BackForward Variable: Earth surface short-wave bidirectional reflectance

Definition
Full name Earth surface short-wave bidirectional reflectance
Definition Reflectance of the Earth surface as a function of the viewing angle and the illumination angle in the range 0.4-0.7 . The distribution of this variable is represented by the Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF)
Measuring Units % Uncertainty Units %
Horizontal Res Units km Vertical Res Units
Stability Units % (Stability /decade)

 

Comment:
Last modified: 2011-06-16
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis: Yes
Classification
  • Domain: Atmosphere
    • Sub-domain: Aerosols and radiation
      • Variable: Earth surface short-wave bidirectional reflectance
        • Measured in Layers:
          • Near Surface
  • Cross-cutting themes:

Requirements defined for Earth surface short-wave bidirectional reflectance  (1)

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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
96 Earth surface short-wave bidirectional reflectance Near Surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 5 %
6.5 %
10 % 		25 km
50 km
100 km 		3 h
4 h
6 h 		24 h
2 d
5 d 		Global speculative 2007-07-19 AOPC