BackForward Variable: Precipitation type at the surface

Definition
Full name Precipitation type at the surface
Definition The type of precipitation reaching the surface, including snow, rain, hail, dew, rime, hoar frost and fog precipitation.
Measuring Units local Uncertainty Units
Horizontal Res Units km Vertical Res Units
Stability Units (Stability /decade)

 

Comment:
Last modified: 2011-06-23
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis: No
Classification
  • Domain: Atmosphere
    • Sub-domain: Clouds and precipitations
      • Variable: Precipitation type at the surface
        • Measured in Layers:
          • Near Surface
  • Cross-cutting themes:

Requirements defined for Precipitation type at the surface  (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
762 Precipitation type at the surface Near Surface 2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology 30 min
60 min
2 h 		5 min
10 min
30 min 		Point firm 2014-03-27 J van der Meulen
683 Precipitation type at the surface Near Surface 2.2 High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction 0.25 km
1.5 km
5 km 		0.1 
0.2 
0.4  		15 min
60 min
3 h 		15 min
30 min
2 h 		Global tentative 2011-07-29 T Montmerle - Accuracy difficult to quantify - Resolutions in km - should be a 3D variable, considering that precipitation types can be determined by polarimetric radars