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Variable:
Cloud ice effective radius
Definition
Full name
Cloud ice effective radius
Definition
Size distribution of ice particles, assimilated to spheres of the same volume. Considered as both a 3D field throughout the troposphere and a 2D field at the top of cloud surface
Measuring Units
Uncertainty Units
Horizontal Res Units
Vertical Res Units
Stability Units
(Stability /decade)
Comment:
Replaces "Cloud water <100 ?m" and "Cloud Water >100 ?m"
Last modified:
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis:
Yes
Classification
Domain: Atmosphere
Sub-domain: Clouds and precipitations
Variable: Cloud ice effective radius
Earth System Application Categories and its related Application Areas:
2. Atmospheric Applications
Requirements defined for Cloud ice effective radius (1)
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
728
Cloud ice effective radius
PBL
2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology
Global
firm
2013-12-05
J van der Meulen