BackForward Variable: pCO2

Definition
Full name pCO2
Definition Partial pressure of carbon dioxide at the surface of the sea
Measuring Units microatm Uncertainty Units microatm
Horizontal Res Units km Vertical Res Units
Stability Units microatm (Stability /decade)

 

Comment:
Last modified: 2011-10-27
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis: No
Classification
  • Domain: Ocean
    • Sub-domain: Ocean
      • Variable: pCO2
        • Measured in Layers:
          • Near Surface
          • Sea surface
  • Cross-cutting themes:

Requirements defined for pCO2  (3)

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
558 pCO2 Sea surface Climate-OOPC (deprecated) 1 microatm
1.5 microatm
3 microatm
5 km
10 km
50 km
60 min
3 h
30 h
30 d
70 d
360 d
Global ocean reasonable 2007-07-19 OOPC
850 pCO2 Sea surface 2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring 2 microatm 500 km
1000 km
7 d
10 y
Global reasonable 2019-10-15 GCOS-200: The Global Observing System for Climate: Implementation Needs (Published 2016) Requirements in the GCOS IP are goal values.
1051 pCO2 Sea surface 3.3 Oceanic Climate Monitoring and Services 0.5 2 microatm
2 microatm
100 km
1000 km
90 d
10 y
183 d
1 y
Global reasonable 2023-10-11 GCOS-245: The 2022 ECVs Requirements (GCOS-245)