BackForward Variable: Air temperature (near surface)

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

 

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

Requirements defined for Air temperature (near surface)  (10)

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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
70 Air temperature (near surface) Near Surface Climate-AOPC (deprecated) 0.1 K
0.15 K
0.3 K 		25 km
50 km
100 km 		3 h
6 h
12 h 		24 h
36 h
2 d 		Global firm 2007-07-19 AOPC Temperature - air
338 Air temperature (near surface) Near Surface 2.2 High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction 0.5 K
0.8 K
2 K 		1 km
5 km
20 km 		10 min
30 min
2 h 		10 min
30 min
2 h 		Global firm 2010-02-01 JF Mahfouf
723 Air temperature (near surface) Near Surface 2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology 0.5 K
1 K
2 K 		30 min
60 min
2 h 		5 min
10 min
30 min 		Point firm 2014-03-27 J van der Meulen At the aerodrome; in combination with humidity. source: ICAO Annex 3
774 Air temperature (near surface) Near Surface 2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring 0.5 0.1 K
0.5 K
1 K
0.5 		0.01 K
0.05 K
0.1 K
0.5 		10 km
100 km
500 km
0.5 		60 min
60 min
3 h
0.5 		6 h
24 h
30 d
0.5 		Global firm 2023-04-28 GCOS-245: The 2022 ECVs Requirements (GCOS-245) Requirements for uncertainty are specified at 2-sigma. Temporal resolution goal is sub-hourly. Required for derivation of extreme indices.
253 Air temperature (near surface) Near Surface 2.1 Global Numerical Weather Prediction and Real-time Monitoring 0.5 K
1 K
2 K 		15 km
50 km
250 km 		60 min
6 h
12 h 		6 min
30 min
6 h 		Global reasonable 2009-02-10 John Eyre
426 Air temperature (near surface) Near Surface 2.3 Nowcasting / Very Short-Range Forecasting 0.5 K
0.7 K
2 K 		1 km
5 km
20 km 		10 min
30 min
60 min 		10 min
30 min
60 min 		Global reasonable 2013-04-15 P. Ambrosetti
2 Air temperature (near surface) Near Surface CLIC (deprecated) 0.2 K
0.3 K
0.5 K 		100 km
200 km
500 km 		12 h
16 h
24 h 		24 h
30 h
2 d 		Global tentative 1998-10-29 WCRP