BackForward Variable: Ocean surface currents (vector)

Definition
Full name Ocean surface currents (vector)
Definition Water flow on ocean surface - Physical unit: [ cm/s ] - Accuracy unit: [ cm/s ] intended as vector error, i.e. the module of the vector difference between the observed vector and the true vector.
Measuring Units cm/s Uncertainty Units cm/s
Horizontal Res Units km Vertical Res Units
Stability Units cm/s (Stability /decade)

 

Comment: From remote sensing viewpoint, the geostrophic component can be derived from Ocean dynamic topography. Ageostrophic components only occasionally observed. In 2016 GCOS IP this is called surface geostrophic current
Last modified: 2023-10-21
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis: No
Classification
  • Domain: Ocean
    • Sub-domain: Ocean
      • Variable: Ocean surface currents (vector)
        • Measured in Layers:
          • Sea surface
          • Bulk
  • Cross-cutting themes:

Requirements defined for Ocean surface currents (vector)  (2)

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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
441 Ocean surface currents (vector) Sea surface 2.3 Nowcasting / Very Short-Range Forecasting 0.5 cm/s
0.7 cm/s
1 cm/s 		10 km
15 km
50 km 		6 h
12 h
6 d 		6 h
12 h
4 d 		Global ocean firm 2013-04-03 P. Ambrosetti
839 Ocean surface currents (vector) Sea surface 2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring 5 cm/s 30 km 60 min
7 d 		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.