BackForward Variable: Air pressure (near surface)

Definition
Full name Air pressure (near surface)
Definition Air pressure at a known height above the surface with the height specified in the metadata
Measuring Units hPa Uncertainty Units hPa
Horizontal Res Units km Vertical Res Units
Stability Units hPa (Stability /decade)

 

Comment:
Last modified: 2019-10-15
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis: No
Classification
  • Domain: Atmosphere
    • Sub-domain: Basic atmospheric
      • Variable: Air pressure (near surface)
        • Measured in Layers:
          • Near Surface
  • Cross-cutting themes:

Requirements defined for Air pressure (near surface)  (8)

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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
250 Air pressure (near surface) Near Surface 2.1 Global Numerical Weather Prediction and Real-time Monitoring 0.5 hPa
1 hPa
1 hPa
15 km
100 km
500 km
60 min
6 h
12 h
6 min
30 min
6 h
Global land firm 2009-02-10 John Eyre
251 Air pressure (near surface) Near Surface 2.1 Global Numerical Weather Prediction and Real-time Monitoring 0.5 hPa
1 hPa
1 hPa
15 km
100 km
500 km
60 min
6 h
12 h
6 min
30 min
6 h
Global ocean firm 2009-02-10 John Eyre
335 Air pressure (near surface) Near Surface 2.2 High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction 0.5 hPa
0.6 hPa
1 hPa
2 km
10 km
40 km
30 min
60 min
3 h
15 min
30 min
2 h
Global firm 2010-02-01 T Montmerle The increase of horizontal resolutions is justified by the fact that forecast errors of surface pressure in HR NWP models have larger horizontal correlations than the other classical variables.
721 Air pressure (near surface) Near Surface 2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology 0.25 hPa
0.5 hPa
2 hPa
30 min
60 min
2 h
5 min
10 min
30 min
Point firm 2018-01-22 J van der Meulen At the aerodrome; to derive QNH [and QFE]; not typically measured at 2 m height. source: ICAO Annex 3 (requirements)
775 Air pressure (near surface) Near Surface 2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring 0.5 0.5 hPa
1 hPa
1 hPa
0.5
0.02 hPa
0.1 hPa
0.2 hPa
0.5
10 km
100 km
500 km
0.5
60 min
6 h
12 h
0.5
6 h
24 h
30 d
0.5
Global firm 2023-04-27 GCOS-245: The 2022 ECVs Requirements (GCOS-245) Requirements for uncertainty are specified at 2-sigma.
67 Air pressure (near surface) Near Surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.5 hPa
0.65 hPa
1 hPa
200 km
300 km
500 km
3 h
6 h
24 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global land reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC
68 Air pressure (near surface) Near Surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.5 hPa
0.65 hPa
1 hPa
200 km
300 km
500 km
3 h
6 h
24 h
3 h
6 h
12 h
Global ocean reasonable 2007-07-19 AOPC