y |
Global | reasonable | 2007-07-19 | OOPC | ||||||||||
| 851 | Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) | Bulk | 2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring | 2.0E-6 μmol kg⁻1 | 1000 km 2000 km |
10 y | Global | reasonable | 2019-10-15 | GCOS-200: The Global Observing System for Climate: Implementation Needs (Published 2016) | Requirements in the GCOS-200 IP, Annex A, are only specified at the goal level. | ||||||||||
| 1045 | Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) | 3.3 Oceanic Climate Monitoring and Services | 0.5 | 2.0E-6 μmol kg⁻1 2.0E-6 μmol kg⁻1 |
1000 km 2000 km |
90 d 10 y |
183 d 1 y |
Global | reasonable | 2023-10-21 | GCOS-245: The 2022 ECVs Requirements (GCOS-245) | In GCOS IP 2022, there are two extra variables (alkalinity and pCO2) complementary to the DIC. | Uncertainty should be micromol and not mol/Kg |