WMO OSCAR | Details for Variable: Cloud top pressure

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Variable: Cloud top pressure

Definition

Full name	Cloud top pressure
Definition	Pressure at the top of the cloud
Measuring Units	hPa	Uncertainty Units	hPa
Horizontal Res Units	km	Vertical Res Units
Stability Units	hPa (Stability /decade)

Comment:
Last modified:	2020-03-05
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis:	No

Classification

Domain: Atmosphere
- Sub-domain: Clouds and precipitations
  - Variable: Cloud top pressure
    - Measured in Layers:
      - Cloud-top

Cross-cutting themes:

Earth System Application Categories and its related Application Areas:
- 2. Atmospheric Applications

Requirements defined for Cloud top pressure (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
858	Cloud top pressure	Cloud-top	2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring		15 hPa 50 hPa			3 hPa 15 hPa	50 km		3 h		Global	reasonable	2020-03-05	AOPC	GCOS-200: The Global Observing System for Climate: Implementation Needs (Published 2016)