Variable:
Ocean salinity
Requirements defined for Ocean salinity (7)
This tables shows all related requirements. For more
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 554 | Ocean salinity | Deep oc | Climate-OOPC (deprecated) | 0.002 psu 0.003 psu 0.005 psu |
50 km 60 km 100 km |
2 m 2.5 m 4 m |
30 d 70 d 360 d |
5 d 110 d 360 d |
Global ocean | reasonable | 2007-07-19 | OOPC | |||||||||
| 555 | Ocean salinity | Upper oc | Climate-OOPC (deprecated) | 0.001 psu 0.002 psu 0.01 psu |
15 km 40 km 300 km |
1 m 2 m 10 m |
24 h 2 d 10 d |
30 min 36 min 60 min |
Global ocean | reasonable | 2007-07-19 | OOPC | |||||||||
| 838 | Ocean salinity | Upper oc | 2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring | 0.01 psu | 1 km 10 km |
60 min 30 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. | ||||||||||
| 1028 | Ocean salinity | Upper oc | 3.3 Oceanic Climate Monitoring and Services | 0.5 | 0.01 psu 0.05 psu |
10 km 100 km |
1 m 10 m |
24 h 30 d |
24 h 30 d |
Global | reasonable | 2023-08-17 | GCOS-245: The 2022 ECVs Requirements (GCOS-245) | Requirements for uncertainty are specified at 2-sigma | OOPC (GOOS/GCOS/WCRP) is custodian of this Application Area | Considering only upper ocean here (above thermocline) | |||||
| 1029 | Ocean salinity | Deep oc | 3.3 Oceanic Climate Monitoring and Services | 0.5 | 0.005 psu 0.02 psu |
10 km 100 km |
1 m 100 m |
24 h 30 d |
24 h 30 d |
Global | reasonable | 2023-08-17 | GCOS-245: The 2022 ECVs Requirements (GCOS-245) | Requirements for uncertainty are specified at 2-sigma. | OOPC (GOOS/GCOS/WCRP) is custodian of this Application Area | Considering deep ocean here (below the thermocline). | Uncertainty threshold stricter than in upper ocean. | ||||
| 287 | Ocean salinity | Upper oc | 2.1 Global Numerical Weather Prediction and Real-time Monitoring | 0.1 psu 0.2 psu 0.3 psu |
5 km 100 km 250 km |
1 m 2 m 10 m |
24 h 30 d 60 d |
3 h 24 h 5 d |
Global ocean | tentative | 2009-02-10 | John Eyre |