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Variable:
Aerosol effective radius
Definition
Full name
Aerosol effective radius
Definition
3D field of mean aerosol particle size, defined as the ratio of the third and second moments of the number size distribution of aerosol particles. Requested in the troposphere (assumed height: 12 km) and as columnar average.
Measuring Units
µm
Uncertainty Units
µm
Horizontal Res Units
km
Vertical Res Units
Stability Units
µm (Stability /decade)
Comment:
Expands the former variable "Aerosol size (Total Column)"
Last modified:
2011-06-15
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis:
Yes
Classification
Domain: Atmosphere
Sub-domain: Aerosols and radiation
Variable: Aerosol effective radius
Earth System Application Categories and its related Application Areas:
Requirements defined for Aerosol effective radius (0)
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